Obituaries

Francis J. McKay

Francis Joseph "Frank" McKay, 88, of 85 Eagle St. died Tuesday at the Vermont Veterans Home, Bennington, Vt., where he had been admitted March 2, 2001. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1913, son of...

William Beliveau

William George Beliveau Sr., 76, of 150 Ashland St., Apartment 804, died Saturday evening at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in North Adams on Sept. 2, 1925, son of Armand...

Lucille T. Bessette

Lucille Theresa Bessette, 87, of 43 Taft Ave. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Dec. 22. Born in Adams on Sept. 26, 1914, daughter of Louis and Roseanna...

Casimer Trela

Casimer Trela, 80, of 7 Water St. died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 25, 1921, son of Francizek and Aniela Gora Trela, he...

Kenneth Charron

Kenneth Paul Charron, 67, of 12 Powers St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Chicopee Falls on Aug. 21, 1934, son of Harvey H. and Paula Marie...

John J. Wajda

John J. Wajda, 93, of 10 High St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Nov. 2, 1908, son of Thomas and Katherine Alibozek Wajda, he attended Adams schools, including...

Cornelius Boccagni

Cornelius William Boccagni, 86, of 1440 Rose Terrace, Apopka, Fla., died Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Florida Hospital in Altamonte Springs following a short illness. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Oct. 30,...

Arthur L. George

Arthur Lester George, 100, of 54 Oblong Road died Friday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. He held many town posts, including forest and tree warden, and moth superintendent Born on Berlin...

Robert Earl Pause

Robert Earl Pause, 68, of 28 Meadow St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Adams on July 21, 1933, son of William and Frances Demarais Pause, he graduated from the former Adams High School in...

Muriel B. Rowe

Muriel Buesing Rowe, 69, of 303 Harlan Road, North Bennington, Vt., died Monday following a long illness. She retired as a secretary from Williams College. Born April 5, 1932, in Belvidere, Ill.,...

Diana Liszka

Diana Liszka, 89, of 32 Richmond St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Katherine Hospod Gorczyca, she attended local...

Donald C. Racine

Donald C. Racine, 71, of 376 Old Columbia St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Oct. 1, 1930, son of Thomas and Rose Gladu Racine,...

Jean B. Stockwell

Jean B. Stockwell, 85, of Shellpoint Village in Fort Myers, Fla., a native of Adams, died Saturday at home after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 21, 1915, daughter of David and Isabell...

Laura H. Getman

Laura Harrington Getman, 90, formerly of Cheshire and Sharren Lane, Enfield, Conn., died yesterday at Suffield House in Suffield, Conn. Born in Adams on May 31, 1911, daughter of Gilbert A. and...

Gerard Edward Smith

Gerard Edward Smith, 85, of 35 Thistle Path, a former businessman and civic leader in Williamstown and North Berkshire, died Thursday at home. He was a former chairman of the Williamstown Planning...

Joseph A. Fachini, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Augustino Fachini, 79, of 221 Furnace St. died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at home. Born in North Adams on March 8, 1922, son of Lino and Mary "Margi" Leonesio...

Martin Kosberg

Martin Kosberg, 76, of Woodmont Road, West Hartford, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on July 13, 1925, he was the son of...

Frederick Berthiaume

Frederick D. Berthiaume, 77, of 1 Noble Place died Sunday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., while visiting the southwest. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1923, son of George and Matilda Therriault...

Frank S. Mazza, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank Saverio "Pancho" Mazza, 86, of 31 Veazie St. died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in North Adams on...

Ellen L. Crocker

Ellen L. Crocker, 89, of 13 Marshall Ave. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. She was admitted on Nov. 30. Born in Adams on April 16, 1912, daughter of Harry E. Haff and Jessie O. Morton, she...

Daniel H. Petithory, 32

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Sergeant First Class Daniel Henry Petithory, 32, of 289 Railroad St., Cheshire, was killed in action on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, while serving in the Army in Kandahar,...

Bonnie R. Doire

Bonnie Rae Doire, 55, of 150 Ashland St. died Monday at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on Feb. 20, 1946, daughter of Howard Fisher of Warwick, R.I., and the late Olga Carlson Fisher, she attended...

Walter C. Zepka

Walter C. Zepka, 87, of 16 Grandview Terrace, longtime Adams businessman and town official, died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Adams on May 5, 1914, son of John and Aniela Ptak Zepka, he...

Molly Lenhoff

Molly Lenhoff, 85, formerly of 19 Royal Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1916, daughter of Jacob and Fannie Snyder Lenhoff, she attended North Adams...

Mary E. Sawyer

Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, 90, of Jerome Drive died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 17, 1911, daughter of Henry H. and Mary Elizabeth Williams Spencer, she attended St....