Obituaries

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...

Dorothy M. Burdick

Dorothy M. Burdick, 90, of 30 Phelps Road died Sunday at home. Born in Cheshire on Aug. 9, 1917, daughter of Lewis and Emma Sweeney Briggs, she attended schools there. Mrs. Burdick was employed...

Walter Charles Wojtusiak

Walter Charles Wojtusiak, 86, of 6 Sparrow St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on April 23, 1921, son of Matthew and Veronica Strzepek Wojtusiak, he...

Lawrence Edward Lemanski

Lawrence Edward Lemanski, 82, of 13 Bieniek Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on June 2, 1925, son of Walter and Alice Zaik Lemanski, he was a graduate of the former...

James C. Faulkner

James C. Faulkner, 88, of 1611 Cold Spring Road, Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Lola, Ky., on Aug. 6, 1919, son of Carl F. and Yvonne Barth...

Elizabeth Ann Chapman

Elizabeth Ann Chapman, 78, of 35 Adams Road died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Williamstown on June 27, 1929, daughter of Charles E. and Minnie Hunter Garrison, she was a...

Alice R. Lesnick, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Roberta Lesnick, 77, of 114 Upper E. Hoosac St. died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1930, daughter of Eugene and Alice Benoit Bellows,...

Priscilla L. O'Neil, 56

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Priscilla Louise O'Neil, 56, of 312 Walnut St. died Saturday morning, Sept. 22, 2007, at home of natural causes. Born in North Adams on March 12, 1951, daughter of...

Janice Shotwell

Janice Shotwell, 58, of 772 North Hoosac Road, died at Sweet Brook Continuing Care Center on Monday following a long battle with cancer. She moved to Williamstown in 1994 after living in...

Lorraine M. Glass

Lorraine M. Glass, 52, of 30A Country Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of respiratory failure after a long illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1954, daughter of Walter Glass...

Ignatius Joseph "Ike" Wojtaszek Jr.

Ignatius Joseph "Ike" Wojtaszek Jr., 69, of 357 Lanseborough Road died Thursday at home after a long illness. He was Cheshire town treasurer for 36 years, retiring May 7. Born in Adams on May...

George R. Olds

George R. Olds, 81, of 70 Champagne Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the Middlefield fire chief from 1972 to 1987. Born in Westfield on July 23, 1926, son of George...

Clayton S. Cutting, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Clayton Sumner Cutting, 68, of 120 Brooklyn St., died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on May 27, 1939, son...

Mary Nellie Battory

Mary Nellie Battory, 91, of 53 North Summer St., died on Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on March 7, 1916, daughter of John and Aniela Ptak Zepka, she attended schools in...

Susan L. Geib, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan L. "Sue Ann" Geib, 53, of 386 Houghton St. died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in Caribou, Maine, on Nov. 11, 1953, daughter of Marilyn...

William Glover Seeley

William Glover Seeley, 74, of 91 Summer St., died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 29, 1932, son of Walter and Helen Glover Seeley, he attended schools...

Adolph J. Heideman Jr., 79

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Adolph James Heideman Jr., 79, of 1260 Middle Road, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on May 3, 1928, son of Adolph Heideman Sr. and...

Raymond James Degere

Raymond James Degere, 77, of 69 Champagne Ave., died Monday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on March 15, 1930, son of Alfred and Yvonne Johnson Degere, he graduated...

Kathryn L. Gagne

Kathryn L. Gagne, 57, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Friday at home. Born in North Adams on April 25, 1950, daughter of Lynn Champagny Morris and the late John A. Morris, she graduated from Drury...