Obituaries

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr.

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr., 73, of Hancock Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served as a Hancock selectman for more than five years, as town constable for many years and as the...

Donald James Meiklejohn

Donald James Meiklejohn, 91, of 72 Benlise Drive died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1916, son of Thomas and Ada Squire Meiklejohn, he...

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross, 82, of 4 Columbia St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 4, 1925, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Caron Maynard, she moved to North...

Bernadette M. Barbeau, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernadette Marie Barbeau, 71, of 81 Holbrook St. died Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1936, daughter of Frank E....

Levi M. Andrews Jr.

Levi M. Andrews Jr., 76, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 12, 1931, son of Levi M. Andrews Sr. and Anna Levesque Andrews, he was educated in...

Catherine Ethel Lewis

Catherine Ethel Lewis, 58, of 1489 Cain's Road, Auburn, Ga., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 2, 1949, daughter of the late William E. and Ruth Post...

Florence Lefebvre

Florence Lefebvre, 80, of 254 State Road died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1927, daughter of Thomas and Edna Morin Robert, she attended the former Notre...

Elizabeth Ferris, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Elizabeth "Betty" Ferris, 91, of 95 Kemp Ave. died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 13, 1916, daughter...

Catherine Chilson

Catherine Chilson, 84, of 102 West Shaft Road, died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 29, 1922, daughter of John and Edna Werner Quirk, she attended the former...

Sophie Brooks

Sophie Brooks, 87, of 522 Walker St., died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Ware on Oct. 5, 1920, daughter of Henry and Victoria Kuropatwa Szufnarowski, she moved to Adams with her family at...

Jeffrey Darrow Kelley

Jeffrey Darrow Kelley, 55, of 398 North Hoosac Road died Thursday at home. Born in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, on Nov. 2, 1951, son of Robert Kelley Sr. and Dorothy Scott Kelley, he was a summa...

Harold O. Gomeau, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Harold Orville Gomeau, 78, of 320 Central Park West, New York City, and Quaker Road, Nantucket, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North...

Theresa Marie Beauchamp

Theresa Marie Beauchamp, 79, of 10 Notch Road, a former longtime resident of 33 Brooklyn St., died Friday at Kindred Hospital in Springfield. Born in North Adams on July 20, 1928, daughter of...

William E. Coons

William E. Coons, 73, of 57 Maple St. died Friday at home. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 6, 1934, son of Elmer and Dorothy Lewis Coons, he was a 1953 graduate of the former Williamstown High...

Karl August Joppich

Karl August Joppich, 79, of 356 Wells Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on April 15, 1928, son of August and Maria Kabierske Joppich, he attended schools there and in...

Marion Ellen Folino

Marion Ellen Folino, 76, of 221 Mohawk Forest Blvd., died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on March 3, 1931, daughter of John Albert and Amie Sawyer Lowe, she attended schools in North Adams...

Raymond L. Biron

Raymond L. Biron, 92, of 17 Pleasant St., died Tuesday at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 20, 1914, son of Leon and Elma Levesque Biron, he attended Adams schools. Mr....

Stephen Peter Belouin

Stephen Peter Belouin, 39, of 34 May St. died yesterday at home. Born in Eatontown, N.J., on Oct. 1, 1968, son of Peter and Mary Anne Connors Belouin, he moved to Williamstown in 1977. Mr....

Ruth Ellen Burton

Ruth Ellen Burton, 88, of 207 Lake Shore Drive, died Friday at home following a long illness. Born in New Bremen, N.Y., on March 12, 1919, daughter of William and Florence Jones Brown, she...

Clare Nash Brown

Clare Nash Brown, 84, of 57 Quincy St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 11, 1923, daughter of Stuart N. and Mabel Goury Schouler, she attended local...

Charlotte Mae McCann

Charlotte Mae McCann, 73, of 58 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Oct. 29, 1933, daughter of Benjamin and Pauline Summerlin Griffin, she attended...

James M. Gibbons

James M. Gibbons, 46, of East Norriton, Pa., formerly of Cheshire and Auburn, died Monday at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. He left the area in 1998. Born in Webster on July 23,...

Shirley Jean Hiser

Shirley Jean Hiser, 85, of 54 Chestnut St., formerly of 75 Emerald Lane, Williamstown, died yesterday at home. Born in Mechanicville, N.Y., on Aug. 26, 1922, daughter of Ralph and Mabel Byrne...

Barbara Sylvester, 69

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Barbara Sylvester, 69, of 106 Water St. died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1937, daughter of...

Gladys Monica Alibozek

Gladys Monica Alibozek, 93, of 49 North Summer St., died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on May 19, 1914, daughter of Mikolaj and Zofia Juras Salisz, she...