Obituaries

James H. Urquhart Jr.

James H. Urquhart Jr., 78, of Gator Trace Avenue, Fort Pierce, died Monday at home. He was a native of Adams, formerly residing on Richmond Lane. Born in Adams on June 20, 1927, son of James...

Richard Gamache

Richard Gamache, 42, of 28 Valley St. died Saturday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Adams on July 29, 1963, son of the late Donald L. and Adella Rogowski...

Marie Florence Trudeau

Marie Florence Trudeau, 87, of 45 Spring St. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care & Health Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Albany, N.Y., on March 8, 1919, daughter of Louis and...

Catherine Partenope

Catherine Partenope, 100, of 10 Hospital Ave. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care & Health Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 12, 1906, daughter of Vincenzo and...

Roland L. Daigneault

Roland L. Daigneault 67, of 64 Musterfield Heights died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Oct. 6, 1938, son of the late Alfred and Hortense Landgoc...

Adelbert W. Sharp

Adelbert W. Sharp, 90, died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Hancock on Jan. 7, 1916, son of Winfred and Pearl Maynard Sharp, he was a lifelong resident of Hancock...

Edward J. Ostrowski Jr.

Edward J. Ostrowski Jr., 52, of 41 Willow St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 19, 1953, son of Edward J. Ostrowski and the late Geraldine Towsley...

Robert L. Field

Robert L. Field, 80, of 51 Pines Lodge Park died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on Nov. 19, 1925, son of Harold and Alta Lee Field, he graduated in 1943 from the former...

Francis Leonard Dargie Sr.

Francis Leonard Dargie Sr., 79, of 215 East Main St. died Wednesday evening at the North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 7, 1926, son of Henri Dargie and Eva Royal Dargie, he attended schools...

Archibald D. "Red" Wilson Jr.

Archibald D. "Red" Wilson Jr., 85, of 1067 North Hoosac Road died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bainbridge, N.Y., on May 19, 1920, son of Archibald D. Wilson Sr. and Mabel Lewis...

Frances Stanley

Frances Stanley, 88, of One Berkshire Square died Saturday at Williamstown Commons, where she was admitted March 16. Born in Adams on Aug. 21, 1917, daughter of William and Mary Gran Levy, she...

Alma J. Doyle

Alma J. Doyle, 44, of 58 Ingalls Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Richmond, Va. on Feb. 27, 1962, daughter of the late Malcolm and Helen Crawford Campbell, she was a 1980...

Orrin E. Hall

Orrin E. Hall, 69, of 56 Bachand Ave. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 23, 1936, son of the late Orrin F. and Marion Stratton Hall, he attended North...

Philip J. Gardner Sr.

Philip J. Gardner Sr., 61, of 16 West Mountain Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Hynesburg, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1944, son of the...

Gloria Jane Lipka Nye

Gloria Jane Lipka Nye, 72, of 3 Cherokee Drive died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Saugus on Oct. 23, 1933, daughter of Russell and Phyllis Griffin Collins, she attended...

Martin Paul Freitag

Martin Paul Freitag, 72, of 596 Wells Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Feb. 5, 1934, son of Paul and Katherine Drescher...

Sonia Drawec

Sonia Drawec, 92, of 52 Columbia St. died early Wednesday morning at the Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Oed, Neb., on Sept. 22, 1913, daughter of the late Stanley and Sudwina...

Ruth O'Neil Cramer

Ruth O'Neil Cramer, 74, a resident of 255 High Street Hill, since 1997, died March 16 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pawcatuck, Conn., on July 18, 1931, daughter of Joseph J....

Tancred E. Jacob

Tancred E. Jacob, 78, of 900 North Hoosac Road died Tuesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1927, a son of the late Tancred A. Jacob and Elizabeth Roche...

Alvin Louis Brassard

Alvin Louis Brassard, 77, of 94 Chestnut St. died Tuesday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Mooers Forks, N.Y., on Jan., 3, 1929, he was a son of the late Fred Brassard and Marceline Monette...

Cecelia E. Kelly, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecelia Elizabeth Kelly, 96, of Houston died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at home. She was the mother of Katherine Anne Kelly Montgomery of North Adams. Born in San...

Aidan M. Crane, 14

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Aidan Martin Crane, 14, of 32 Lindley Terrace died Saturday, March 19, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 18, 1991, son of Sam Crane and his wife, Maureen...

Charles E. Blanchette

Charles E. Blanchette, 91, of 164 Prokop Ave., Ludlow, formerly of Adams, died Saturday at home. Born in Adams on April 30, 1914, son of Hilaire and Eugenie LaBelle Blanchette, he graduated from...

Patricia Anne Shine

Patricia Anne Shine, 74, of 146 Thornliebank Road, died Friday at home. She was a winter resident of Hutchinson Island in Florida. Born in Boston on April 3, 1931, daughter of Stephen and Mary...

Lillian Clairmont Harrington

Lillian Clairmont Harrington, 94, formerly of 882 Savoy Road, died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on June 26, 1911, daughter of William and Emma Norman Brassard,...