Obituaries

Francis Walter Michalski

Francis Walter Michalski, 66, of 9 Lower Linden St. died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. He was the first recipient of a successful heart transplant in the Berkshires and later...

Wallace Smith Griswold

Wallace Smith Griswold, 94, of 29 Burt St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on Aug. 21, 1910, son of George and...

William Francis Cozzaglio

William Francis Cozzaglio, 76, of 150 Ashland St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday following a short illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 10, 1928,...

Ellen Mary Sinderman, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ellen Mary Sinderman, 90, of 61 Chantilly Ave. died Sunday, March 27, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she was admitted March 17. Born in North...

Richard E. Davis, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Edward "Papa" Davis, 77, of 56 Hall St. died early Monday morning, March 28, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on May 7, 1927, son of Edward J. and Dorothy...

Margaret Theresa "Peggi" Schneider

Margaret Theresa "Peggi" Schneider, 56, of 193 Church St. died Saturday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 20. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1948, daughter of...

Gertrude Hillard

Gertrude Hillard, 86, of 3 Loftus St. died Friday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1918, daughter of Frederick and Gertrude Strong Aubin, she attended the former St....

Ann Siliciano

Ann Siliciano, 80, of High Point Drive, Claremont, Calif., died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with a neurological disorder known as Charcot Marie Tooth disease. Born in Adams on March 30, 1924,...

Robert Anthony O'Neill

Robert Anthony O'Neill, 79, of 35 North St. died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 5, 1926, son of Thomas and Hazel Estes O'Neill, he attended schools...

Francis Eugene Messina

Francis Eugene Messina, 53, of 75 Commercial St. died Wednesday at home, following a short illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 15, 1952, son of Francis Joseph and Mary V. MacTavish Messina, he...

Peter N. Palmer

Peter N. Palmer, 60, of 35 Arnold St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in Lynn on Nov. 7, 1944, he was the adoptedson of John and Wilma...

Marie Volff

Marie Volff, 66, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 15, 1938, daughter of Archibald and Hazel O'Dell Brown, she attended Adams schools....

Lynn Vincent, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lynn Arigoni Wroldson Vincent, 49, of 65 East Quincy St. died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May...

Florence A. Senecal, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence Ann "Sandy" Senecal, 82, formerly of 37 Veazie St., died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, after a long illness. Born in...

Lucille F. Baker, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Lucille F. Baker, 77, of 19 Arnold St. died Sunday, March 14, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on...

Vincent Jerry "Soapy" Zappone

Vincent Jerry "Soapy" Zappone, 72, of 429 Reservoir Road died Sunday night at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 28, 1932, son of...

Raymond Gene Yoakum

Raymond Gene Yoakum, 74, of 78 Candlewood Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born in St. Louis on Oct. 30, 1930, son of Raymond I. and Gertrude Gunier...

Margaret "Peg" Moreau

Margaret "Peg" Moreau, 81, of Holy Family Terrace died yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in North Adams on March 5, 1924, daughter of Fredelin and Helena Tessier Bombardier, she...

William H. Briggs Sr.

William H. Briggs Sr., 82, of 72 Dublin Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on June 9, 1922, son of Helen Briggs...

Wilbert A. "Bill" Taff

Wilbert A. "Bill" Taff, 85, of 16 Aztec Drive died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 26, 1919, son of Charles E. and Eleanor Seaman Taff, he attended...

Clifford T. Morin

Clifford T. Morin, 89, of 186 School St. died Thursday afternoon, at the home of his daughter, Nancy Wadleigh, in Westford. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1916, son of David and Delina Morrier...

Emma Margaret Choquette

Emma Margaret Choquette, 90, of 12 Summer St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Huntington, W.Va., on Nov. 8, 1914, daughter of Cline and Marie Wilson Doss,...

Barbara Ann Dickinson

Barbara Ann Dickinson, 53, of 39 Navajo Drive died early Saturday morning at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1951, daughter of Donald F....

John R. Budz, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John R. "Jack" Budz, 93, of 60 Saulnier Drive died Tuesday morning, March 8, 2003, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Housatonic on Feb. 26, 1912, son...

Melvin Davenport "Doc" Crosier

Melvin Davenport "Doc" Crosier, 90, of 74 Mohawk Trail died Sunday at North Adams Commons. He was a former member of the Finance Committee and served on the Building and School Building...