Obituaries

Gwendolyn M. Primmer, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Gwendolyn May Primmer, 90, of 440 East Main St. died Friday evening, Feb. 20, 2004, at home. Born at home in the city's Blackinton section on May 7, 1913, daughter of Fred E....

Earl Francis Kelley

Earl Francis Kelley, 73, of 3 Daniels Court died yesterday at Williamstown Commons following a brief illness. He was a longtime Adams selectman. Born in Adams on June 27, 1930, son of Francis...

William F. Paradise Sr

William F. Paradise Sr., 65, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Williamstown, died at home Feb. 9. He was under the care of Hospice of Palm Beach, Fla. Born in Adams on March 12, 1938, son of...

Louis S. Gagliardi

Louis S. Gagliardi, a local Realtor and businessman who was active in community affairs, died yesterday at the Mayflower Rehabilitation Center in Plymouth following a brief illness. Mr. Gagliardi,...

Eudocha Richard, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Eudocha "Dolly" Richard, 92, formerly of McCauley Lane, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for five years. Born in North...

Dorothy Mae Spencer

Dorothy Mae Spencer, 83, of Village East, 564 Union St., died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she was admitted Feb. 10. Born in North Adams on Aug. 3, 1920, daughter of James C. and...

Frances Isabelle Lepak

Frances Isabelle Lepak, 87, of 18 Victory St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 18, 1916, daughter of John and Tekla Golembiowski Lepak, she attended schools there....

Margaret A. Hart, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Margaret A. Hart, 92, of 24 Ide Road died Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for a few months. A longtime teacher in Pittsfield and a...

Lillian A. LaFleur, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lillian Annette LaFleur, 84, of 49 Angeli St. died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, in the emergency room of the North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been taken after...

Ethel Ida Satko

Ethel Ida Satko, 89, formerly of 11 Thompson St., died Tuesday afternoon at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since 2000. Born in Saratoga, N.Y., on Sept. 10, 1914, daughter of Benjamin...

Kathleen A. "Honey" Quintal

Kathleen A. "Honey" Quintal, 65, of Main Street died yesterday afternoon at home. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., on Feb. 20, 1938, daughter of Gertrude McGee of Rensselaer and the late James W. McGee,...

Christopher H. Norton, 51

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Christopher Haywood Norton, 51, of Jensen Beach, Fla., formerly of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, in Stuart, Fla. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 2, 1953, son of...

Arthur W. Norman, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Arthur William Norman, 78, of 59 Langlois Ave. died Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2004, at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where he was admitted a week ago. Born in Williamstown...

Marian Ruth Holmes

Marian Ruth Holmes, 83, formerly of Cheshire, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided for two years. Born in Philadelphia on May 15, 1920,...

Walter R. O'Dell

Walter R. O'Dell, 39, of 37 Elm St. Adams, died yesterday morning at home following a long illness. Born in North Adams on July 31, 1964, son of Walter H. O'Dell Jr. and Geraldine Farr O'Dell, he...

Joseph H. Foote, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Henry "Harry" Foote, 85, of 159 Durkee Road, Cleveland, Tenn., died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, at his home following about two months of failing health. He was a former...

Fredric Richard Dellea

Fredric Richard Dellea, 71, of North Adams died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a battle with lung cancer. Born in North Egremont on April 4, 1932, son of John G. and Mary G....

Patricia A. Varner

Patricia A. Varner, 78, of Weirton, W. Va., died Tuesday at the Weirton Medical Center. She was a native of Williamstown. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 17, 1925, the daughter of Patrick Joseph...

Helen E. Sadlo

Helen E. Sadlo, 92, of 116 North Summer St. died Thursday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Windber, Pa., on April 5, 1911, daughter of Anthony and Katherine Leja Balut,...

Velma V. Lincoln

Velma V. Lincoln, 100, of Village East died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she was admitted Feb. 26, 2003. Born in Fall River on Dec. 6, 1903, daughter of Herbert...

Doris Lamb Friedel

Doris Lamb Friedel, 78, of Lockcrest Drive, Cincinnati, formerly of Williamstown, died at Hospice of Cincinnati on Feb. 9 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She spent her last year in the...

Donald Dewey Tanner

Donald Dewey Tanner, 81, of 27 Watson St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Feb. 2. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30, 1922, son of Dewey S. and Beatrice A....

Joseph Justyn Zieba Sr

Joseph Justyn Zieba Sr., 65, of 14 Murray St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 1, 1938, son of Mildred M. Zieba of Adams and the late Henry J. Zieba,...

Linda K. Mann

Linda K. Mann, 45, of 187 Church St. died after a long illness Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Saturday. Born in Lima, Ohio, on Dec. 12, 1958,...

Kenneth R. Suprenant

Kenneth R. Suprenant, 77, of 233 Columbia St. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1926, son of Henry and Edna Ouimette Suprenant, he attended...