Obituaries

Albert Francis Dorwin

Albert Francis Dorwin, 71, of 367 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 12, 1935, son of Francis B. and Edna Estes Dorwin, he...

Linda J. Trudeau

Linda J. Trudeau, 58, of 17 Tilda Hill Road died Friday of cancer at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Aug. 8. Born in Adams on March 11, 1948, daughter of the late Robert A. Burdick...

Michael Slosky

Michael Slosky, 76, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Thursday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1930, son of Nicholas and Mary Souwich Sokolowski, his original...

Herman L. "Nick" Nichols

Herman L. "Nick" Nichols, 87, of Algerie Road died Friday at home. Born in Bellows Falls, Vt., on April 20, 1919, son of Joseph and Flora Delil Nichols, he attended culinary school there....

Larry R. Murray

Larry R. Murray, 63, of Main Street died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1943, son of Edward and Virginia Bowen Murray, he was a 1961 graduate...

Joseph Thomas Cormier

Joseph Thomas Cormier, 76, of State Road died Saturday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on May 22, 1930, son of Philip and Grace Leonard Cormier, he attended schools there and graduated from...

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto, 80, of 166 Orchard St. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Center, 1561 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown. Born in Old Town, Maine, on June 10, 1926,...

Alyse Marie Rose

Alyse Marie Rose, 86, of 20 Stockbridge Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Lenox Dale on June 21, 1920, daughter of James A. and Katherine Feeney Farrington, she was a 1936 graduate of Lenox...

Francis James "Fritz" Gigliotti

Francis James "Fritz" Gigliotti, 85, of 259 Route 7 died Sunday at home. From 1953 to 1978, he and his wife, the former Marguerite "Marge" Dunn, and their children owned and operated the New...

William Frances Garneau

William Frances Garneau, 92, formerly of Colonial Gardens, and a longtime resident of Wellington Avenue, died Thursday at Westview Nursing Home in Dayville, Conn. Born in Adams on July 16, 1914,...

Kenneth Charles Thomas

Kenneth Charles Thomas, 64, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Feb. 7, 1942, son of Joseph and Dora Louison Thomas, he...

Jacqueline C. Powers

Jacqueline C. Powers, 52, of Kenwood Street died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born on May 14, 1954, in Great Barrington, daughter of the former...

Jerry Kief

Jerry Kief, 83, of 132 Main St. died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 15, 1923, son of the late Charles Kieverstein...

Mary D. Handley

Mary D. Handley, 94, formerly of Berkeley, Calif., died Monday at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community, where she had resided for the past year and a half. Born in Middletown, Ohio, on Aug. 7,...

Irma M. Derivan

Irma M. Derivan, 95, formerly of Highview Drive, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she has resided since August 1996. Born in the town of Florida on Dec. 15, 1910, daughter of Joseph and...

Donald Wayne Demers

Donald Wayne Demers, 42, of 625 Middle Road died Monday at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1964, son of C. Kenneth...

Evelyn Owen Bourdon

Evelyn Owen Bourdon, 92, of 79 Nutmeg Lane died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 19, 1914, daughter of Herbert W. and Rose Owen Collins, she attended local schools and...

Bernice C. Skiba

Bernice C. Skiba, 93, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Troy, N.Y., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She moved to Pittsfield with her daughter, Gina McGovern, and then to the...

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski, 62, of 109 Summer St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Poland on Dec. 29, 1943, daughter of Walter and the late Antonia Kaczmarek Kochanski, she...

Alice Lea Norman

Alice Lea Norman, 62, of 166 Middle Road died yesterday at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1944, daughter of the late Lionel Champagne and Glorianna Bachand...

Daniel "Dan" Christopolis

Daniel "Dan" Christopolis, 84, of 38 Livingston Ave. died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 5, 1922, son of Constantine and Theodora Karatzia...

Virginia Beatrice Sacco

Virginia Beatrice Sacco, 89, formerly of 76 Turner Ave., died Wednesday at the home of her niece, Judith Sacco-Coleman of Overlook Drive in Sandwich, where she had resided for the past year. Born...

Eileen E. Rozon

Eileen E. Rozon, 78, of 625 Lakeway Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on April 4, 1928, daughter of William and Evelyn Campbell Carrigan, she moved to...

Bernice C. Skiba

Bernice C. Skiba, 93, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Troy, N.Y., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She moved to Pittsfield with her daughter, Gina McGovern, and then to the...

John R. Fadding

John R. Fadding, 47, of Pine Street, Housatonic, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 13, 1959, son of Archibald Fadding Jr. and Jennie Bevens Fadding, he...