Obituaries

George Harold Whipple Jr.

George Harold Whipple Jr., 79, of 55 Langlois Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1927, a son of the late George H. Whipple Sr. and Gladys Palmer Whipple, he attended...

Harriet Michaels

Harriet Michaels, 94, of 22 Willowford Road, South Dennis, died Wednesday at Epoch Nursing Home in Brewster. Born in North Adams on Feb. 14, 1912, daughter of Frank and Harriet Williams Hermon,...

Nancy Briaddy

Nancy Briaddy, 71, of 91 Columbia St., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at home, where she lived with her daughter. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 1935, daughter of Theodore and Marie...

Dorothy M. Pinsonneault

Dorothy M. Pinsonneault, 95, of 118 Union St. died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1911, daughter of Nicholas and Annie Dougherty Hillard, she attended schools...

Justin Peter Markou

Justin Peter Markou, 31, of 97 Summit Ave., Catskill, N.Y., a native of North Adams, died Friday at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains, N.J. Born on Dec. 20, 1974, son of Peter J. Markou...

Madeline Mary Bennett

Madeline Mary Bennett, 84, of 277 Luce Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 22, 1922, daughter of James T. and Harriet Fountain Horrigan, she attended...

Shirley Jean Reopell

Shirley Jean Reopell, 71, of 116 Riverside Drive died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on April 12, 1935, daughter of Elwin N. and Dorothy Cutler Fuller, she was a 1953...

Dorothy May Kozik

Dorothy May Kozik, 72, of 2 Burnett St. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in Adams on May 27, 1934, daughter of Bruno and Helen Sikora Loc, she was a 1951 graduate of the...

Muriel "Kit" King

Muriel "Kit" King, 80, of 198 Shadowland Cove and 300 West Airport Blvd., Sanford, Fla., died Wednesday, at Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1926, daughter...

Joan Marie Ziter

Joan Marie Ziter, 69, of 69 Davenport St. died Wednesday evening at the Berkshire Medical Center after a three-year battle with multiple myeloma. Born in North Adams on Feb. 20, 1937, daughter of...

Donna Marie Morrison

Donna Marie Morrison, 42, of 106 Howland Ave. died Thursday at her home. Born in Adams on Aug. 18, 1964, daughter of the late Richard and Theresa Gazaille Briggs, she attended Adams schools,...

Helen V. Gould

Helen V. Gould, 94, of 21 Mohawk Forest Blvd., died Thursday on her birthday at her home. Born in New York City on Nov. 2, 1912, daughter of Patrick and Bessie Golden Toohey, she attended schools...

Wanda M. Gale

Wanda M. Gale, 92, of 3 Conrad St., died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Jan. 30, 1914, daughter of Henry and Mary Mazur Nowak, she attended schools in Adams. She worked...

Edward E. "Red" Veazie, Jr.

Edward E. "Red" Veazie, Jr., 78, of 18 Summit Ave., died Monday at his home. Born June 30, 1928, in North Adams, son of the late Edward E. and Hester Turrell Veazie, he attended North Adams...

Genevieve E. Beauchemin

Genevieve E. Beauchemin, 95, of 1275 Massachusetts Ave. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 19, 1911, daughter of the late Mark E. and Eliza M. Caron Lord, she...

Robert M. Hicks

Robert M. Hicks, 76, of Westford, a native of North Adams, died Saturday at Emerson Hospital in Concord after a brief illness. Born on Aug. 17, 1930, son of Murray and Doris Hall Hicks, he...

William Edward Danaher Jr.

William Edward Danaher Jr., 78, of 37 Main St. died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 19, 1928, son of William E. Danaher Sr. and Helen Wandrei Danaher, he was a...

Franklin Alan Baker

Franklin Alan Baker, 55, of 64 Pines Lodge Park died of cancer Wednesday at Williamstown Commons Care Center. Born in Adams on Oct. 30, 1950, son of Franklin A. and Irene LaBelle Baker, he...

Susan Caven

Susan Caven, 98, of 765 South Church St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Scotland on July 31, 1908, daughter of Robert and Susan Morgan Stalker, she emigrated to Clarksburg as a...

Gerald Donald Brassard

Gerald Donald Brassard, 68, of 1 Nelson St. died Wednesday evening at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1937, son of the late Gerald T. Brassard and Laura Scarbo Brassard Wilton, he...

Maurice Shapiro

Maurice Shapiro, 94, of 20379 West Country Club Road, Aventura, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died yesterday at the Regent Park Care Center in North Miami Beach. Born in North Adams on Oct. 8,...

Joyce Boschen

Joyce Boschen, 78, of Shaw Road died Oct. 14 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where she had been in a coma since Aug. 29 following surgery for a heart attack. Born in New London, Conn.,...

Fern Margaret Giroux Piske

Fern Margaret Giroux Piske, 97, of 1014 Lincoln St., Hollywood, Fla., died Tuesday at her home. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 10, 1909, the daughter of the late Frederick Giroux and...

Ruth Laidlaw

Ruth Laidlaw, 96, of Sweetwood, 1611 Cold Spring Road, died Friday at home. Born in Dedham, on Oct. 16, 1910, daughter of Francis W. and Ruth Hayes Welch, she attended schools in New York City and...

Norris Anthony Phelps Sr.

Norris Anthony Phelps Sr., 86, of 207 Woodcock Road died yesterday at the home of his son, Peter David Phelps, of 580 Oblong Road. He served three terms on the Board of Selectmen and was its...