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A6 North Adams Transcript LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, July 5, 2006 www.TheTranscript.com Obituaries Sophie Kalisz, 94 Longtime Adams homemaker Sophie (Leja) Kalisz, 94, of 16 Siara Adams, died Monday, July 10, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 13, 1911, she was the daughter of John and Mary (Banas) Leja. She attended St. Stanislaus Kostka School.

Sophie Kalisz Mrs. Kalisz was a homemaker most of her life, but had worked for several years as a weaver at the former Berkshire Fine Spinning Adams. She was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Adams, and was a member of the St. Stanislaus Rosary Sodality, She enjoyed cooking, gardening and sewing.

Her husband, Henry J. 1 Kalisz, whom she married on Oct. 5, 1931, died Sept. 5, 1998. She leaves a son, Henry J.

Kalisz and his wife, Carole, of Williamstown; a daughter, Marcella A. Kalisz of Adams; two sisters, Felicia Skowronski and Helen Lubowicz, both of Adams; three brothers, Stanley Leja and Thaddeus Leja, both of Adams, and Ernest Leja of Henderson, two Kalisz and his wife, Jaime, of New Lebanon, N.Y., and Mary Boyle and her husband, Alex, of Mt. Vernon, N.Y; a great -grandson, Gabriel John Kalisz of New Lebanon, N.Y.; several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. A brother, Frank Leja, and two sisters, Cecelia Frodyma and Veronica Starsiak, are deceased. FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral for Sophie Kalisz will be held Saturday, July 8, 9 a.m., from the Funeral Home, 13 Hoosac Adams.

A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Adams. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery, Adams.

Calling hours are Friday, 4-7 p.m., at the funeral home. Members of the St. Stanislaus Rosary Sodality will meet at the funeral home on Friday at 3:40 p.m. to recite the rosary and pay their respects. Memorial donations may be made to St.

Stanislaus School through the funeral home. To leave a message of condolence, or for directions, go online to www.apsfuneralhome.com. Alice A. Sheldon, 93 Worked at Wall-Streeter, Alice's Yarn Shop Alice Agnes Sheldon, 93, formerly of 103 Main Apt 305, North Adams, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006, at Williamstown Commons Nursing Home, 25 Adams Road. Born in North Adams on June 2, 1913, sl she was the daughter of Charles and Alice (Birch) Sheldon.

She resided in Pownal, for a short time and moved to North Adams: at a young age. She was educated in North Adams schools and graduated from Drury High School with the class of 1931. Desiring to be a nurse, she attended and graduated from the New England Sanitorium Hospital in Stoneham, with the class of 1934. After being employed in nursing for a short time, she joined the former Wall-Streeter Shoe Co. on Union Street, North Adams, and was employed with them for many years until the company ceased operations in 1973.

She then assisted her mother in the operation of Alice's Yarn Shop in the Dowlin Block on Main Street, North Adams, until the business was sold and she retired. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of North Adams. She enjoyed cooking and knitting. She leaves a half-brother Raymond Sheldon of South Carolina, and several cousins including her caregiver, Arline M. Sheldon of Williamstown.

A half-brother, Glen Sheldon is deceased. FUNERAL NOTICE Funeral services for Alice Sheldon will take place Thursday, July 6, 2 p.m., at the Flynn Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapel, 521 W. Main North Adams. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. Calling hours are Thursday, noon-2 p.m., at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested for Williamstown Commons Activities Fund or the Alzheimers Disease Association through the funeral home. Marion Collins, 82 Worked at family's appliance store Marion (Geddes) Collins, 82, of They were married Dec. 12, 1944. 432 Eagle North Adams, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec.

26, 1923, she was the daughter of William J. and Gladys (Francis) Geddes. She attended schools in North Adams and graduated from Drury High School with the class of 1941. She graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College with the class of 1945. Mrs.

Collins was employed with her husband, Irving H. Collins and brother-in-law, Louis Gagliardi in the operation of the former Gagliardi's Appliance and Kitchen Center in North Adams until 1981, when the business was sold. She then assisted her husband in the operation of Collins Appliance Repair until her retirement in 1991. She was a lifelong member of the First Congregational Church in North Adams. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.

She enjoyed reading and was an avid sports fan. She regularly attended Drury High School baseball, basketball, and football games. Her husband died June 16, 2004. She leaves a daughter and son-inlaw, Marilyn Collins Truskowski, and her husband, Joseph of North Adams; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert W. and Sharyn K.

