Obituaries

Josephine M. Voight

Josephine M. Voight, 68, of 107 North Summer St. died yesterday morning at home after a lengthy battle with emphysema. Born in Adams on May 16, 1934, daughter of Joseph A. and Frances Twardowski...

Maribel M. Pantoja

Maribel M. Pantoja, 42, of North Adams died March 20 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 23, 1960, daughter of Angel and Maria Ponce, she attended...

Adele Lavigne, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Adele Lavigne, 74, of 59 Gallup St. died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted one week ago. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on...

Helen E. Murphy, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Helen Elizabeth Murphy, 83, of 344 West Main St., died Monday, March 24, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pascoag, R.I., on April 8, 1919, daughter of...

Brian Daniel Dalton

Brian Daniel Dalton, 38, of Marietta, Ga., formerly of Adams, died Sunday at home. Born in Albany, N.Y., on March 14, 1965, son of Ann Paquette Dalton Clark of Cheshire and the late Daniel F....

Margaret Nadeau

Margaret Nadeau, 79, of 3 Lamoureaux Place died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted two days earlier. Born in the Farnums section of Cheshire on Sept. 2, 1923,...

Barbara Ann Cashin

Barbara Ann Cashin, 81, of 53 Cherry St. died Tuesday, March 18, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1921, daughter of James E. Wall, founder of the former...

Florence Mary Beaudin

Florence Mary Beaudin, 88, of St. Joseph’s Court, Apt. 205, died Friday at Sunbridge Care Center in Northampton. Born in North Adams on the family farm on Jan. 27, 1915, daughter of Joseph...

Angeline LaValley

Angeline LaValley, 94, of 46 Beech St. died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Italy on March 23, 1908, daughter of Vincent J. and Anna Maria Mancuso Modena, she...

Caroline Mary Coombs

Caroline Mary Coombs, 87, of 25 Adams Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Nov. 5, 1915, daughter of Charles and Frieda Rodenhizer Coombs, she attended...

Robert Lawrence Barschdorf

Robert Lawrence Barschdorf, 85, of 79 Bellevue Ave. died Thursday evening at home. Born in Adams on March 12, 1918, son of Charles and Anna Riedel Barschdorf, he graduated from the former Adams...

Rosia Marie Richard

Rosia Marie Richard, 96, formerly of 83 Dean St., died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she was admitted April 30, 1996. Born April 18, 1906, in St. Edouard, Quebec,...

Helen Matuszak

Helen Matuszak, 89, of 13 Richmond St., died early yesterday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Anthony and Barbara Maslanka Armata, she attended schools...

Julia DeMayo

Julia DeMayo, 87, of 74 Elm St., died Wednesday at the North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 10. Born in Watertown on May 8, 1915, daughter of Giuseppe and Maria Ortolino...

Lena Dopp

Lena Dopp, 79, formerly of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Craneville Nursing Home in Dalton for...

Anna M. Wojtaszek

Anna M. Wojtaszek, 87, of 75 Commercial St. died yesterday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on May 11, 1915, daughter of Stephen and Maria Nowak...

Vivian Mae Senecal

Vivian Mae Senecal, 78, of 329 West Main St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 29, 1924, daughter of Delphis J. and Margaret...

Sister Gertrude Kiely

Sister Gertrude Kiely, 90, formerly Sister John Francis, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield for 70 years, died yesterday at Holyoke Hospital. Born in North Adams, daughter of...

Helen Veronica Tarjack (Twardzik)

Helen Veronica Tarjack (Twardzik), 92, formerly of 12 Union St., died Saturday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, where she had resided since 1999. Born in the Housatonic section of...

Lena Angelina Puppolo

Lena Angelina Puppolo, 89, of 80 Autumn Drive died yesterday morning at the home of her son, John Michael Puppolo Jr., of Kingston, N.Y., after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 17,...

Isabelle Gertrude Paquette Lively

Isabelle Gertrude Paquette Lively, 85, of 254 Walker St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had been admitted Jan. 28, 2002. Born in North Adams on Oct. 10, 1917, daughter of Albert...

Patricia Edwards

Patricia Edwards, 58, of 61 Howland Ave., died Wednesday morning at the home of her sister Mellissa Murphy of 4 Albert St. in Adams. She had been ill for a long time. Born in Adams on Jan. 6,...

John J. Grosz

John J. Grosz, a longtime area educator who served as principal of the former Adams Memorial High School, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a chronic illness. He was...

Joan M. Gwozdz Raimer

Joan M. Gwozdz Raimer, 55, of 22 Water St. died yesterday at home, following a battle with cancer. Born in Adams on March 11, 1948, daughter of Joseph P. Gwozdz and Mary S. Styczynski Gwozdz, she...

Guy C. Dickinson

Guy C. Dickinson, 79, of 722 New Ashford Road, died yesterday at home. Born on the Dickinson family farm in South Williamstown on March 4, 1924, son of Clarence and Eva Roys Dickinson, he attended...