Obituaries

Dora Agnes Rossin

Dora Agnes Rossin, 77, a 47-year resident of 16 Pembroke Ave., died Sunday night at her home. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1929, daughter of Joseph and Alice Buletti Mazza, she was a 1947...

Anthony C. "Spuzzy" Esposito

Anthony C. "Spuzzy" Esposito, 85, of 66 Clarkson Ave., a winter resident of Ormond Beach, Fla., died yesterday at his home. Born in DiCalabria, Italy, on Dec. 10, 1920, son of Domenico and...

James Michael Paone

James Michael Paone, 83, of 94 Elaine Drive, formerly of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., died yesterday at the home of his sister, Angelica Marinaro, with whom he had resided since January 2005. Born...

Elaine E. McCarthy

Elaine E. McCarthy, 80, of 76 Baldwin Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of an apparent heart attack shortly after being admitted. She was a three-time cancer survivor. Born in...

Stanislaw L. Kozlowski

Stanislaw L. Kozlowski, 46, of 61 Union St. died after a long illness Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Tuesday. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1960, son of Stella Ozga...

Dennis Albert Lussier

Dennis Albert Lussier, 51, of 242 Wahconah St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 5, 1955, son of Gil A. Lussier and the late Carmella...

M. Elizabeth Grucelski

M. Elizabeth Grucelski, 86, formerly of 179 Highland Ave., died Wednesday at Epoch Senior Center in Brewster, where she had resided for two years. Born in Tupper Lake, N.Y., on Oct. 4, 1919,...

Eugene E. Gillette

Eugene E. Gillette, 86, of 91 Brombach St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1920, son of Jules and Harriet Marquis Gilliotte, he was a graduate of...

Rebecca A. Spaniol

Rebecca A. Spaniol, 92, formerly of RiverRun Apartments, died Monday, Aug. 14, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Wells, Vt., on March 9, 1914, daughter of Fred and Florence Haskins Fisher, she...

Ralph E. Sincere

Ralph E. Sincere, 97, formerly of New Hampshire Avenue, died Sunday, Aug. 13, after a long illness at Hillcrest Commons, where he had lived for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

Leo "Joe" Rivers

Leo "Joe" Rivers, 69, of Route 16A, Intervale, N.H., formerly of Dalton, died Saturday, Aug. 12, at his home. Born in Dalton on Sept. 2, 1936, son of Leo and Helen Lee Rivers, he received his...

Richard Matthew Keane

Richard Matthew Keane, 84, of Providence Court, 379 East St., died Friday while visiting his daughter, Theresa I. Wilson of 9 McKinley Drive, Delmar, N.Y. Born in Roxbury on Nov. 2, 1921, son of...

Thomas d'Aquin Daverin

Thomas d'Aquin Daverin, 86, of 19 Cummings Ave. died Wednesday morning at his home. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1920, son of George and Yvonne d'Aquin Daverin, he was a graduate of Pittsfield...

James C. "J.C." Lothridge

James C. "J.C." Lothridge, 64, of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich, N.Y. Born in Norwich on Oct. 31, 1941, son of the late Floyd E. and Margaret Christle...

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr.

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr., 64, of 19 Hillside St., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July 6. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1942, son of Gordon J. and Marjorie...

Mark William Fontaine

Mark William Fontaine, 34, of 18 Dartmouth St. died Tuesday as a result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Bernardston. Born in Ware on June 6, 1972, son of Ethel Clapp Fontaine...

Isabelle L. Bowman

Isabelle L. Bowman, 95, of 1282 North St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hinsdale on March 1, 1911, daughter of Augustus and Mayra Watkins Bowman, she attended the Dalton...

Mary Jane Williams

Mary Jane Williams, 88, of Elberon Avenue died Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Toronto on March 4, 1918, daughter of John and...

Connor Rhys Phelps

Connor Rhys Phelps, infant son of Daniel E. Phelps and Jessica L. Case of 48 Elizabeth St., died at birth on Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides his mother and his father, he leaves his...

Eleanor M. Medler

Eleanor M. Medler, 96, former longtime resident of Deborah Avenue, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for seven years. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on...

Leone Scoco

Leone Scoco, 86, of 45 Terrace Ave. died Saturday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1919, son of Lorenzo and Maria Salvestro Scoco, he was educated in local...

Lawrence Edward Bowerman

Lawrence Edward Bowerman, 80, of 366 Elm St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1926, son of Winthrop H. and Esther Corkhill Bowerman, he was a 1944...

Rheta S. Bonnivier

Rheta S. Bonnivier, 94, of 195 Elberon Ave. died Thursday at Springside of Pittsfield. She and her husband, the late G. Edward Bonnivier, owned and operated the former Bonny Ski and Sport Shop...

Joseph Henry Fortini Sr.

Joseph Henry Fortini Sr., 72, of 4693 Orange Grove Blvd., North Fort Myers, Fla., a longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Southwest Regional Hospital in Fort Myers after a long illness....

Emma Frances Bouchard

Emma Frances Bouchard, 92, of Oldsmar, Fla., formerly of 36 Hamlin St., died July 22 at home. Born in Dalton on Dec. 12, 1913, daughter of William and Philomene LaFramboise Murray, she attended...