Obituaries

Florence Law

Florence Law, 90, of 132 Protection Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Adams on April 6, 1915, daughter of Edward and Josephine Dame Morin, she attended schools there. Mrs. Law was last...

Helen A. Pikul

Helen A. Pikul, 80, formerly of 75 Commercial St., died early Sunday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Holyoke on July 31, 1925, daughter of Walter and Caroline Sigda...

David Sargent Pafenbach

David Sargent Pafenbach, 56, of 994 Shaw Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1948, son of Fred and Phyllis Sargent...

Walter Liszka

Walter Liszka, 87, of 6 School St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Putnam, Conn., on Aug. 21, 1918, son of Maciej and Monica Bigosz Liszka, he came to Adams as a child with his family,...

William J. Millis

William J. Millis, 63, of 651 Lancer Lane, Corona, Calif., a native of North Adams, died Wednesday in Corona. Born on Dec. 22, 1941, son of William and Flora Chenette Millis, he attended local...

James Francis Adams

James Francis Adams, 59, of 8255 Metto Road, Jacksonville, Fla., died Sept. 16 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville. Born in North Adams on Sept. 25, 1945, son of John and Anne Lynch...

Kenneth Demers

ADAMS, Mass. — Kenneth Demers, 38, of 92 Summer St. died early Friday morning, Sept. 23, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on May 18, 1967,...

Joseph Henry Lyons

Joseph Henry Lyons, 79, of 473 West Main St. died Monday evening at Albany Medical Center. Born in the Farnams section of Cheshire on Jan. 8, 1926, son of Paul and Lulu Curtis Lyons, he attended...

Gertrude Cecilia Harvey

Gertrude Cecilia Harvey, 91, formerly of Clarksburg and Lake Worth, Fla., died Saturday at Wingate in South Hadley after a short illness. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1914, daughter of Louis...

Ida Julia Glowacki

Ida Julia Glowacki, 91, of 75 Commercial St., died Thursday at home. Born in Adams on March 9, 1914, daughter of Peter J. and Stacia C. Kwasnicki Glowacki, she attended schools there, including...

Kenneth Paul Boillat

Kenneth Paul Boillat, 74, of 4101 Mockingbird Drive, Boynton Beach, Fla., and Florida, Mass., died Friday afternoon at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in North...

Gloria M. Noel, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Gloria Mary Noel, 79, of 25 Yale St. died Thursday afternoon, Sept. 15, 2005, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Oct. 2, 1925, daughter of Giuseppe and Olive...

Sue E. Saliba, 63

ADAMS, Mass. - Sue Ellen Saliba, 63, of 8 Albert St. died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at her home. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Feb. 1, 1942, daughter of Harriet C. Shearer Harrington O'Neil and the...

Hazel M. Newport

Hazel M. Newport, 93, of Mohawk Drive, Tribes Hill, N.Y., died yesterday morning at St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the mother of Douglas C. Newport of North Adams. Born in...

Ralph Oscar DuBuc Jr.

Ralph Oscar DuBuc Jr., 78, of 9109 Valdez Dr., Urbandale, Iowa, a native and longtime resident of Adams, died Monday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Born in Adams on March 16,...

Joseph William "Bill" Widing Jr.

Joseph William "Bill" Widing Jr., 75, of 1611 Cold Spring Road died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers after a long illness. Born in Philadelphia on April 4, 1930, son of Joseph William Widing...

Marion Belle Henderson

Marion Belle Henderson, 85, formerly of Simonds Road, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1919, daughter of Harry D. and...

Letezia L. "Letty" Demo

Letezia L. "Letty" Demo, 95, of 101 North St. died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Spellios, at 3 Blueberry Hill Road, Wilbraham. Born in Calabria, Italy on Oct. 6, 1909, daughter...

John S. Babula

John S. Babula, 77, of 2028 Small Town Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, a native of Adams and former teacher at Charles H. McCann Vocational Technical High School, died early Friday morning at...

Angelina M. Ciaburri

Angelina M. Ciaburri, 89, of 4301 Rabbit Foot Lane. Richmond, Va., formerly of North Adams, died on Wednesday at the Lexington Court Nursing Home in Richmond, VA. Born in North Adams on Aug. 25,...

Leona Marie Pero

Leona Marie Pero, 81, of Starbrooke Drive, Newton, N.C., died Saturday at Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Born in Adams on Nov. 16, 1923, daughter of Amedee Joseph and Mary...

Alice M. Godfrey

Alice M. Godfrey, 75, of 580 Henderson Road died Monday morning at the Sweetbrook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 27, 1930, daughter of Archie and Bessie Davis Godfrey, she...

Lawrence R. Keefe

Lawrence R. Keefe, 89, formerly of 50 1/2 Melrose St., died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Nov. 11, 1915, son of Patrick and Virginia M. Wing Keefe, he was a...

Francis A. Colli

Francis A. Colli, 89, of 821 Pattison Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He had moved to North Adams in 2004. Born in Agawam on Nov. 29, 1915, son of Frank and Susie Cebrelli...

Gerald E. St. Jean

Gerald E. St. Jean, 64, of 46 Mallard Cove died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided in Cheshire for 5 1/2 years. Before that, he lived in Savoy, Adams and the town of...