Obituaries

Richard E. Gould

Richard E. Gould, 73, of 2507 Berwick Court, Henderson, Nev., died Monday of pulmonary failure. He was the husband of the former Elda Ricalzone, a native of Pittsfield. Born in Newark, N.J., on...

Jennie Calderella

Jennie L. Calderella, 96, formerly of 236 Connecticut Ave., died Monday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1997. Born in Easton, Pa., on Sept. 8, 1904, daughter of Giuseppe...

Herbert Harrison

Herbert E. Harrison, 102, formerly of 50 East Housatonic St., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on Jan. 19, 1899, son of Albert and Elizabeth Oldham Harrison, he began...

Francis Callahan

Francis N. Callahan, 75, of 15 Narragansett Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 13, 1925, son of John J. and Mary Nally Callahan, he was a 1943 graduate of the former Dalton...

Bruno Buda

Bruno Buda, 75, of 2 East View Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack at home. Born in Adams on April 25, 1925, son of Albert and Aniela Sudacki...

Seymour Goldstein

Seymour "Sy" L. Goldstein, 81, of Pixley Hill Road died yesterday at home. Born in New York City on Feb. 4, 1920, son of Jacob and Sadie Goldstein Goldstein, he attended New York schools and...

Rosemarie St. Pierre

Rosemarie St. Pierre, 48, of 110 Johnson St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 26, 1952, daughter of Honore J. and Rachel Moreau Godbout, she attended...

Herman C. Brown

Herman C. Brown, 86, of 109 Housatonic St. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where he had resided for two years. Born in Waterford, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1914, son of Richard and Lorena...

Carol A. Pacheco

Carol A. Pacheco, 58, of 94 B Pomeroy Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Putnam, Conn., on Dec. 25, 1942, daughter of Aurore Benac...

Audrey Turner

Audrey Turner, 79, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla. Born in Carnforth, Lancashire, England, on May 29, 1921, daughter...

Mr. Edward Lawrence Moreau

Mr. Edward Lawrence Moreau, Sr., 77, of 611 State Road, Holy Family Terrace, North Adams, MA died Friday, March 30,2001 at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. He was born in North...

Elaine L. Donsbough

Elaine L. Donsbough, 62, of 122 Cottage Street, Great Barrington, died at her home Wednesday, March 28. Born in Great Barrington June 8, 1938 she was the daughter of William and Virginia Viola...

Elsie Wellspeak

Elsie Wellspeak, 90, of 7312 Sheephead Drive, Hudson, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Friday at Richey Manor Health Care Center in Richey, Fla. Born in Adams on March 16, 1911, daughter of Joseph P....

Mary E. Gore

Mary E. Gore, 84, formerly of 105 Livingston Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1916, daughter of John and Helen Kretchmer Gore, she was...

Jason Kirshen

Jason Kirshen, 75, of 145 East New Lenox Road died yesterday at home. Born in Boston on Dec. 5, 1925, son of Simon and Frances Menkes Kirshen, he attended schools there and was a graduate of...

Grace McLaughlin

Grace K. McLaughlin, 94, of Lenoir, N.C., formerly of 45 Bel Air Ave., died Tuesday at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir. She moved to North Carolina in 1994. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 13,...

Florence Buffoni

Florence J. Buffoni, 77, of Marble Street died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 10, 1923, daughter of Charles E. and Mary Olaray Sermini, she was a graduate...

Ethel R. Brown

Ethel R. Brown, 95, of East Main St. died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in West Springfield on April 19, 1905, daughter of Frank and Mabel Dale Ruesch, her family moved...

Denise E. Filkins

Denise E. Filkins, 42, of 150 Barton Hill Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Dalton on March 3, 1959, daughter of Bernice Mongue Filkins and the late Ronald C. Filkins, she was a 1977 graduate...

Beverly Ann Carpenter

Beverly Ann Carpenter, 65, of Mount Vernon, Ind., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 22 at her winter home in Haines City, Fla. Born Oct. 31, 1935, in Crossville, Ill., daughter of Cyril J. and...

Benjamin Virgilio

Benjamin N. Virgilio, 84, of 66 Winesap Road died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 18, 1916, son of Bernardino and Maria DiPaola Virgilio, he...

Anne W. Dawson

Anne W. Dawson, 84, of 195 Elberon Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1916, daughter of Peter and Mary Woloshyn Yarmey, she attended local schools and...

Adolph N. Louison

Adolph N. "Duddie" Louison, 89, of 227 Franklin St. died Wednesday evening at Willowood Care Center of North Adams after a chronic illness. Born in Adams on May 9, 1911, son of Adolph P. and...

Joseph F. Chucka

Joseph F. Chucka, 66, of Cochran Street, West Warwick, R.I., died Monday at Kent Hospital in Warwick. He was the father of Joyce A. Amuso of Pittsfield. Born in Old Town, Maine, son of Joseph A....

John C. Boomsma

John C. Boomsma, 80, of 620 Laurel St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newbury, England, on March 20, 1921, son of Jon and Ann Farnham Boomsma, he moved to Chester at the age of...