Obituaries

James W. Schmehl, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James W. Schmehl, 66, of 61 State Road died Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Feb. 16, 1945, a son of Robert and...

Linda L. Lavanway, 60

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Linda Lou Lavanway, 60, of 484 Middle Road died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on April 25, 1951, daughter of...

Claire Bassie-Strickland, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Ann Bassie-Strickland, 68, of 17 Newark St. died early Monday morning, Nov. 14, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb. 20, 1943, a...

Gordon S. Fisk Jr., 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gordon S. Fisk Jr., 75, of 1062 North Hoosac Road died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on March 16, 1936, a son of Gordon S. and...

Robert E. Brzozowy, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Eugene Brzozowy, 61, of 38 North Holden St. died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on May 7, 1950, son of Ruth Wickline Brzozowy Tirrell of...

William B. Davis, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William Blackinton Davis, 95, of 35 Adams Road, formerly of Elm Street, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1915, a son of Clifford...

Josephine A. Birch, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Josephine Ann Birch, 87, of 34 Harold Ave., Latham, N.Y., died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at North Adams Commons. She was a former longtime resident of 72 Marietta St. Born in...

Marie V. Lamarre, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Virginia Lamarre, 84, of 71 Hawthorne Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 13, 1927, daughter of Silvio J. Lamarre...

Angelia M. Giracca-Sisto, 36

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angelia Mary Forrest Giracca-Sisto, 36, of 347 East Main St. died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at home, surrounded by family. Despite multiple operations,...

Jane Heekin, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Jane Heekin, 84, of 41 Oblong Road died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born in South Orange, N.J., on Jan. 24, 1927, daughter of James...

Adele A. Behrens, 71

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Adele A. "Penny" Behrens, 71, of 87 Lanesborough Road died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at home. Born in Adams on May 9, 1940, the daughter of Thaddeus and Adele Bieniek...

Richard M. Wood, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Marcus Wood, 82, of 11 Foucher Ave. died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital with his loving family at his side. Born in Bennington, Vt.,...

Maud DeMarco, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Maud "Nan" DeMarco, 97, of 102 Furnace St. died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, at Keystone Nursing Home in Leominster. Born in Northfield on Nov. 3, 1914, daughter of Richard...

Frank T. Ostrander Jr., 101

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Frank Taylor Ostrander Jr., 101, of Ide Road died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Williamstown. An expert in economics, he worked in both the private and governmental sector...

Gemelle Solomon, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gemelle Solomon, 87, of 549 East Main St. died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1924, daughter of Massoud and Bedea...

Gerald K. Engwer, 89

DALTON, Mass. — Gerald K. "Jerry" Engwer, 89, of East Deming Street died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Becket on Dec. 11, 1921, he was the...

John P. Scarbo, 68

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — John P. Scarbo, 68, of 20 Kimpton Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at the home of his sister Margaret Ann Bush on Wheeler Avenue, surrounded by his family. He was a...

James I. Sprowson Sr., 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James I. Sprowson Sr., 70, of 45 Spring St. died Wednesday evening, Nov. 2, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on April 24, 1941, son of William and Florence Buzzi...

Doris A. Demo, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Doris Alice Demo, 90, of 59 Chestnut St. died Monday, Nov. 7 , 2011, at home under the loving care of her family, hospice and At Home TLC. Born in North Adams on June 23,...

William A. Martin, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - William A. "Lumpy" Martin, 45, of 522 Union St. died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a yearlong battle with cancer. Born in North...

Jacqueline Joseph, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jacqueline Joseph, 81, of 816 West Shaft Road died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, at the home of her niece and nephew Samantha and Michael Ritcher in Readsboro, Vt. Born in...

Clista Roberts, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Clista Roberts, 83, of 118 Church St. died peacefully at home on Saturday evening, Oct. 29, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams, Mass., on Feb. 6, 1928,...

Deborah L. Dargie, 43

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Deborah Lucia Dargie, 43, of 337 Walnut St. died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at her home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 14, 1967, daughter of Valerie Bullett Rodriguez of North...

Alice M. Pisano, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Mary Pisano, 99, of 1088 Old Mohawk Trail died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Emma...

Julia G. Toohey, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Julia Grace Toohey, 96, of 137 West Main St., died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at Williamstown Commons with her loving family by her side. Born in North Adams on Dec. 2,...