Collins of North Adams; four grandchildren, Joelle Collins McDonough and her husband, Matthew, and Rebecca Collins Polumbo and her husband, Gary, all of North Adams, Jeffrey Truskowski of Framingham and Brian Truskowski of Wilmington, N.C.; five great-grandchildren, Emma Polumbo, Joshua Polumbo, Sarah Polumbo, William McDonough and Benjamin McDonough; a sister, Margaret Gagliardi of North Adams; and nieces. FUNERAL NOTICE Funeral services for Marion Collins will be held Friday, July 7, 10:30 a.m., at the First Congregational Church, North Adams with the Rev. Jill Graham, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery. There are no calling hours.

Memorial contributions may be made to FORD (Friends of Renal Dialysis) at Berkshire Medical Center or to the First Congregational Church through the Flynn Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapel, 74 Marshall North Adams, MA 01247, which is in charge of arrangements. Bruce O. Bouker, 76 Retired chemical engineering assistant at Yankee Rowe Bruce O. Bouker, 76, a former resident of Whitingham, died Monday, July 3, 2006, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided since October 2005. Born in Greenfield, on Dec.

2, 1929, he was the son of Gilbert and Elsie (Othick) Bouker. He was a 1948 graduate of Greenfield High School. He continued his education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Following college, he entered the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict, where he attained the rank of sergeant, he worked as a weather observer aboard an aircraft ahead of the bombers and reported weather conditions during their missions.

In earlier years, he had worked as a milkman and for the Stone and Webster Construction Co. building at the Yankee Atomic plant in Rowe. When the pl plant was completed, he was asked to remain at the plant with Yankee Atomic, where he retired as a chemical engineering assistant. He was a member of American Legion Post 5 of Brattleboro, a life member of V.EW. Post 8503 of Shelburne Falls and the Vermont Little educators Submitted photo Fourth grade students from Sullivan Elementary School installed signs at Windsor Lake on June 15.

Students install educational signs at lake NORTH ADAMS As part of a service learning project, fourth grade students at Sullivan Elementary School installed signs at Windsor Lake to educate the public about the importance of maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Under the direction of teachers, Ben Klompus, Linda Reardon and Sherry Wein, these students studied the effects of main-made erosion, pollution, and threatened plant and animal life. In addition, students from Jude Loftus' conservation class at Drury High School coached the fourth graders and built a foot bridge to protect the stream ecosystem at Windsor Lake. This project is part of a larger study that fourth graders at Sullivan School have worked on all year. They have explored many methods of maintaining balanced ecosystems including hydroponic gardening, organic farming and conservation.

Their efforts culminated with the installation of student created signs at Windsor Lake and a field trip to Caretaker Farm in Williamstown. NARH honors volunteers at dinner NORTH ADAMS North Adams Regional Hospital recognized 72 employees and three departments at the hospital's annual employee recognition dinner on May 25 at the Williams Inn. The event included an awards ceremony for 59 current employees who have given service for five years and increments of five years, and for 13 other employees and three departments who received special recognition awards. Employees who received service awards represented a total of 875 years of service to the hospital. NARH offered special recognition in several categories.

Caroline Girard, R.N.,, (3North) and Stephen Veilleux (Quality) received the Overall Excellence Award; Mary Jones (Lab) and Jason Rose (Maintenance) were named Peers of the Year; Rachelle Mullett (3North) and Sylvia Colon (Housekeeping) were named New Employees of the Year; and Christine Rodriguez, R.N., (Emergency Department) and Marcia Tessier, R.N., (Surgical Services) received the Compassionate Caregiver award. The members of the Housekeeping, Maintenance, and Surgical Services departments at NARH were named Teams of the Year. Megan Babcock (Accounting) and Donna Czubryt Kondel were recognized with the Extra Mile Award. Mark Brown (Maintenance) and Kathy Sage (Dietary) received the "Behind the Scenes" Award; and Kate Henault, R.N.,, director of Critical Care and Respiratory Therapy, received the Manager of the Year Award. Offering congratulations to the employees were Stephen Crowe, chairman of the NBH Board of Trustees; Ronald B.

