Obituaries

Richard H. Sabot

Richard H. Sabot, 61, a scholar, teacher, entrepreneur and adventurer who was committed to worldwide social and economic change, died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken...

Franklin Edward Gwara

Franklin Edward Gwara, 64, of 21 Francis Ave. died Wednesday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 8, 1941, son of Chester L. and Gladys M. Thomas Gwara, he was a...

Earl G. Palmer

Earl G. Palmer, 82, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday at Williamstown Commons Care Center. Born in North Adams on Feb. 22, 1923, son of Lawrence E. and Orilla Thayer Palmer, he attended North Adams...

Charles Hadley Samler King Jr.

Charles Hadley Samler King Jr., 78, of 84 Moorland St., a retired bank officer and lawyer, died Sunday at home. He was a member of the Conservation Commission. Born in Baltimore on Jan. 1,...

Reginald C. Galvin

Reginald C. Galvin, 62, of 273 North St. died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 10, 1942, son of Reginald H. and Jeannette Chadwell Galvin, he...

Monique Lavigne

Monique Lavigne, 54, of 26 Bellevue Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Sept. 12, 1950, daughter of Leo and Yvette Caron Chouinard, she...

Arthur Harvey

Arthur Harvey, 90, formerly of Clarksburg and Lake Worth, Fla., died Saturday at Wingate, a skilled nursing facility in South Hadley. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1915, son of George and Mary...

Mildred Mary Tanguay

Mildred Mary Tanguay, 98, of 292 Beaver St., formerly of 118 Union St., died Saturday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Oct. 3, 1906, daughter of Patrick and...

William L. Carpenter

William L. Carpenter, 44, of 164 North St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on April 5, 1961, son of Joanne M. DeRose Carpenter of North Adams and the late Raymond G. Carpenter, he...

Ralph "FooFoo" Louison

Ralph "FooFoo" Louison, 76, of 225 State Road died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 17, 1928, son of James F. and Ethel Heap Louison, he was a 1946...

Anna M. Hish Filip

Anna M. Hish Filip, 85, of East Walnut Street, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 7, 1919, daughter of Michael and Mary Pola Gadek, she moved to...

Harvey E. "Pat" Denault

Harvey E. "Pat" Denault, 69, of 47 Taft St. died Monday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on March 16, 1936, son of Harvey and Mary Elliott Denault, he attended schools...

Arthur Theise Wasserman

Arthur Theise Wasserman, 93, formerly of Main Street, an attorney and a philanthropist, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where he had resided for several years. He was formerly of...

Loydann Pierce

Loydann Pierce, 87, of 80 Willow Cove Road died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1918, daughter of Clair W. "Clay" and E. Christine Shankland Perry, she was a 1936 graduate of...

Charlotte E. Exford, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charlotte E. Exford, 85, formerly of 19 Greene Ave., died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since October...

Ida B. Barber, 84

ADAMS, Mass. - Ida Barbara Barber, 84, of 51 North Summer St. died Monday, June 27, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Sunday. Born in North Adams on June 2, 1921,...

Gail Patricia Rosier

Gail Patricia Rosier, 59, of 69 Richardson St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a fall at home. Born in Adams on June 29, 1945, daughter of Walter G. and Catherine Donovan...

Royce R. Lee, 66

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Royce Richard "Rusty" Lee, 66, of 39 Pines Lodge Park died Wednesday evening, June 22, 2006, in the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken...

Louis G. Ferris, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Louis George Ferris, 88, of 35 Olds St. died Wednesday evening, June 22, 2005, at home. He was a longtime businessman and barber. Born in Danbury, Conn., on Oct. 20, 1916,...

Amelia Adams

Amelia Adams, 45, of 585 Pine Cobble Road died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Wauwatosa, Wis., on Jan. 25, 1960, daughter of Edward "Ned" Gamsky and Joan Koch Gamsky,...

Patricia E. Larabee

Patricia E. Larabee, 66, of 470 North Hoosac Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 17, 1938, daughter of William H. and Ester D. Larabee Reed, she...

Leon J. Bodzioch

Leon J. Bodzioch, 81, of 71 Great Pines Drive, Mashpee, a native of Adams, died Saturday at Falmouth Hospital in Falmouth. He moved to Mashpee in 1995. Born on June 12, 1924, son of Frank and...

Dorothy Eileen West

Dorothy Eileen West, 80, formerly of 600 North Eagle St., died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Oct. 6, 1924, daughter of Thomas V. and Emma...

Joan Marie Fortier

Joan Marie Fortier, 46, of 2867 Humboldt Court, Las Vegas, a native of Adams, died Thursday at home after a short illness. Born in Adams on June 23, 1958, daughter of Joan Jamros Fortier Lillie...

Irene M. Delisle, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene Marie Delisle, 69, of 35 Willow Dell, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Hartford, Conn., on April 17, 1936,...