Obituaries

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,...

Eveline A. Geno, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eveline Antoinette Geno, 86, of 93 Cleveland Ave., Apartment 41, died Friday, March 17, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Valley Falls, R.I., on Oct. 21,...

Mary Harwood Cook

Mary Harwood Cook, 93, died Thursday morning at Sweet Brook Care Centers. She had been a resident of Devonshire Estates in Lenox from 2000 to 2002 and of Melbourne Place in Pittsfield from 2002 to...

Frederick K. Bressette

Frederick K. Bressette, 83, of Sagamore Beach, died Wednesday at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. He taught at Drury High School for 10 years and was a professor at the former North Adams State College...

Frederick S. Simon, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frederick Salem Simon, 88, of 335 State St. died Monday, March 13, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1917, son of Salem G. and...

Rev. Robert H. Cummings

The Rev. Robert H. Cummings, 84, of 203 Summit Ave., Plainfield, died Tuesday morning in his home following a long illness. Formerly, he served St. Mark's Church of Adams. Born in Beverly on...

George William Juno

George William Juno, 20, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Adams died early Saturday morning in Palm Beach County, Fla., as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Born in North Adams on April 16,...

Nancy J. Brosnihan, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy Jean Brosnihan, 73, of 165 North St. died Sunday morning, March 12, 2006, at Noble Hospital in Westfield, where she was admitted on Feb. 19, 2006. Born in...

Leona E. Ostrander, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leona Eva "Babe" Ostrander, 97, of 45 Spring St., died Saturday evening, March 11, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in Lynn on July 16, 1908, daughter of William and...

Claire Mae Hurlbut Fortini

Claire Mae Hurlbut Fortini, 76, of 94 Lincoln St., died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Friday. Born in North Adams on Jan. 27, 1930, daughter of...

Joan Lillian Crofts Chenail

Joan Lillian Crofts Chenail, 75, of 1378 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday morning at her home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 2, 1930, daughter of Thomas Hicks and Lillian Gregory Crofts, she...

Anna May Miner Sweet

Anna May Miner Sweet, 89, formerly of 150 Ashland St., died Wednesday evening at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had been a resident for several years. Born on Jan. 11, 1917, in Pittsfield,...

Lucy Rita Kenney

Lucy Rita Kenney, 91, of 46 Quincy St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Tuesday March 7th. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1914, daughter of the...

Anthony A. Wojcik, 53

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony A. Wojcik, 53, of 7 North Summer St. died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born on July 2, 1952, son of the late...

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr.

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr., 70, of 150 Ashland St. died Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 28, 1936, son of Owen Pedercini and Elizabeth Rarick...

Donald Arthur Mahoney

Donald Arthur Mahoney, 77, of 73 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday morning at his home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1928, son of the late Arthur and Naomi Dufrain Mahoney, he attended local...

Barbara J. Dowsey

Barbara J. Dowsey, 63, of Westfield, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, died Monday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Chester on Jan. 16, 1943, daughter of Gilbert and Elsie Chaffee...