Obituaries

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...

Dorothy Beaupre, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Beaupre, 81, of 10 Grant St., died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Dec. 4, 1925, daughter of Giuseppe (Joseph)...

Helen Lawson Trayon

Helen Lawson Trayon, 84, of 2 Haley St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 11, 1922, daughter of Joseph H. and Helen Lawson Trayon, she graduated from Drury High School and...

Alphonse A. Seney

Alphonse A. Seney, 81, of 42 Meadow St. died Saturday at home. Born in Schuylerville, N.Y., on June 29, 1925, son of Arthur A. and Florence Bentley Seney, he attended schools there. He moved...

Marjorie L. O'Brien, 59

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marjorie Lynn O'Brien, 59, of 174 White Oaks Road died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on...

Thomas W. Ciuk

Thomas W. Ciuk, 90, a former resident of Camp Hill, Pa., died Saturday at Claremont Nursing Center in Carlisle, Pa. He was a native of Adams. Born on Aug. 5, 1916, son of Jacob and Anna...

Thomas James Garner

Thomas James Garner, 58, of 585 State Road, died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1948, son of James A. and Cecelia LaDouceur Garner, he graduated from Drury...

Julius "Red" Czaja

Julius "Red" Czaja, 86, a native of North Adams, died Sunday at Sunrise Assisted Living House in Columbia, Md., where he had resided for three years. Born at home on Beaver Street on March 31,...

Stacia H. Soderstrom

Stacia H. Soderstrom, 90, of 26 Anthony St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 6, 1916, daughter of Karol and Zofia Swajkos Konieczny, she attended local...

Louis E. Bastien, 70

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Louis E. Bastien, 70, of 46 Summer St. died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Jan. 18, 1937, son of Harold and Dorothy...

Evelyn Barbara Rivard

Evelyn Barbara Rivard, 83, of 25 Overlook Terrace, died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 10, 1923, daughter of George and Fannie Hicks Smith, she was a 1941...

Sue Ellen Davignon, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sue Ellen Davignon, 55, of 147 North St., died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1951, daughter of...

Ruth Louise Fonda Bump

Ruth Louise Fonda Bump, 87, of 586 North Hoosac Road, died Tuesday at her home. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Feb. 25, 1919, daughter of William and Ethel Kastenbein Fonda, she moved to Bennington,...

Helen Cecilia Gwozdz Armata

Helen Cecilia Gwozdz Armata, 88, of 59 East St., died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 23, 1918, daughter of Piotr and Bronislawa Banas...

Loretta MacDonald

Loretta MacDonald, 79, of 18 Summit Ave. died yesterday at the home of her sister, Gloria Charron of 855 Massachusetts Ave., following a one-year battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Sept....

Frederick Joseph LaVigne

Frederick Joseph LaVigne, 86, of 96 Cherry St. died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 15, 1920, son of John B. and Julia Andrews LaVigne, he attended the former Mark Hopkins, the...

Stanley F. Koza

Stanley F. Koza, 79, of 12 3rd Ave., Pine Valley Park, died Saturday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since December. Born in Adams on Oct. 26, 1927, son of Michael and Mary Dziengel...

William G. Garner

William G. Garner, 71, of 345 Barbour St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1935, son of William H. and Mildred Therrien Garner, he graduated from...

George Joseph Kolodziejczyk

George Joseph Kolodziejczyk, 48, of 218 Outlook Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in New Britain, Conn., on March 14, 1958, son of Marja Kowalik...