"Skip" Durning, M.D., director of NARH's hospitalist services; Paul Donovan, M.D., medical director of the NARH Emergency Department; and Rick Palmisano, CEO of Northern Berkshire Healthcare. Employees receiving service awards, grouped by years of service, were: Five years Richard Bona, Sylvia Briggs, David Chapman, Deborah Durant, Rosalie Girard, Charles Grande, Pamela Jelley, Jennifer Kline, Christine Lapedota, Gail Lennon, John Lord, Janet Maroney, Kevin Marsh, Victoria Maxwell, Douglas Milne, Murphy, Arthur Peterson, Kim Raftery, Susan Rahilly, Theresa Rondeau, Kathleen Sage, Julie Serrano, Laurie Therrien and Daniel Wilusz. 10 years Mary Baillargeon and Priti Shah. 15 years Jennifer Blair, Joseph Cooper, Barbara Faulkner, William Galli, Kevin Klein, Mary McConnell, Susan Phaneuf, Diane Pytko, Joan Sadlow, Julie Serrano, and Marguerite Slade. 20 years Michele Burro, James Carollo, Brian Gallagher, Darryl Pecor, Mary Ann Racette, Karin Robert, Mary Ann St.

Hilaire, Kevin Tassone and Marie Thurston. 25 years Rosemary Andrews, Carolyn Bobowiec, Gail Burdick, Joann Crosby, Helene Gajda, Nancy Lorge, Patricia Debra Wiencek and Kathleen Wilkinson. 30 years Donna Herzig and Lynne Wodyka. 35 years Elizabeth Bullett, Kathleen Monette and Barbara Viens. Parade to mark 'Holidays Around the Globe' NORTH ADAMS- The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and the City of North Adams have announced the 51st Fall Foliage Festival Parade will be held on Sunday, Oct.

1. Recognizing that the young and the young at heart love a parade, the Parade Committee has selected "Holidays Around the Globe" as the theme for the 51st Fall Foliage Festival Parade. "We are happy to be featuring "Holidays Around The Globe" this year as the parade theme, As the fall foliage season kicks off in the beautiful Berkshires we know that each leaf is unique in its own right, so too is the celebration that each country around the globe has during its own holiday season, whether from Abkhazia to Zimbabwe we are celebrating the uniqueness of each country and the way they celebrate. We look for some Club news Clarksburg COA hosts annual picnic June 15 CLARKSBURG The annual picnic sponsored by the Clarksburg Council on Aging was held June 15 at the senior center. Seventy people attended the lunnch, catered by Boston Seafood.

Members of the committee in charge of arrangements were: Eileen Belanger, Inga Choquette, Jane Cook and Muriel Goodrich. Desserts and special prizes were provided by the COA board of directors. Town Administrator Michael Canales gave the welcoming speech to commence the event. Lily Kuzia, COA director, introduced the Aladdins and Birth Berkshire Medical Center PECK June 23, a son, Ashton James, to James Edward and Lora Jean (Martishnig) Peck of 15A Quaker Adams. Club news Area Legion auxiliaries honored at convention Ur and continue down Curran Highway before winding through downtown North Adams.

Thousands of Berkshire residents and visitors enjoy the annual parade, which commemorates the glorious autumn season. Although the parade is still months away, the organizational effort is already strong. Over the next few months, parade committee members will coordinate an array of marching bands, floats, banners and other marching units in preparation for this monumental event. With so. many tasks ahead, the committee welcomes volunteers to help with the parade effort.

For more information on the parade or to volunteer, please call Stephanie French, (413) 499-4000, ext. 18 or visit the Fall Foliage Parade website at www.fallfoliageparade.com. For information of other activities call the Clarksburg Senior Center, 663-8253. Travel In Style Pride World's Best Selling Scooters Help That Special Someone Be More Active! surgimed 109 Eagle St. No.

Adams, MA 01247 413-663-8655 0001001431-01 NORTH ADAMS American Legion Auxiliary Department of Massachusetts held its 86th annual convention at the Springfield Marriott on June 9-11 with Florence Publicover, department president, presiding. Opening ceremonies included the processional of department officers, past presidents and guests, the advancement of colors, the call to order, invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, national anthem and preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion Auxiliary. Rosemary Tower, chaplain, assisted by Publicover, conducted a memorial service for the 182 members who died during the year. Department officers and committee chairmen gave reports throughout the conventionn and presented awards and citations. District One units received: Americanism District One, Doris Morey of Adams Unit 160, chairwoman, for report.

North Adams Unit 125, Anita Lentine, chairwoman, for sponsoring the essay contest. Children and Youth Dalton Unit 155 for best report, for best narrative and $300 donation to the Joslin Diabetes Clinic; the department chairwoman's special project which received a total of $5,387.87. Community Service Unit 125 for cancer awareness. Education Citations: Doris Morey, district chairwoman, third place for report and green slips; Unit 125, first place. Field Service "For Unselfish Devotion to Our Homeless Veterans," Unit 125, Williamstown Unit 152 and Dalton Unit 155.

