Obituaries

Vincent H. Sweeney, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vincent Hilary Sweeney, 85, of 180 Pleasant St., died Tuesday,July 31, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Brockton on Oct. 21, 1921, son of...

Armand A. Rivard Jr., 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Armand A. Rivard Jr., 61, of 77 Holbrook St. died Monday, July 30, 2007, at home after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1946, son of Armand A. Rivard Sr....

Carol Ann LeClaire

Carol Ann LeClaire, 72, of Wells Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 10, 1935, daughter of Oliver and Ethel Amadon Chaput, she attended...

John Clyde LaRoche

John Clyde LaRoche, 87, of 67 Dean St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 27, 1919, son of Dolphis and Anna Gamache LaRoche, he attended schools there. An Army...

Florence Janet Coussoule

Florence Janet Coussoule, 93, of 36 Richmond St. died Thursday at home. Born in Housatonic on Oct. 1, 1913, daughter of L. Frank and Harriet Wolcott Vincent, she moved to Pittsfield as a child and...

Alice Margaret "Peggy" Mazinski

Alice Margaret "Peggy" Mazinski, 94, of Samuel F. Vilas Home, Plattsburgh, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital Medical Center in Plattsburgh. Born...

Anthony Raymond Scieszka

Anthony Raymond Scieszka, 76, of 45 Burt St., died Tuesday at his home. Born in Adams on April 6, 1931, son of the late Felix and Aniela (Grzebien) Scieszka, he attended St. Stanislaus Elementary...

Carmen Marguerite Girard

Carmen Marguerite Girard, 88, of 30 Church St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 5, 1919, the...

Jean Ann Scarpitto Atwood

Jean Ann Scarpitto Atwood, 75, of 48 Pond Road, Rowe, died Tuesday at the Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams, on March 9, 1932, daughter of the late James Scarpitto and Wanda Sudacki...

Lillian Anita Steffens

Lillian Anita Steffens, 88, of San Diego, died Friday at Scripps Green Hospital. She was a former longtime resident of North Adams. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 17, 1918, daughter of Joseph...

Robert John Morin

Robert John Morin, 74, of 92 Orchard St., died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1932, son of Romanus and Helen Albert Morin, he graduated from Drury High...

Lucille L. Crawford, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lucille Lena "Totsy" Crawford, 71, of 24 Watson St. died Sunday, July 22, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on July...

F. Anthony "Tony" Couture

F. Anthony "Tony" Couture, 57, of 35 Crandall St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1949, son of the late Francis E. and Ann Chwalek Couture, he attended...

Mary Gurley

Mary Gurley, 74, of Sweetwood, Cold Spring Road, formerly of Park Street, died Tuesday at home. Born in Chicago on Jan. 18, 1933, daughter of George R. and Charlotte Case Joslyn, she moved to...

Mary E. Siciliano, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Eileen Siciliano, 85, of 3 Rickard St., died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at her home. Born on Nov. 13, 1921, daughter of Walter F. Pringle Sr. and Elizabeth Fallon...

Lauretta M. Loughman

Lauretta M. Loughman, 82, of 1 Berkshire Square died Thursday at home. Born in Northampton on May 29, 1925, daughter of David and Yvonne Brais Jones, she graduated from St. Michael's Elementary...

Joseph S. Janiga, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Stanley Janiga, 87, of 45 Hudson St. died Thursday, July 12, 2007, at home. Born in Adams on Oct. 11, 1919, son of Frank and Gertrude Janiga, he was educated in...

Elaine Talcott Whitney

Elaine Talcott Whitney, 83, of 253 Sand Springs Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Oxford, Iowa, on Aug. 31, 1923, daughter of Daniel J. and Grace Danforth...

Frances Eleanor Desautels

Frances Eleanor Desautels, 86, of 35 Broadway, Cohoes, N.Y., a native of North Adams, died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born on April 6, 1921, daughter of Homer L. Card...

Richard J. Brodalski

Richard J. Brodalski, age 56, of Alpharetta, Ga., died Tuesday after a battle with multiple myeloma. Born in Adams on Nov. 4, 1950, the son of Stanley and Genevieve Brodalski, he graduated from...

Anna Bard

Anna Bard, 82, of 25 Adams Road, formerly of 45 Spring St., North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 9, 1924, daughter of John and Blanche Anuszewski Mikaniewcz,...

Claire T. D'Amico, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire Theresa D'Amico, 82, of 19 Bracewell Ave., died Sunday, July 8, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1925, daughter of William T. and Marion...

David Freeman Goddard

David Freeman Goddard, 53, of 21 Willow St., died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Aug. 22, 1953, son of the late Freeman and Alice Record Goddard, he...

Gertrude Margaret Cummings Collins

Gertrude Margaret Cummings Collins, 97, a former longtime resident of 31 Marion Ave., died Thursday at Glastonbury Healthcare Center in Glastonbury, Conn. Born in North Adams on May 15, 1910,...

Gail Ann Benoit White

Gail Ann Benoit White, 56, of 215 Richview Ave., died Tuesday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where she was admitted on June 16. Born in Adams, on July 6, 1950, daughter of Catherine Quirk...