Obituaries

Dorothy R. Blanchard, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rita Blanchard, 86, of 28 Dover St. died Friday, June 17, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 10, 1918, daughter of Severe and...

Claire M. Piaggi, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Claire Marie Piaggi, 73, of The Spruces, 87 Emerald Lane, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at her home. She was the...

Frances Helena Ordyna

Frances Helena Ordyna, 87, of 23 Powers St. died Friday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted June 7. Born in Cheshire on June 7, 1918, daughter of Leo and Helena Cleary...

Martha Marie Rousseau

Martha Marie Rousseau, 88, a former resident, died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 7, 1916, daughter of Adolphe and Mary Mousseau...

Alexander T. "Pula" Rogalski Jr.

Alexander T. "Pula" Rogalski Jr., 66, of 4 Victory St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 20, 1938, son of Alexander and Stella Pytko Rogalski, he was...

John Francis Xavier Petroccione

John Francis Xavier Petroccione, 92, of 227 Hemlock Lane died Monday morning at home. Born in Bayonne, N.J., on March 2, 1913, son of John and Maria Minetti Petroccione, he attended schools there...

Elizabeth A. "Lizz" Maynard-Gaskill

Elizabeth A. "Lizz" Maynard-Gaskill, 43, of Hancock Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being stricken at her residence. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 29, 1961,...

Edward Albert Kosche

Edward Albert Kosche, 70, of 25 Minton Lane, West Barnstable, a native and former resident of Adams, died early Monday morning at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 3, 1935, son of Alfred and Adlena...

Joseph Francis Macksey Jr.,

Joseph Francis Macksey Jr., 72, of 2 Orcutt St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being transferred from Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 20, 1932, son of...

Donald J. Boyer, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Donald Joseph Boyer, 77, of 63 Elm St. died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was a former chairman of the Finance Committee and former member of...

Linwood Ernest Farron

Linwood Ernest Farron, 59, of 380 Union St., died Friday afternoon, June 10, at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 19, 1945, son of Robert C. and Gladys Penniman Farron, he attended schools in...

Clara A. Perry

Clara A. Perry, 91, of 1428 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on July 9, 1913, daughter of Robert and Alice Luscier Bardsley, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Donald Eugene Martin

Donald Eugene Martin, 64, of Village East, 546 Union St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1941, son of James F. and...

Sarah A. Sheldon

Sarah A. Sheldon, 41, of Oceanside, Calif., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at her sister's home in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a six-year battle with breast cancer. Born in North Adams on...

Curtis Gove Callan Sr

Curtis Gove Callan Sr., 88, of Hightstown, N.J., died Saturday at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. He was the father of Virginia Callan Sheldon of Williamstown. Born in Staten Island, N.Y.,...

Clifford Henry Benoit Jr.

Clifford Henry Benoit Jr., 83, of 134 Barlow Ave. died yesterday at the Sweet Brook Health Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Dec. 22, 1921, son of Clifford and Mary Hall...

William H. Northup, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William H. Northup, 86, of 35 Adams Road died Monday, June 6, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was vice president and loan officer at the former Williamstown...

Merrilee Ann "Nicki" Randall

Merrilee Ann "Nicki" Randall, 58, of 560 Reservoir Road died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Athol on April 28, 1947, daughter of John W. and Helena DeSantis...

Louise Klammer

Louise Klammer, 91, formerly of 3 Myrtle St., died Friday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on April 8, 1914, daughter of Herman and Selma Frommer Klammer, she...

Eugene J. Boucher

Eugene J. Boucher, 85, of 68 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 29, 1919, son of Laurent and Rose Galipeau Boucher, he attended schools there,...

Audrey Jane Schwarzer

Audrey Jane Schwarzer, 76, of 7 Daniels Terrace died Monday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had been a patient since May 25. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 11, 1929,...

Doris Mae Price

Doris Mae Price, 89, of 2691 Marview Road, Columbus, Ohio, a former resident of Adams, died Tuesday, May 31, at home. She moved to Columbus in 1980 to live with her son, William Price. Born in...

Alice Mary Cichy

Alice Mary Cichy, 77, of 10 Jordan St. died early Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 9, 1928, daughter of Peter and Maria Tomaszewski Biros, she attended...

Virginia DeBlois

Virginia DeBlois, 85, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 28, 1920, daughter of Frank and Margaret Clark Williams, she was a 1938...

Esther Muriel Dobrowolski

Esther Muriel Dobrowolski, 88, of 23 Temple St. died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 17, 1916, daughter of Lester and Rena Wood Phillips, she attended Adams schools and...