Obituaries

Jeannette Oparowski

Jeannette Margaret Oparowski, 71, of 51 East Hoosac St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 5, 1931, daughter of Peter and Blanche Gromaski Lingoski, she was educated in schools...

Percy Larabee Jr.

Percy Ernest Larabee Jr., 83, of 10 Miner St. died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown, where he had been admitted May 23. Born in Buckland on Jan. 28, 1919, son of Percy...

Helen Thompson

Helen Thompson, 97, of 4866 Chevy Chase Blvd., Chevy Chase, Md. died Saturday at home. Born in Springfield on June 30, 1904, daughter of George and Nellie Owens Donovan, she attended schools...

John B. Mancini

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Burton Mancini, 73, of 59 Chase Ave. died Monday evening, May 27, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 24, 1929, son of John Lucien...

Eugene Beaupre

Eugene M. Beaupre, 74, of 10 Grant St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 4, 1928, son of Eugene P. and Zepherine Gagnon Beaupre, he attended local...

Gerald Taylor Sr.

Gerald M. Taylor Sr., 81, of 9 Brooks Ave., Newport, R.I., a radio broadcaster and photographer, died Sunday afternoon. He was the father of Holly A. Taylor of Williamstown. Born in Newport on...

Mary Richardello

Mary C. Richardello, 86, of 18 Walnut St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1, 1915, daughter of Silvio and Louisa Giganti Pieropan, she attended local...

Fred Scerbo, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Fred B. Scerbo, 49, of 60 Harding Ave. died May 21, 2002, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Auxiliary in Bennington, Vt.,...

Marsha L. Elder

Marsha L. Elder, 54, of 84 Marion Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Oklahoma City on Sept. 8, 1947, daughter of Leona Plumer Kamp of Edmond, Okla., and the late Walter Kamp Sr., she attended...

Flora L. Kiely

Flora Louise Kiely, 86, of 1612 South Church St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted Wednesday. Born in North Adams on July 27, 1915, daughter of Wilfred...

Rebecca Williams

Rebecca Marie Williams, 24, of 2 Cherry St., died yesterday as a result of an automobile accident on Curran Highway in North Adams. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1978, daughter of John M....

Delima R. Martin

Delima Rosemarie (Gelinas) Martin, 87, of 689 Church St., North Adams, died Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at her home. Born on Nendon...

Martin Flanagan

Dr. Martin E. Flanagan, 73, of Nokomis, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died May 8 at home. Born in Philadelphia on May 23, 1928, son of James and Mary Flanagan, he moved to North Adams in 1940 and...

Stanley Ostrobinski, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley John Ostrobinski, 87, of 72 East Hoosac St. died Tuesday morning, May 14, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 12, 1914, son of John and Anna...

Charles A. Comer

Charles A. Comer, 52, of 8 Rand St., Apt. 25, died Monday at home after a long illness. Born in Shellman, Ga., on Dec. 24, 1949, son of Earl Comer and Curry Logue Comer, he attended schools in...

Moses E. Harwood

Moses E. Harwood, 59, of River Street died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1943, son of Walter and Blanche Coppersmith Harwood, he...

Lois A. Degere

Lois A. Degere, 69, of 70 Langlois Ave. died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Adams on Nov. 17, 1932, daughter of Francis and Rachel Brodeur Kelly, she was a...

Mary Wiswell

Mary Wiswell, 87, of Stone Mountain, Ga., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her daughter's home in Stone Mountain. Born in Adams on Jan. 7, 1914, daughter of Henry J. and Mary E....

Mary F. Corrigan

Mary Frances Corrigan, 82, of 11 Randall St. died yesterday at home. Born in Montague on Feb. 5, 1920, daughter of Arthur J. and Helen Firth Courteau, her family moved in 1923 to Adams, where she...

Lennox N. Lee

Lennox N. Lee, 73, of Dover, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Langdon Place of Dover. Born in Pennsauken, N.J., on Oct. 31, 1928, he was the son of Lennox and Ethel Melville Lee. He...

Frank Pniak

Frank Pniak, 85, of 30 Greylock Ave. died yesterday morning at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in New Bedford on June 17, 1916, son of John and Louise Pasterzyk Pniak, he moved to Adams as a...

Catherine Hyams

Catherine Mary Hyams, 89, of 84 Bachand Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Scotland on June 12, 1912, daughter of Felix and Rose Foran McParland, she came to the United States as...

Richard Marden

Richard Gibbs Marden, 92, of Topsham, Maine, died Monday at Midcoast Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. He was the father of Alan L. Marden, president of the North Adams City Council. Born in...

Lucy R. Cozzaglio

Lucy Rita Cozzaglio, 82, of 31 Veazie St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. She had resided there since January 2001. Born in North Adams on Feb. 25, 1920, daughter of Saverio and Nicolina...

Roger B. Ottman, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Roger Benzie Ottman, 77, of 863 Massachusetts Ave. died Sunday, April 28, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted April 20. Born in North Adams on...