Obituaries

Margaret Evangelisto

Margaret A. Evangelisto, 89, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she was admitted March 11, 1999. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8,...

James J. Toole Sr.

James J. Toole Sr., 90, formerly of 11 Brown St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Lenox Dale on Nov. 9, 1910, son of Thomas A. and Nora Keagan Toole, he attended local...

Ralph E. Howard

Ralph E. Howard, 81, of 33600 Calimesa Blvd., Hillcrest Mobile Estates, Yucaipa, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died May 22 at Veterans Hospital in Redlands, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on Feb....

John F. Hanson

John Franklin Hanson, 78, of 6 Main St. died Tuesday evening at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in Wellesley on Feb. 20, 1923, son of Winland and Grace Henderson Hanson, he attended...

Emma M. Gilbert

Emma M. Gilbert, 84, a resident of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility and a former resident of Columbia Arms, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bayonne, N.J., on Oct. 12,...

Celinda Mendel

Celinda Eleanora Mendel, 85, of 49 Zeff Drive, Salisbury Estates, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1915, daughter of Conrad F. and Louise M. Grandshaw...

William McLaughlin

William J. McLaughlin, 96, of East Spring St., Williamsville, N.Y., former resident of Pittsfield, died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1904, son of John L. and Ann...

Rita C. Dapson

Rita C. Dapson, 65, of 14 Merriam St. died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 6, 1935, daughter of Suntina Guristante Spadafora of Pittsfield and the late Joseph Spadafora, she...

Renaldo Ricciarini

Renaldo R. Ricciarini, 82, of 58 Belvidere Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1918, son of Oreste and Isola Rossetti Ricciarini, he graduated from...

Dorothy C. Mott

Dorothy C. Mott, 97, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Leeds, England, on Sept. 21, 1903, daughter of James and...

Dina V. Chiaretto

Dina V. Chiaretto, 88, of 68 Dartmouth St. died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Genoa, Italy, on Dec. 25, 1912, daughter of Peter and Lena Baldascini Volonghe, she attended schools in New York...

Caroline I. Stottle

Caroline I. Stottle, 89, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided since November 1996. Prior to living in Pittsfield, she...

Nancy A. Swanson

Nancy A. Swanson, 48, of 85 Third St. died Monday at the home of her friends, 270 West St. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1953, daughter of Joseph and Antoinette Capitanio Grizey, she attended...

John E. Farina

John E. Farina, 82, of 86 Lincoln St., formerly of 20 Laurel Ave., Lee, died yesterday at the home of his son, John A. Farina of Lee. Born in Lee on April 28, 1919, son of John B. and Mabel Mougin...

Francis Gomula

Francis W. Gomula, 62, formerly of 75 Cromwell Ave., died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on March 10, 1939, son of Walter and Wanda Walczak Gomula,...

Charles H. Logan

Charles Hollister Logan, 96, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Barnwell Nursing Facility, Valatie, N.Y., where he had been a resident for four years. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 13, 1904, son...

Emily P. Zink

Emily P. Zink, 63, of Beaufort, S.C., mother of Carolann Bigwood of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home. Born in Schley County, Ga., on July 4, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Elisha H. and...

Alfred J. Rettie

Alfred J. Rettie, 77, a resident of the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, died there yesterday. He formerly lived at 15 Brierwood Lane. Born in Springfield on May 3, 1924, son of Alexander M. and Louisa...

S. Grace Williams

S. Grace Williams, 89, of 108 Holmes Road died Saturday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she was admitted Thursday. She had been a resident of Melbourne Place assisted-living facility in...

Ruth O. Cowell

Ruth O. Cowell, 88, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. She moved to Kimball Farms in 1999 from Brookline. Born in Wyncote,...

Hazel St. John

Hazel St. John, 93, formerly of 9 Park St., died Saturday afternoon at the Center for Optimum Care. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on March 13, 1908, daughter of Arthur and Ella Mossey Bonyea, she was...

V. Carmello Stracuzzi

V. Carmello F. Stracuzzi, 82, of 111 Stearns Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Taormina, province of Messina, Sicily, on Oct. 3, 1918, son of Rosario and Carmella Stracuzzi Stracuzzi, he...

M.M. Ellsworth-Durant

Margaret M. "Peggy" Ellsworth-Durant, 60, of 202 Dewey Ave. died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield because of complications from surgery. Born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1941,...

Matilda Villanova

Matilda I. Main Villanova, 81, formerly of 10 Union Court Apartments, 10 Union St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Laurel Lake Assisted Living in Lee for a year and a...

John F. Daly

John F. "Jack" Daly, 64, of 31 Henry Ave., owner and operator of Rita Marie's restaurant on Route 7 in Lanesboro, died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 4,...