Obituaries

Mildred A. Dupuis

Mildred A. Dupuis, 89, of 28 Country Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Meriden, Conn., on May 18, 1914, daughter of Gustave and Edith Broman Oslund, she was a...

Anna M. Boucher Bassett

Anna M. Boucher Bassett, 84, of Sugar Hill died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 6, 1919, daughter of Fred and Mary Genatte Zullo, she attended...

Marian A. Sheridan

Marian A. Sheridan, 66, of Voorheesville, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1937, daughter of Robert and Edna...

Benjamin R. Pastore

Benjamin R. Pastore, 85, of 29 Sunnyside Drive died Monday at home. Born in Claremont, N.H., on Feb. 25, 1918, son of Joseph and Rose Maria Stabile Pastore, he was a 1936 graduate of Stevens High...

Vito "Connie" Metallo

Vito "Connie" Metallo, 89, of 1925 Roosevelt Drive, Sellersburg, Ind., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday while en route to a hospital in Indiana. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1914, son of...

Grace F. Conry

Grace F. Conry, 90, formerly of 340 Williams St., died Sunday at Berkshire Place. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1913, daughter of John and Harriet McGurn O'Laughlin, she graduated from St....

Anita A. Cartier Thibodeau

Anita A. Cartier Thibodeau, 83, formerly of 193 Elberon Ave., Rose Manor, died Friday evening at Sweetbrook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since 1999. Born in Woonsocket,...

Valentino L. DiNicola

Valentino L. DiNicola, 80, of 89 Edward Ave. died Friday at home. Born in Sambuceto, province of Chieti, Abruzzi, Italy, on Jan. 21, 1923, son of Adamo and Rosina DiNicola DiNicola, he came to...

William Alexander Volin Sr

William Alexander Volin Sr., 85, of One Marwood Road, Worcester, died Wednesday at Worcester Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 6, 1918, son of Alexander E. and...

Ernest Spaulding "Spike" Sagalyn

Ernest Spaulding "Spike" Sagalyn, 62, of 75 Laurel Lake Road died yesterday at home after a four-year battle with cancer. A longtime insurance professional, he was also active in numerous local...

John Rocca

John Rocca, 66, of 31 Pacific St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1936, son of Michael and Angelina Galiano Rocca, he was a 1955 graduate of Pittsfield...

Louise T. Lester

Louise T. Lester, 87, formerly of Rose Manor, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past five years. Born in Pittsfield on April 20, 1916, daughter of Stephan...

Augusta A. Jensen

Augusta A. Jensen, 80, of 15 Judith Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on May 7, 1923, daughter of Ernest and Marie Hoyer Zeiller, she graduated from high school in New York...

Margaret "Mickie" Catherine Scott

Margaret "Mickie" Catherine Scott, 71, of 6B Pomeroy Manor died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1932, daughter of Lewis J. and Mary Hart Burke, she was a graduate of the former...

Elaine Mary Rodgers

Elaine Mary Rodgers, 64, of 134 East Park Terrace died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1938, daughter of Leo and Susan Spiewak Rodgers, she was a...

Cynthia E. "Cy" Mattoon

Cynthia E. "Cy" Mattoon, 87, of 62 Burbank St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1916, daughter of Harold and Edith Woodward...

Kathryn F. Olsted

Kathryn F. Olsted, 55, of 32 Flansburg Ave. died Saturday at home of cancer. She was a member of the town's Waste Management and Steering committees, and the Dalton Business Association, where...

Nomina B. "Mina" Wills

Nomina B. "Mina" Wills, 73, of 31 Bradford St. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1930, daughter of Leslie P. and Ethel R. Cook Chadwell, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

David E. Oslund

David E. Oslund, 55, of 21 Revilla Terrace died Friday evening at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 22, 1947, son of Madeline Yon Oslund and the late Edward "Ted" Oslund, he...

Francesca "Nina" Asci

Francesca "Nina" Asci, 84, formerly of 48 Edison Ave., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Melbourne Place for three years. Born in Filadelphia, province of Catanzaro,...

Elizabeth M. "Betty" Schilling

Elizabeth M. "Betty" Schilling, 57, of 12 Bushey Road died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1946, daughter of Francis and Doris Sharron Robare,...

Hazel L. Gaudette

Hazel L. Gaudette, 82, of 100 Wealthy Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of 181 Ashuelot St. in Dalton until moving to her son's home two years ago. Born...

Kenneth Albert Dunham

Kenneth Albert Dunham, 51, formerly of Pittsfield and Cheshire, died Wednesday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided since September 2002. Born in Pittsfield...

Salvatore "JR" Carusotto

Salvatore "JR" Carusotto, 73, of 2 Lakewood Drive died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 20, 1930, son of Guiseppe and Gracia Guidici Carusotto, he...

Francis Calvin Markham Sr

Francis Calvin Markham Sr., 76, of 128 Elmer Ave. died Tuesday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for three years. Born in Stockbridge on July 4, 1927, son of Florence Murphy...