Obituaries

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...

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....