Obituaries

Barbara K. Collier, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Barbara K. Collier, 84, of 633 Barbour St. died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Shaftsbury, Vt., on June 23, 1927, a daughter of Jesse and...

Richard A. Green, 85

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Richard Alan Green, 85, of Arlington, Va., died of congestive heart failure Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at Capital Care Hospice in Arlington. Born in Springfield on April 25,...

Nello L. Zanett, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nello Lewis Zanett, 88, of 611 State Road died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 4, 1922, son of Luigi and Clementina...

John B. Howland Jr., 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Benjamin Howland Jr., 63, of 47 Foucher Ave. died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Death followed a long illness. Born in...

Sara T. Goldman, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sara Toby Goldman, 97, of the Inn at Robbins Brook in Acton, formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at Emerson Hospital in Concord. Born in Toronto on...

Agnes Wood, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Agnes Wood, 84, formerly of Williamstown, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at Watson House in North Bennington, Vt. Born in Buskirk, N.Y., on Oct. 26, 1926, daughter of...

Mary T. Crandall, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary T. Crandall, 85, of 85 Eagle St. died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 26, 1926, daughter of Ercoli...

Timothy D. Lefevre, 35

STAMFORD, Vt. — Timothy D. Lefevre, 35, of 1770 Main Road died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, at his home. Born in Ware, Mass., on Nov. 7, 1975, a son of Ralph Lefevre and Elizabeth Waugh...

Jadwiga Andrzejewski, 103

ADAMS, Mass. - Jadwiga Andrzejewski, 103, of 408 East Hoosac St. died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at North Adams Commons. Born in Huta, Poland, on April 6, 1908, daughter of Francis and Ursula Oranko...

Dorothy T. DePaoli, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Theresa DePaoli, 82, of 11 Burnham St. died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 2, 1929, daughter of John and Hattie Blay...

Madeline J. Dougherty, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Madeline Janet Dougherty, 88, of 241 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 10, 1923, daughter of Russell E. and...

Nancy D. Barber, 76

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Dougherty Barber, 76, of 56 Langlois Ave. died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 25, 1935, daughter of Joseph and...

Russell W. Durant Jr., 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Russell William Durant Jr., 61, of 46 Marietta St., died unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1949, son of Russell and Shirley Gorman Durant,...

John H. Fitzpatrick, 88

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — John Hitchcock "Jack" Fitzpatrick, 88, politician, businessman and cultural philanthropist, died peacefully at his Stockbridge home on Saturday, July 23, 2011. A former...

Donald L. Belanger, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Donald L. Belanger, 65, of 81 Hathaway St. died Sunday, July 31, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 29, 1946, a son of George and Ruth Booth...

Marion E. Andrews, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marion E. Andrews, 96, of 118 Church St., Proprietors Field, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at her home. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1915, a daughter of Arthur A....

Amelia Cetti, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Amelia "Mae" Cetti, 86, of 193 Elberon Ave., died Friday, July 29, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in the presence of her loving family. Born in Chicago on Jan. 5,...

Elizabeth Bostwick Cram, 91

STEPHENTOWN, N.Y. â€' Elizabeth Ellen Bostwick Cram, 91, of 30 Willow Way died Sunday, July 24, 2011, at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons. Born in Bethel, Vt., on Jan. 6, 1920, a daughter of...

Jill R. Keating, 46

FLORIDA, Mass. — Jill Renee Keating, 46, of 147 Monroe Road died Friday, July 22, 2011, as a result of an automobile accident on Route 8 in Adams. Born in North Adams on Feb. 24, 1965,...

Roscoe W. Conklin, 92

HANCOCK, Mass. — Roscoe Wells Conklin, 92, of Hancock died Saturday, July 16, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Hancock, he was...

Olga N. Simonetti, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Olga Norma Simonetti, 79, of 6 Dorothy's Way died Friday, July 22, 2011, at Charlene Manor in Greenfield. She was a longtime civic leader in the Monroe Bridge community, where...

Ada H. McLagan, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ada Hazel McLagan, 83, of 630 Barbour St. died Saturday, July 23, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Oct. 2, 1927, daughter of Charles and Ethel...

Lela J. Deinzer, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Lela June Deinzer, 87, of Woodlawn Drive died peacefully Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at the Sweet Brook Care Centers with family by her side. Born in Owosso, Mich., on...

Neal C. Cooper, 19

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Neal Curtis "CJ" Cooper, 19, of 701 Massachusetts Ave. died Thursday, July 21, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 5, 1991, son of Roland E. and Diane Carlson...

Osvaldo B. Sartori, 92

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Osvaldo B. "Aldo" Sartori, 92, of 3 Millard Ave. died Thursday, July 21, 2011, after a brief illness. A longtime musician, Mr. Sartori performed with The Aladdins for many...