Obituaries

Pearl Ann Dennison Pettit

Pearl Ann Dennison Pettit, 65, of 175 Franklin St., formerly of 335 Wahconah St., Pittsfield, died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Penn Yan, N.Y., on March 18, 1942, daughter of the late...

Shirley May Bartram Duchna

Shirley May Bartram Duchna, 78, 412 North St., died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 20, 1929, daughter of George and Alma Simpson Bartram, she...

Tracy Ann Bedard

Tracy Ann Bedard, 43, of 159 Liberty St., North Adams, died Sunday at her home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 19, 1963, daughter of the late Raymond P. Bedard and Theresa A. Mineau Bedard, she...

Rosalie A. Poplaski

Rosalie A. Poplaski, 77, of 562 Notch Road, died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 10, 1929, daughter of Leo and Angelina Strafaci Giroux, she attended schools...

Juliette Pevoski

Juliette Pevoski, 90, of 21 McLagen Drive, died yesterday at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 12, 1916, daughter of Joseph D. and Albertine Brosseau Bourgeois,...

Vernon Dale O'Malley

Vernon Dale O'Malley, 94, of 24 Bower Drive, Myerstown, Pa., formerly of 590 River Road, died Saturday at the Golden Living Center in Reading, Pa. Born in Adams on March 16, 1913, daughter of...

Genevieve Murach, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Genevieve "Jennie" Murach, 92, of 22 Pearl St., died Monday, April 9, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Reginald Rowett Jr., 81

FLORIDA, Mass. — Reginald Rowett Jr., 81, of 229 Central Shaft Road died Friday, April 6, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier at home. He...

Stella Bernat

Stella Bernat, 88, formerly of 5 Edmund St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 9, 1918, daughter of Peter and Hanora Ostrobinski Zgrzebniak, she attended local schools....

Edwin Luczynski

Edwin Luczynski, 80, of 37 Crandall St. and Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at the Consulate Rehab Center in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Clarksburg on Dec. 15, 1926, son of John and Leona Furtek...

Albert Edward Scherr III

Albert Edward Scherr III, 85, of 300 Petersburg Road died March 28 at home. He was a former chairman of the town Finance Committee Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 26, 1921, son of Albert E....

Peter Romeo Cerveira Bianchi

Peter Romeo Cerveira Bianchi, 15, of 429 Lanesborough Road, died at home on Friday evening. Born in Pittsfield, Jan. 8, 1992, son of John and Lynda Cerveira Bianchi, he was a sophomore at St....

Rachel J. Wright LaBonte White

Rachel J. Wright LaBonte White, 69, of 7 West St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 10, 1937, daughter of Joseph and Anna Pinsonneault Pigeon, she attended...

Henry Alfred Nichols

Henry Alfred Nichols, 85, of 136 Sand Springs Road, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on April 6, 1921, son of Henry R. and Ethel Moore Nichols, he graduated...

Ruth Sears Sumner, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ruth M. Sears Sumner, 80, of 18 1/2 Washington Ave. died Friday, March 30, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Dec. 7, 1926, daughter of Louis...

Edward J. Stefanik

Edward J. Stefanik, 81, of 23 Anthony St., died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 19, 1925, son of Andrew and Anna Glod Stefanik, he graduated from St. Stanislaus'...

James Steven Varellas

James Steven Varellas, 66, of 7 Grandview Terrace, a longtime businessman, died Wednesday at home. Born in Sparta, Greece, on Jan. 23, 1941, son of Stavros and Stavroula Masganas Varellas, he...

Antoinette Pietras

Antoinette Pietras, 88, of 5 Gilead St., died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 30, 1918, daughter of Raphael and Rosalie Choiniere Moreau, she attended...

E. Mildred Patryn

E. Mildred Patryn, 91, of 3 Harding Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Danielson, Conn., on June 4, 1915, to Antoni and Mary Dziewanska Kordana, she came to this area as a child...

Leonard Joseph Fields III

Infant Leonard Joseph Fields III was stillborn March 4 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the son of Leonard J. Fields Jr. and Robin Warner Dewey, who died Saturday from complications...

Robin Marie Dewey

Robin Marie Dewey, 25, of 1 Noble Place, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital from complications related to pregnancy. On March 4, she delivered a stillborn son, Leonard Joseph Fields...

Victor John Bednarz

Victor John Bednarz, 73, of 16 Smith St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 16, 1933, son of Victor S. Bednarz and Julia Hoczela Bednarz Ciuk, he graduated from the former Adams High...

Anne Marie Markarian, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Anne Marie Markarian, 91, of 1080 Simonds Road, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at her home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 18, 1915, daughter of Patrick J. and Mary...

Anita V. Kuczynski, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Anita Villa Kuczynski, 76, of 8 Spring St., died Sunday, March, 18, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 31, 1930, daughter of Lyman A. and...

William B. Whitney, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - William Bryant Whitney, 84, of 360 Reservoir Road, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Mr. Whitney was a partner at the former Whitney's Drug Store...