Obituaries

William B. Wilhelm, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - William Banks Wilhelm Sr., 81, of 33 Leroi Drive, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Beaumont, Texas, in 1929, a son of Paul L. Wilhelm Sr. and...

Gladys E. Marsh, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Gladys Elizabeth Marsh, 97, died peacefully on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at Laurel Lake Nursing Home where she had resided since January 2004. Born on June 6, 1913, she used the...

Barbara Schwartz, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Schwartz, 85, of 5 Alcot Lane died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in North Adams on March 6, 1925, daughter of Charles...

Mary E. Cantoni, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Elizabeth Cantoni, 78, of 87 Valentine Road, formerly of Williamstown, died Monday, July 12, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Searsburg, Vt., on Sept. 27,...

Ariana D. Magnifico, 57

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ariana D. "Ann" Magnifico, 57, of Bay State Road died Friday, April 9, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a yearlong battle with cancer. Born in North...

Lynda G. Hall, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lynda G. Hall, 65, of Williamsburg, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after a long struggle with ovarian...

James T. Carpenter, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' James T. Carpenter, 59, of 310 Cloverdale St. died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1950,...

Arnold S. Caplin, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arnold S. Caplin, 80, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center after a long illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 8, 1929, he was the son of...

Kimberly E. Deming, 23

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kimberly Eloise Deming, 23, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday in...

Lucille B. Tanguay, 83

LENOX, Mass. â€' Lucille Barbara Tanguay, 83, of Cameron House died peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 20, 1926,...

Jane M. Fones, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jane M. Fones, 48, of Orchard Street died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1961, daughter of Robert and Marion Moseley...

Nancy A. Brown, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nancy Anne Brown, 66, of 77 Onota St. died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at her home. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1943, daughter of Richard and Cora Sifton Bullett, she...

Holice F. Belding, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Holice Franklin Belding, 80, of Brooklyn St. died Thursday morning, Aug. 27, 2009, at North Adams Commons. He was a longtime volunteer and grand marshal of the Fall Foliage...

Cesare A. Balardini, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Cesare A. Balardini, 89, of 10 Crosier Ave. died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at home. Born in Italy on Nov. 27, 1919, a son of Lorenzo and Elizabetta Bianchi Balardini, he...

Ellen M. Ruberto, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen M. Ruberto, 62, Spadina Parkway, wife of Pittsfield Mayor James M. Ruberto, died peacefully at home on Wednesday morning, July 22, 2009, after battling a rare form of...

R. Joel Librizzi, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Raymond Joel Librizzi, 74, of 104 Appleton Ave. died Monday, June 15, 2009, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1935, son of Raymond...

Corinne L. Conte, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Corinne Louise Conte, 87, of Mill Valley, Calif., and Pittsfield, widow of U.S. Rep. Silvio O. Conte, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, of natural causes at the home of her...

Mary K. Green, 94

DALTON, Mass. — Mary Kathryn Green, 94, of Sugar Hill, 45 Main St., died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009 at Williamstown Commons. Born in South Haven, Mich., on May 11, 1914, daughter of Raymond and...

Mayor Robert T. Capeless, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Former Pittsfield Mayor Robert T. Capeless, 91, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at his home. The prominent Massachusetts attorney was the father of Berkshire District Attorney...

Doris Berger, 87

LENOX, Mass. — Doris Berger, 87, of Kimball Farms died in her sleep on Tuesday morning, Dec. 23, 2008. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 14, 1921, daughter of Max and Lena Kroman Feinstein, she...

Richard E. Duby, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Ernest Duby, 71, of 12 Adams St. died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Nov. 3, 1937, son of George and Yvonne Garand...

Peter G. Arlos, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Peter G. Arlos, 82, of Arlington Street and of Cambridge, a longtime civic leader and businessman, died at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on Sunday, Nov. 16,...

Shirley Bolognia, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Shirley Mae Bolognia, 78, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Adams on March 22, 1930,...

Martha E. Gile, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Martha Elizabeth Gile, of Stockbridge Road, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, her 80th birthday, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., daughter of...

Jonathan L. Tauer, 39

PITTSFIELD - Jonathan Louis Tauer, 39, of 70 Conz St., Northampton, formerly of 39 Cascade St., died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at home of complications from post-traumatic stress disorder. Born in...