Obituaries

Stacia Ann Kulpa

Stacia Ann Kulpa, 89, of 13 Cross St., died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 16, 1917, daughter of John and Victoria Wlodyka Wegrzyn, she attended local...

John Brian Kandrach

John Brian Kandrach, 55, of 76 South St. died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 1951, son of Jacob J. and Elizabeth Balardini Kandrach, he was a...

Lincoln Thomas Keller

Lincoln Thomas Keller, 43, of 60 West Burt St., a longtime Adams firefighter, died Saturday morning at home. He was born in Adams on May 13, 1964, the son of Thomas A. and Jean Nuttelman Keller,...

Murray C. Norcross

Murray C. Norcross, 71, of 1 Evans St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 18, 1936, son of Ralph and Naomi Pheulpin Norcross, he attended local...

Irma Tabor

Irma Tabor, 90, of 7 Kittler Ave. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on April 24, 1917, daughter of Herman and Selma Frommer Klammer, she graduated from the...

Elizabeth Marie Horrigan

Elizabeth Marie Horrigan, 87, of Largo, Fla., formerly of North Adams and Williamstown, died June 22 at Hospice House Woodside in Pinellas Park, Fla. She moved to Largo in 1983. Born in Adams...

Gladys Agnes Benoit

Gladys Agnes Benoit, 85, of 267 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1922, daughter of Joseph C. and Lydia Lefebvre Benoit, she was a longtime...

Phyllis E. Stone, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Phyllis Esther Stone, 80, of 113 Main St., died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on April 22, 1927, daughter of Clarence and Pearl...

Flora Delia Burnette

Flora Delia Burnette, 97, of Treasure Island, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Sunday at Alhambra Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. Born in Clarksburg on June 14, 1910,...

Charles Henry Rarick Jr.

Charles Henry Rarick Jr., 78, of 10 Apache Drive, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 8, 1929, son of Charles H. Rarick Sr. and Anna Markland Rarick, he...

Alcide Ernest Guisti

Alcide Ernest Guisti, 92, of 103 Main St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 1, 1915, son of Henry and Rose Mancini Guisti, he attended local schools and was a...

David F. Murphy, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David Francis Murphy, 51, of 59 Birchwood Terrace died at home on Saturday, June 17, 2007, of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1955, son of Eleanor Spring Murphy...

Emanuel H. Cohen

Emanuel H. Cohen, 87, of 5465 Cedar Village Drive, Mason, Ohio, formerly of 75 Biltmore Ave., died yesterday at Hospice of Cincinnati. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 8, 1919, son of Harry and...

Arthur Alfred Boulerice

Arthur Alfred Boulerice, 84, of 144 Windsor Road, died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided since May 30. Born in North Adams on Sept. 23, 1922, son of Arthur O. and Ethel...

Irene J. Parmelee

Irene J. Parmelee, 87, of 266 Shadowland Cove, a former longtime resident of 125 Onota St. in Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Holyoke on July 14, 1919, daughter of...

Dennis D. LaBelle Sr.

Dennis D. LaBelle Sr., 52, of 229 Mohawk Trail, died Tuesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on July 13, 1954, son of the late Arthur W. and Geraldine Windrow LaBelle, he...

Frank W. James Jr.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank W. James Jr., 87, of 227 Franklin St., Apt. 6A, Franklin Court, formerly of 25 Sunset Drive, Williamstown, died Tuesday< June 12, 2007, at North Adams...

Ruth Coleman

Ruth Coleman, 86, of Williamstown Commons, died there Monday. Born in Merryville, La., on June 20, 1920, daughter of Frank and Eliza Byley Bowie, she was educated in schools in Louisiana. A...

Alfred C. Griswold

Alfred C. Griswold, 84, of 47 Windsor Court, Keene, died Sunday morning at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene following a short illness. Born Sept. 13, 1922, in Cheshire, the son of Alfred W....

Jerod John Beckwith

Jerod John Beckwith, 26, of 28 Valley St. died Thursday following a motorcycle accident on East Road. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 20, 1980, son of John J. and Linda Corbiere Beckwith, he attended...

Marjorie Claire Robare

Marjorie Claire Robare, 79, of 45 Spring St. died Friday at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted June 1 after suffering a stroke. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1927, daughter of Clarence...

Ann R. Smith

Ann R. Smith, 63, of Myrtle Street Apartments, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 23, 1944, daughter of Paul B. and Marion Pezinelli...

Beatrice M. Pierce, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice M. Roy Pierce, 93, of 1100 Mohawk Trail, died Monday, June 4, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 15, 1913, daughter of Calix "Chick" and...

Geraldine E. Accetta, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Geraldine Evelyn Accetta, 72, of 5681 Isabelle Ave., Port Orange, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at Halifax Medical Center in Port...

John R. "Chip" Taft Jr.

John R. "Chip" Taft Jr., 53, of 278 Houghton St., died Sunday at West Haven (Conn.) Veterans Hospital. He was the veterans' agent for the city of North Adams and a former president of the City...