Obituaries

Cecelia D. Dondi

Cecelia D. Dondi, 102, of Buena Park, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 14 at home. Born June 1, 1899, in Curigula, Italy, daughter of Constantine and Rosa Rossi Dellea, she attended...

Carolyn 'Carrie' Bak

Carolyn "Carrie" Bak, 90, formerly of 287 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Ludlow on Feb. 24, 1912, daughter of Louis and Aniela Obozut Neils, she attended Immaculate...

Wilfred Lee West

Wilfred Lee "Jed" West, 58, of Summerville, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 31 at Medical University of South Carolina after a long illness. Born in Summerville on Sept. 6, 1943, son of...

Mary Ann Bulsa

Mary Ann Bulsa, 70, of 3 Cutler Road, Hudson, N.H., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 19, 1931, daughter of...

Kathleen Graffagnino-Sawyer

Kathleen A. Graffagnino-Sawyer, 43, of Buena Vista St., Unionville, Conn., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Conn., after losing a two-year battle with...

Isabel R. O'Hearn

Isabel R. O'Hearn, 93, formerly of 38 Wahconah Heights, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1908, daughter of Neil and Henriette Zwingelstein Newton, she spent her...

Helen M. Koenig

Helen M. Koenig, 77, of Rose Manor Apartments, 195 Elberon Ave., died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on March 2, 1925, daughter of Arthur and Hazel...

Frank M. Pupo

Frank M. Pupo, 86, of 66 Circular Ave., former councilor at large, three-term Ward 6 councilor, School Committee chairman and member of the Pittsfield Housing Authority, died Saturday at Hillcrest...

Mary P. Cardozo

Mary P. Cardozo, 85, of 2000 Knoxville Drive, Bedford, Texas, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, on Dec. 15, 1916, daughter of John and Lucinda...

William F. Ellis

William F. Ellis, 70, of Bradford, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 3 at Brookside Nursing Home in Bradford after a long illness. Born Sept. 5, 1931, in Peabody, son of Delma W. and Eunice...

Grace Hatt

Grace Hatt, 89, of 151 Sleepy Hollow Drive died Wednesday at home. Born in Edmeston, N.Y., on May 3, 1912, daughter of Bert A. and Leta Cummings VanVant, she was a graduate of Sidney (N.Y.) High...

Emma Wert

Emma Wert, 90, died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since February 2000. She was the mother of the Rev. Arthur Kaufman of Sheffield. Born in Roslyn, N.Y., on July 13,...

Patricia Verchot

Patricia Frances Verchot, 77, formerly of Rose Manor, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Newark, N.J., on Jan 11, 1925, daughter of Patrick Doyle and Martha Doyle Mulvihill, she...

Loretta Marchetti

Loretta Marchetti, 86, of 200 Benedict Road died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had been admitted March 3, 2000. Born in Pico, Province of Frosinone, Italy, on Dec. 28, 1915,...

Leona E. Lussier

Leona Elizabeth Lussier, 75, of 15 Kirkwood Drive died yesterday morning at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 9, 1926, daughter of Frederick and Catherine Eagan Poopor, she...

Shirley A. Bell

Shirley A. Bell, 64, of Winter Haven, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Fla. Born Feb. 6, 1938, daughter of Raymond and Orette Duchesneau Mayo, she...

Marylin F. Kelly

Marylin F. Kelly, 65, of 30 Florence St. died Monday at home. She was the mother of state Rep. Shaun P. Kelly of Dalton. Born in North Adams on Sept. 30, 1936, daughter of Francis and Gladys...

Joan Fisher

Joan Fisher, 70, of Bradford Arms Apartments died Saturday at Optimum Care. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 4, 1931, daughter of Albert C. and Marguerite Leitch Gilligan, she moved to Adams at a...

Dorotha M. Logan

Dorotha M. Logan, 93, of 23 Livingston Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Saratoga, N.Y., on June 29, 1908, daughter of Thomas H. and Dora Robbins Logan, she was a 1927 graduate...

Betty N. Turetsky

Betty N. Turetsky, 86, of 329 Pittsfield Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 8, 1915, daughter of Joseph and Yetta Wicker Beck, she...

Vincent Sanginetti

Vincent F. "GiGi" Sanginetti, 75, of 325 Fenn St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1926, son of Dominic and Mary Pullaro Sanginetti, he attended local schools. He graduated...

Mary Shepardson

Mary R. Shepardson, 85, of 8 Lebanon Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 26, 1916, daughter of John E. and Irene Broderick McDonough, she was a 1934...

Clinton J. Frissell

Clinton J. Frissell, 90, of 40 Bingham St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Hinsdale on Aug. 18, 1911, son of Thomas A. and Grace Jordan Frissell, he attended schools there and...

Arthur F. Brooks

Arthur F. Brooks, 88, of Pomeroy Manor died Wednesday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where he had resided since January. Born in Lanesboro on Oct. 21, 1913, son of Charles and Alice Beattie...

William E. Fahey

William E. Fahey, 85, of 44 Egremont Ave. died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since October. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1916, son of Lawrence and Anna Moynihan...