Obituaries

Judith Emma Bailey

Judith Emma Bailey, 63, of 1021 River Road died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1944, daughter of Floyd and Margaret Eldridge Kemp, she attended Wahconah...

Eva M. Jowett, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eva M. Jowett, 93, of 1495 Massachusetts Ave., died Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brattleboro, Vt., on March 4, 1914, daughter of...

Mary K. Germanowski, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Mary Katherine Germanowski, 86, formerly of 10 Hodges Cross Road, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a long illness. Born in...

Stella M. Zatorski

Stella M. Zatorski, 87, of 20 Manners Ave., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 26, 1920, daughter of Stanislaus and Catherine Boruta Zoltek, she attended local...

Gladys Arlene Pleshaw

Gladys Arlene Pleshaw, 85, of 15 Sayles St., died Tuesday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since February 2005. Born in Adams on Sept. 19, 1922, daughter of Albert and Marion Lepine...

Augustus E. Walden Jr.

Augustus E. Walden Jr., 85, of 55 Cross Road, died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 28, 1922, son of Augustus E. Walden Sr. and Rosa Sabjetyski Walden, he attended North Adams schools,...

William J. DeFazio

William J. DeFazio, 65, of 29 Morningside Drive, died Sunday at home. He was a former longtime resident of Delaware Avenue in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1942, son of the late...

John Elwood Lamphear Sr.

John Elwood Lamphear Sr., 98, of 901 Discovery Blvd., Cedar Park, Texas, died Dec. 2 at Sagebrook Healthcare Center, Cedar Park, after a long illness. Born in Manchester, N.H., July 12, 1909, son...

Frances E. Green

Frances E. Green, 93, formerly of 118 Church St., died Dec. 5 at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided since 2005. Born in North Adams on Aug. 5, 1914, daughter of John F. and Helen...

Leila M. Ferris

Leila M. Ferris, 87, of 96 Lincoln St. died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on July 12, 1920, daughter of Abraham and Martha Haddad Ferris, she...

Dorothy Rita Zoito

Dorothy Rita Zoito, 86, of 97 Wells Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Commons following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 26, 1921, daughter of Clifford E. and Mabel Ryan Brosseau, she...

Zipporah McClendon, 16

NORTH ADAMS - Zipporah Jean McClendon, 16, of 775 West Shaft Road, died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Boston on Nov. 29, 1991, daughter of Samuel and Lynda...

Benjamin J. Kupiec Jr.

Benjamin J. Kupiec Jr., 71, of 105 Bracewell Ave., died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 26, 1936, son of Benjamin J. and Bernadette Guild Kupiec, he attended local...

Angelo Rocco Stracuzzi

Angelo Rocco Stracuzzi, 80, of Richmond Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1927, son of Joseph and Antoinette Intelisano Stracuzzi, he was educated in...

Jean C. Gagne, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Christine Gagne, 74, of St. Joseph's Court, 85 Eagle St., died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on April 3, 1933, daughter of George E. and...

William J. Morandi

William J. Morandi, 78, of 38 Veazie St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 22, 1929, son of Joseph and Yvonne Devio Morandi, he attended local...

Arlene E. Edmonds, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Arlene Edith Edmonds, 71, of 297 River St. died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 23, 1936, daughter of Homer and...

Theodore Szafranski

Theodore Szafranski, 86, of 2 West Kittler Ave., died Tuesday at North Adams Commons Care Center. Born in Adams on May 11, 1921, son of Martin and Agnes Jamros Szafranski, he graduated from St....

Veronica Murphy

Veronica Murphy, 79, of 36 Cobbleview Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Feb. 27, 1928, daughter of Richard and Veronica Simmons Hickey, she attended schools...

Walter Francis Kuczynski

Walter Francis Kuczynski, 86, of San Francisco, a former resident of Adams, died Saturday at Lawton Health Care Center in San Francisco. Born in Fall River on Sept. 18, 1921, son of Boleslaus C....

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan, 94, of 51 Mount Williams Drive, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16, 1913, daughter of Daniel and Rose Goodman Twomey, she graduated...

Christine Vera Mullette

Christine Vera Mullette, 92, of Tilda Hill Road died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in the town of Florida on Jan. 25, 1915, daughter of Olaf S. and Gerda Anderson Oleson, she attended...

Alan Joseph Morris

Alan Joseph Morris, 53, of 16 Freeman Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 13, 1954, son of Alice Dennett Morris and the late Arthur J. Morris...

Steven M. Burns

Steven M. Burns, 53, of 23 Temple St. died of cancer Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Turners Falls on April 28, 1954, son of the late James J. Burns III and Dorothy...

James F. McCarthy, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Francis McCarthy, 93, of 150 Crest St., died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1914, son of Arthur and Marion...