Obituaries

Delia Carosso

Delia Carosso, 94, formerly of 176 Brighton Ave., died Monday at the Curtis Manor Retirement Home in Dalton, where she had resided since June 2001. Born in Pittsfield on June 9, 1910, daughter of...

Aurel M. "Hard Hat" Rouleau

Aurel M. "Hard Hat" Rouleau, 77, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since 2001. Born in Plattsburg, N.Y., on May 26, 1927, son of Edward...

Edward Vinton Knight

Edward Vinton Knight, 94, of Westminster Canterbury retirement community in Richmond, Va., formerly of 20 Nielsen Lane, died Saturday at home. Born in New Haven, Conn., on April 4, 1910, son of...

Isabelle Sofia Godek

Isabelle Sofia Godek, 95, formerly of 24 Profile St. Lanesboro, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Jan. 15, 1909, daughter of Frank and Zofia Owczarski...

John A. Culpo

John A. Culpo, 71, a world-class accordion player, Army veteran, teacher and prominent city landlord, died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Culpo was born in North Adams on Dec....

Bernard D. "Don" Cook Jr.

Bernard D. "Don" Cook Jr., 82, of 88 Roselyn Drive died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Clintonville, Wis., on July 15, 1922, son of Bernard D. Cook Sr. and Edythe Polley Cook, he...

John E. "Jack" Colby Jr

John E. "Jack" Colby Jr., 82, of 56 Pollock Ave. died Saturday at home after a brief illness. He had resided in Connecticut and Longmeadow before moving to Pittsfield in 1975. Born in Lowell...

Vincent W. Cancilla

Vincent W. Cancilla, 89, of 20 Flintstone Drive died Saturday at home. Born in Boston on July 26, 1915, son of Mariano C. and Angela Mazzola Cancilla, he was a 1934 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Elmer H. Wisbaum

Elmer H. Wisbaum, 95, died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 1909, son of Ida and Louise Wisbaum, he was a graduate of Niagara University and received a...

John Jay Whalen

John Jay Whalen, 41, of Stoneham, formerly of Nancy Avenue in Pittsfield, died Friday at Lemuel Sattuck Hospital in Boston following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 21, 1963, son of...

Ruth L. Mathews

Ruth L. Mathews, 95, of 40 Pine St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Oct. 25, 1909, daughter of William B. and Maud E. Simpson Mathews, she was a 1927...

Evelyn M. Leonardo

Evelyn M. Leonardo, 79, died yesterday morning at Craneville Place, where she had resided since October 2002. Born in Cambridge on Sept. 1, 1925, daughter of Virgil and Margaret Morison Orff, she...

Joseph Francis Crippa

Joseph Francis Crippa, 85, of Berkshire Town Apartments died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since September 2002. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 26, 1919, son of Rudolph...

George Henry LeBarnes Sr

George Henry LeBarnes Sr., 73, of 193 Elberon Ave., Rose Manor Apartments, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1931, son of William H. and Anna May Lee LeBarnes, he attended...

Florence A. Henry

Florence A. Henry, 84, of 19 Claremont Road died yesterday at home. Born in Dalton on Sept. 16, 1920, daughter of John and Etta Phillips Smith, she was a graduate of the former Dalton High...

Irene E. Biagiotti Goodwin

Irene E. Biagiotti Goodwin, 89, died Sunday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for five years. Born in East Clarendon, Vt., on Nov. 23, 1914, daughter of William L. and Lottie...

Shirley A. Zajac

Shirley A. Zajac, 67, of 240 Harryel St. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1936, daughter of Walter and Anna Stockley...

Alice L. VanBramer

Alice L. VanBramer, 93, formerly of 26 Dexter St., died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1911,...

Ruth E. Sisman

Ruth E. Sisman, 92, formerly of 106 East Housatonic St., died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 1912,...

Antonio F. Sinopoli

Antonio F. Sinopoli, 86, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Lee on Aug. 17, 1918, son of Salvatore and Marianna Sicchitano Sinopoli,...

Cora A. Ryan

Cora A. Ryan, 88, of 120 Onota St. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since May. Born in Windham Center, Pa., on July 19, 1916, daughter of Howard and Lena...

Dorothy Irene Hillmann

Dorothy Irene Hillmann, 87, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for three years. Born in Middletown Springs, Vt., on Aug. 26, 1917, daughter of Fred H. and...

William H. Biggart Jr

William H. Biggart Jr., 78, of 329 North St., died Friday afternoon at Craneville Place. Born in Adams on May 10, 1926, son of William H. Biggart Sr. and Elsie Micklejohn Biggart, he attended...

Eugene R. Grant

Eugene R. Grant, 73, of 32 Weller Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Stockbridge on July 25, 1931, son of Ralph and Eulalia Dunne Grant, he attended schools in Stockbridge. He moved to...

Josephine M. Jakacky

Josephine M. Jakacky, 78, of 1494 Snake Hill Road, North Scituate, R.I., died Wednesday at Rhode Island Hospital. She was a former resident of 184 Dalton Ave. Born in Pittsfield on May 3,...