Obituaries

Ann M. Pleshaw

Ann M. Pleshaw, 49, of 22 East Orchard Terrace died yesterday at home of a heart attack. Born in Adams on Nov. 29, 1951, daughter of Walter L. and Cecilia Rokita Wol, she graduated from St....

Catherine Lepera

Catherine May Lepera, 66, of Ashland Street died Friday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown after a long illness. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1935, daughter of Isadora and...

Verna A. Trottier

Verna Anna Trottier, 66, of 49 Middle Road died yesterday at home after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1935, daughter of John and Filomena Federico Canale, she attended North...

Rose C. Guettler

Rose Carol Guettler, 82, of 80 Porter St. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 13, 1919, daughter of Louis and Eugenia Louise Garello Cantone, she attended North...

Michael L. Sage

Michael Leo Sage, 34, of 15 Belmar Drive died yesterday in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Sept. 8, 1966, son of Ronald P. Sage Sr. and Barbara J. Andrews Sage, his family resided in...

Blanche Gwozdz

Blanche Victoria Gwozdz, 88, of Accomac, Va., formerly of Cheshire, died Aug. 16 at Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, Va. Born in Indian Orchard on March 21, 1913, she was the daughter of...

Wesley Cahill Sr.

Wesley M. Cahill Sr., 55, of 17 B Taft St. died yesterday at home. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on July 13, 1946, son of Edward Daniel and Addie Mae Goodermote Cahill, he graduated from Berlin High...

Thomas H. Hart

Thomas Hooker Hart, 80, of 1561 Cold Spring Road died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Oct. 26, 1920, son of William Cook Hart Jr....

Stella A. DiMaleo

Stella Angela DiMaleo, 82, of 29 Valley St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted earlier that day. Born in Adams on Oct. 1, 1918, daughter of Stanislaw and Aniela...

Anna M. O'Neil

Anna Mae O'Neil, 66, of 82 Quincy St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 9, 1935, daughter of Marie J. Lefebvre St. Jacques and the late Joseph G. St....

Joan C. Lecuyer

Joan Claire Lecuyer, 68, of 46 Arnold St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on March 27, 1933, daughter of Joseph H. and...

Jocelyn E. LeClair, 15

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jocelyn Elizabeth LeClair, 15, of 29 Olds St. died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where she was admitted after being stricken earlier...

Helene Falkouski

Helene L. Falkouski, 70, of 95 Laurel St., Greenfield, a former resident of North Adams, died Thursday morning at Franklin County Medical Center in Greenfield. Born in Claremont, N.H., on Oct. 5,...

Hazel M. Belisle

Hazel M. Belisle, 85, formerly of 12 Freeman Ave., died yesterday morning at University Commons Nursing Home in Worcester. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1916, daughter of Frank and Edna Arnold...

Mary M. Brooks

Mary M. Brooks, 91, of 238 State Road died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Yatesville, Pa., on Oct. 23, 1909, daughter of John and Mary Sapko Yesensky, she...

Helen R. Caplan

Helen R. Caplan, 92, of Lebanon, Pa., a native of Williamstown, died Aug. 5 at home. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 8, 1908, daughter of Morris and Pescha Shapiro Rudnick, she attended local...

Columbia Dassatti

Columbia Teresa Dassatti, 84, of 82 Furnace St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Feb. 27, 1917, daughter of Emilio...

Ruth E. Chenail, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ruth E. Chenail, 77, of 63 Syrek St., Chicopee, a native of North Adams, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at Holyoke Hospital. Born Sept. 23, 1923, daughter of Joseph and...

Robert Kaufmann

Robert Elliot Kaufmann, 62, of Water Street died Saturday at home. Through his Waterline Dive Shop, he taught scuba diving at Williams College and at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and led...

Theresa M. Malloy, 42

ADAMS, Mass. — Theresa M. Malloy, 42, of 94 Columbia St. died Saturday afternoon, Aug. 11, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Born in North Adams on Dec....

Ruth M. Emerson

Ruth M. Emerson, 95, of 28 Richardson St. died Friday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient since 1996. Born in Adams on May 14, 1906, daughter of Vern and Hattie M. Horton...

Rufus M. Walker

Rufus Mason Walker, 91, of 100 Chestnut St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital following an long illness. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 26, 1909, he was the son of the late Henry...

Norma M. Gallese

Norma Mary Gallese, 96, of 34 Lower Westfield Road, Holyoke, a native and former longtime resident of North Adams, died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1905, daughter of Stephen...

Allen W.P. Hart, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Allen W.P. Hart, 71, of Williamstown died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at home. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 1, 1929, son of Henry Hart Sr. and Kate Alexander Hart, he attended...

Rita Lacross

Rita Cecile Lacross, 86, of 29 Mohawk Forest Boulevard died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Stamford, Vt., on March 28, 1915, daughter of Francis and Delina Lagenesse Robillard,...