Obituaries

Angelina A. Damiano, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angelina A. Damiano, 95, of 78 Apple Ridge Road, West Springfield, formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born...

Robertine Grace Melle

Robertine Grace Melle, 81, of 84 West Main St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Ware on Jan. 26, 1926, daughter of Albert and Antoinette Lapré St. Onge, she attended...

Helen E. Koloc, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Helen E. Koloc, 87, of 101 Harris St., died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1919, daughter of Frederick D. and Louise Eaton Eldridge,...

Marion Doris Babeu Williams

Marion Doris Babeu Williams, 73, formerly of 61 Carson Ave., died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Nancy Wojnicki, at 350 Kemp Ave., North Adams. Born in North Adams on March 18, 1933,...

Theodore L. Shogry Sr., 77

WINDSOR, Mass. — Theodore Louis Shogry Sr., 77, of 23 Monyhan Road, died Monday, March 5, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 3, 1929, son of Louis...

Dennis J. Murphy

Dennis J. Murphy, 47, of 41 Seminole Drive, Wheel Estates Mobile Home Park, died Friday at home. Born on May 16, 1959, in Pittsfield, son of Donald F. and Carolyn Wilcox Murphy, he had resided in...

Lillian F. Heiss

Lillian F. Heiss, 103, formerly of 118 Church St., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers where she had resided since 2002. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 1,...

Veronica Crockwell, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Veronica May Crockwell, 82, of 45 Spring St., Spring Street Apartments, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in Gardner on May 28, 1924, daughter...

Leopoldo Cintron Jr.

Leopoldo Cintron Jr., 56, of 17 Pleasant St., the Barrett House, died Tuesday at home following a long illness. Born in Puerto Rico on Nov. 15, 1950, son of Dolores Diaz Cintron Ferrer and the...

Yvonne M. Benoit, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Yvonne M. Benoit, 85, of 54 Kemp Ave., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1921, daughter of Jean and Edmire...

Eleanor R. Favreau, 80

ADAMS, Mass. â€' Eleanor Rose "Helen" Favreau, 80, of 17 Pleasant St., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 14, 1926, daughter of...

Cecile Yarter, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecile "Ceil" Yarter, 92, of 142 Liberty St., died Monday afternoon, Feb. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 28, 1914, daughter of...

Lorraine Theresa Momaney Sartori

Lorraine Theresa Momaney Sartori, 79, of 369 Fred Mason Road, died early yesterday at the home of her niece, Carol Clerc, at 45 Notch Road, Adams. Born in Brattleboro, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1928, she...

Madaliene M. Shields, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Madaliene Mary Shields, 84, of 339 Franklin St., died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24, 1922, daughter of Frank and Elena Pozzi...

Evelyn May Lyons

Evelyn May Lyons, 93, of 473 West Main St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1913, daughter of Walter and Bessie Randall Blanchard, she attended local schools...

Anna Fortin

Anna Fortin, 95, of 2 Apache Drive, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on June 3, 1911, daughter of John and Mary Swakoj Paluch, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Helen G. Zieba

Helen G. Zieba, 97, of 18 Summer St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb. 24, 1909, daughter of Krysten and Agata Wojtowicz Zajac, she attended St....

Palm Rose Maruco, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Palm Rose Maruco, 89, of 225 East 95th St., New York, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had been living for the past...

Gary A. Smith, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gary Alvin Smith, 50, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1956, son of Alvin C. Smith and Mary Rahilly Smith Miller,...

Gary Mekdeci

Gary Mekdeci, 52, of 27 Temple St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on March 12, 1954, son of Mary Crockwell Mekdeci and the late Samuel J. Mekdeci, he...

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik, 90, formerly of 5 Marshall Ave., died Tuesday at River Garden Hebrew Home in Jacksonville, Fla., where she had resided for the past four years. Born in North Adams on Dec....

Wildred Irene Briggs

Wildred Irene Briggs, 94, of 722 West Shaft Road, died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1912, daughter of Arthur and Mary Jane Daniels Hosley, she attended local...

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura, 66, of 14 Aztec Drive, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while on vacation. Born in Philadelphia, on Dec. 15, 1940, daughter of the late Charles A. and Margaret...

Isabelle Helen Leonesio

Isabelle Helen Leonesio, 88, of 9 Mill St., died Wednesday at home. Born in Adams on July 28, 1918, daughter of Alexander and Sophie Kuna Konat, she attended St. Stanislaus' Elementary...

Carleton Godfrey Bechard

Carleton Godfrey Bechard, 84, of 94 Emerald Lane, Williamstown, formerly of 21 Bob's Hill, Adams, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted nine days ago. Born in...