Juniors Unit 125 and 152. Legislation Unit 125, best unit report. Naturalization Unit 125, 100 percent reporting. Public Relations District One, Lentine, chairwoman, best publicity book. History Unit 125, Janet Pertierra, historian, first place; District One, Lentine, chairwoman, third place.

Veterans Affairs and Rehablitation Unit 155, plaque and citation, best overall report, which was sent to national; Unit 125, second place citation; District citation, Anna Farnams, chairwoman. The Friday evening banquet honored national vice president JoAnn Cronin and past department presidents. Department president Florence Publicover was the guest of honor at the Saturday banquet. Installation ceremonies were held on Sunday, June 18, for the newly elected department of officers, Mary Harriman of 1 North Carver, president; Cynthia Johnson-Smith of Mattapan, first vice president; Mary Ellen Morrissette of Feeding Hills, second vice president; Beverly Monaco of Methuen, secretary-treasurer; Rosemary Tower of Stow, third vice president; Bonnie Sladeski of Chicopee, chaplain; Josephine Yakimowski of Dedham, historian; Florence Publicover of Somerville, national executive committeewoman. Also, the 10 district directors were installed, including Farnams as District One director.

Farnams represented District One at the convention. Nancy Griffin served as district page, Doris Morey as elections page and Anita Lentine as the district representative on the Resolution Committee. Also attending the convention from District One were Charlene Gero and Gloria Schilling from Unit 155. Harriman announced her membership theme as "Rock and Roll Massachusetts." The national theme is "Shoot for the Stars- The Sky's the Limit." exciting floats based off of this theme, not only for the Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Parade but also for the Children's Parade. So get your thinking caps on and lets see what you come up with, says Paul Renaud, Fall Foliage Festival Parade committee director.

Renaud continued, "This is an honor for me to be heading up such an event, but like every year, this parade is put together by many hard working individuals who are part of the parade committee, public safety, banner carriers, parade participants and the fans, all sponsored by individual and corporate donations from the general public. This event has reached its peak only by the continued support from the community. The parade will step off this year on Sunday, Oct. 1, 1 p.m. from the Wal-Mart parking lot Trappers Association.

He was an avid hunter and fisherman and had extensively studied geneology, he maintained a profound interest in Russian and Ukraine history of which he became very knowledgable. He leaves two sons, Brian J. Bouker of Readsboro and Barry M. Bouker of Whitingham, a daughter, Brenda Bouker of Atmar, N.Y; a grandson, Matthew Bouker, nieces, nephews and cousins. A sister, Lois Bistrek and three brothers Major General John Bouker, Richard Sibley and Guy Sibley are deceased.

FUNERAL NOTICE Graveside funeral services for Bruce Bouker will be held Friday, July 7, 11 a.m., at the Veterans. War Memorial Cemetery. on the grounds of the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. The Rev. Michael A.

DeMasi, Catholic chaplain of the veterans home, will officiate. Full military honors will be provided by members of American Legion Post 29 of Readsboro, Vt. Donations in his memory may be made to the Activities Department at the Vermont Veterans Home through the Covey Allen Funeral Home, P.O. Box 215, Wilmington, VT 05363. To send condolences to the family of Bruce O.

Bouker, visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. conducted a ceremony of recognition to honor them for their longtime volunteer services providing musical entertainment at senior centers and nursing homes. Members of the group are: William Girardi, Thomas Leonesio, Reno Maselli, Edward Morandi, Mary Rosasco and Aldo Sartori. A sing-along of old time favorites was enjoyed by all. The Golden Tones, led by Barbara King, sang their theme song, "Side by Side." A raffle was won by Opal Norcross.

Special prize winners were Eunice Boulger, Mildred Caprari, Kay Crockwell, Ruth -Davis, Mary Domenichini, Frank Gaspardi, Rose Gaspardi, Verna Goodwin, Florence Greenlaw, Mary Hartman, Alice McLain, Forist McLain, Elaine Pierce, Mary Rosasco, John Segala, Jennie Strange and Paul Trottier. The Aladdins will be at the center July 20 at 1 p.m. for an afternoon of instrumental and vocal selections. Refreshments will be served. Robert J.

LaBombard Sr. July 5, 2002 Pa, You're in our thoughts and our hearts each day. We miss you more than words can say. We Love You Your Family 0001003478-01.