Obituaries
Celebrating Lives & Legacies
Edmund M. "Red" Poopor
Edmund M. "Red" Poopor, 83, of 99 Curtis Ave. died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where he had resided for a month. Born in Dalton on March 12, 1920, son of Bart and Anna Dowling...Salvatore DeFino
Salvatore DeFino, 78, of Hillcrest Commons, formerly of Bradford Arms, died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Joseph and Rosalie Carista...Edward Kenneth Zimmerman Sr
Edward Kenneth Zimmerman Sr., 85, of 28 Lombard St. died Saturday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington after a brief illness. Born in West Seneca, N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1918, son of Paul and...Florence Elizabeth Markham
Florence Elizabeth Markham, 102, formerly of Providence Court Apartments, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three years....Harvey B. (Habib S.) Haddad
Harvey B. (Habib S.) Haddad, 88, of 234 Dawes Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. A longtime businessman and civic activist in Berkshire County, he had been president of...Robert F. Provost
Robert F. Provost, 67, of 350 West St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 5, 1937, son of Francis and Hazel Hume Provost Sweeney, he was educated in Pittsfield schools and lived...Dominic Pisani
Dominic Pisani, 88, of 193 Elberon Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in the former Mountain Mills, Vt., on Sept. 1, 1915, son of Bruno and Margurite DeBonis Pisani, he attended Pittsfield public...Hettie M. Diggens
Hettie M. Diggens, 93, formerly of 99 Valentine Road, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1992. Born in Greenwich, England, on Dec. 15, 1910, daughter of...James H. Ceder
James H. Ceder, 87, of Beecher Lane died Wednesday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Moline, Ill., on Feb. 11, 1917, son of Hjalmer and Louise Schmidt Ceder, he attended...Dorothy C. Heidel
Dorothy C. Heidel, 90, of 53 Yorkshire Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 13, 1913, daughter of Hans A. and Katharine Rall Wilde, she was a 1931 graduate...Sister Mary Cecilius
Sister Mary Cecilius, 89, of the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, died Monday in the Providence Place infirmary. She had served on the faculty of the former St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing...Martha B. Boos
Martha B. Boos, 92, formerly of 59 Salisbury Court and Berkshire Place, died Feb. 20 at Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, N.J. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1911, daughter of Paul and...Mary Irene Bolduc
Mary Irene Bolduc, 75, of 46 Alfred Drive died Sunday morning at home. She had been a bacteriologist for the Pittsfield Health Department lab for 31 years. She retired in 1991. Born in...
Rita G. Rosso, 76
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rita G. Rosso, 76, of 5 Boison St. died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center under the care of HospiceCare in the Berkshires. Born in West Stockbridge on...William Arthur "Billy" Kent
William Arthur "Billy" Kent, 21, of Elm Street, Lenox Dale, died Thursday in Lee. Born in International Falls, Minn., on Feb. 24, 1983, son of Ronald A. and Patricia A. Savela Kent of Lenox Dale,...Dianne L. Ameen
Dianne L. Ameen, 57, of 37 Garden St. died Friday morning at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1946, daughter of George and...Camellia S. Doran
Camellia S. Doran, 83, of 30 Maple Grove Drive died Saturday evening at home. Born in Turners Falls on June 28, 1920, daughter of Michael and Stella Aptacy Saharceski, she moved to Pittsfield at...James J. Salzarulo
James J. Salzarulo, 56, of 166 First St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1947, he was the son of the late Muriel E. Perry DeCarlo....Shane Andrew Reardon
Shane Andrew Reardon, 20, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died suddenly on Saturday in Orlando, Fla. He was the grandson of Marion Cavanaugh of Dalton and the son of Jeff Reardon, formerly of Dalton....Joseph F. Marzano
Joseph F. Marzano, 83, of 108 Fourth St. died Wednesday at Parkview Specialty Hospital in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 16, 1920, son of Frank and Theresa Caccamo Marzano, he attended...Pearl Jeanette LaBrie
Pearl Jeanette LaBrie, 91, formerly of Linden Street, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility since June 1999, prior to which...John A. Hospot Jr
John A. Hospot Jr., 73, of 8 Lyric St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 10, 1930, son of John Hospot Sr. and Estelle Bujalkowski Hospot, he was a 1948...Carmen William Sacco
Carmen William Sacco, 82, of 301 Francis Ave. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since May 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 21, 1921, son of Domenico S. and Carmella Pinyone...Lorraine Skogsberg
Lorraine Skogsberg, 93, formerly of 26 Jason St., Pittsfield, died Thursday at Kimball Farms, where she had resided for 13 years. Born in Leominster on May 3, 1910, daughter of Charles and...B. May Payne
B. May Payne, 87, of 8 Whipple St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Blandford on Aug. 18, 1916, daughter of Perry W. and Elsie M. Ripley Chase, she was raised by her adoptive...iBerkshires.com Text Ads
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