Obituaries

Dominic Anthony Mondia Sr.

Dominic Anthony Mondia Sr., 67, of 157 East Quincy St. died Saturday night at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Nov. 9. Born in North Adams on June 1, 1937, son of Frank A. and...

Bernard D. "Don" Cook Jr.

Bernard D. "Don" Cook Jr., 82, of 88 Roselyn Drive died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Clintonville, Wis., on July 15, 1922, son of Bernard D. Cook Sr. and Edythe Polley Cook, he...

John E. "Jack" Colby Jr

John E. "Jack" Colby Jr., 82, of 56 Pollock Ave. died Saturday at home after a brief illness. He had resided in Connecticut and Longmeadow before moving to Pittsfield in 1975. Born in Lowell...

Vincent W. Cancilla

Vincent W. Cancilla, 89, of 20 Flintstone Drive died Saturday at home. Born in Boston on July 26, 1915, son of Mariano C. and Angela Mazzola Cancilla, he was a 1934 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Elmer H. Wisbaum

Elmer H. Wisbaum, 95, died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 1909, son of Ida and Louise Wisbaum, he was a graduate of Niagara University and received a...

John Jay Whalen

John Jay Whalen, 41, of Stoneham, formerly of Nancy Avenue in Pittsfield, died Friday at Lemuel Sattuck Hospital in Boston following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 21, 1963, son of...

Ruth L. Mathews

Ruth L. Mathews, 95, of 40 Pine St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Oct. 25, 1909, daughter of William B. and Maud E. Simpson Mathews, she was a 1927...

Evelyn M. Leonardo

Evelyn M. Leonardo, 79, died yesterday morning at Craneville Place, where she had resided since October 2002. Born in Cambridge on Sept. 1, 1925, daughter of Virgil and Margaret Morison Orff, she...

Joseph Francis Crippa

Joseph Francis Crippa, 85, of Berkshire Town Apartments died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since September 2002. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 26, 1919, son of Rudolph...

Edna M. Burdick, 86

FLORIDA, Mass. - Edna M. Burdick, 86, of 17 Tilda Hill Road died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier in the day at home. Born in North Adams on...

Nellie Mary Tash

Nellie Mary Tash, 99, of 27 Wall St. died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Fort Kent, Maine, on Oct. 11, 1905, daughter of Keenan and Rose Doerh Hobert, she attended schools there. Mrs....

George Henry LeBarnes Sr

George Henry LeBarnes Sr., 73, of 193 Elberon Ave., Rose Manor Apartments, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1931, son of William H. and Anna May Lee LeBarnes, he attended...

Florence A. Henry

Florence A. Henry, 84, of 19 Claremont Road died yesterday at home. Born in Dalton on Sept. 16, 1920, daughter of John and Etta Phillips Smith, she was a graduate of the former Dalton High...

Irene E. Biagiotti Goodwin

Irene E. Biagiotti Goodwin, 89, died Sunday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for five years. Born in East Clarendon, Vt., on Nov. 23, 1914, daughter of William L. and Lottie...

Armand Peter Solari

Armand Peter Solari, 91, of 32 Woodlawn Ave. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Friday. Born in the Hoosac Tunnel section of Rowe on June 21, 1913, son...

Shirley A. Zajac

Shirley A. Zajac, 67, of 240 Harryel St. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1936, daughter of Walter and Anna Stockley...

Stephen F. Sherman Sr

Stephen F. Sherman Sr., 58, of 49 Richmond St. died Wednesday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1946, son of Donald...

Francis N. Ramer

Francis N. Ramer, 74, of 74 Lanesboro Road, Cheshire, a native and longtime resident of 3 Quaker St., died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on Dec. 17, 1929, son of Henry and...

Willard Hubbard Mason III

Willard Hubbard Mason III, 79, of 25 Veazie St. died Friday at North Adams Commons, where he was admitted Sept. 30. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 3, 1925, son of William H. and Mildred Montague...

Alice L. VanBramer

Alice L. VanBramer, 93, formerly of 26 Dexter St., died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1911,...

Wilma Theurer

Wilma Theurer, 77, of Hemlock Hill died Friday morning at home. Born in Union City, N.J., on Dec. 9, 1926, daughter of Thomas and Williamina Harvey Stirrat, she attended schools there. She...

Ruth E. Sisman

Ruth E. Sisman, 92, formerly of 106 East Housatonic St., died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 1912,...

Antonio F. Sinopoli

Antonio F. Sinopoli, 86, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Lee on Aug. 17, 1918, son of Salvatore and Marianna Sicchitano Sinopoli,...

Cora A. Ryan

Cora A. Ryan, 88, of 120 Onota St. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since May. Born in Windham Center, Pa., on July 19, 1916, daughter of Howard and Lena...

William W. Potter

William W. Potter, 73, died Friday at the Village at Laurel Lake, where he had resided for 18 months. Born in Keene, N.H., on May 20, 1931, son of Frederick F. and Mary Bergeron Potter, he was...