Obituaries

Donna M. Rossi, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donna M. Rossi, 48, of 24 Stratford Ave. died Thursday evening, Feb. 7, 2002, at home after losing her struggle with leukemia. Born in Westfield on Sept. 17, 1953,...

Catherine Cusson

Catherine Frances Cusson, 91, formerly of 53 Donna Ave., died Thursday evening at Berkshire Place, where she had resided for six years. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on May 13, 1910, daughter of...

Stephnel Emprimo

Stephnel Joseph Emprimo, 87, of Lumbert Cross Road, Southfield, died Wednesday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided since December. He was a former New Marlboro...

Pauline C. Couse

Pauline C. Couse, 96, of Fort Myers, Fla., a longtime resident of Great Barrington, died Feb. 1 at Marriott Calusa Harbour Health Care Center in Fort Myers. She moved to Florida in 1970. Born in...

Anisa M. Abdallah

Anisa Margaret Abdallah, 52, of Marbleton, Ga., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday after a brief illness. Born in Boston on May 27, 1949, daughter of Dorothy Badir Ameen Ali and the late Hajj...

Suzanne M. Rae

Suzanne M. Rae, 67, of Stockbridge Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bangor, Maine, on Jan. 27, 1935, daughter of Wilfred and Emma Burke Burr, she moved to Winthrop as a child...

Sheila Lyons

Sheila Lyons, 81, formerly of 242 Appleton Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Place. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 15, 1920, daughter of John F. and Margaret I. Leahey Collins, she was a 1937 graduate...

Rosemarie Oliveira

Rosemarie E. Oliveira, 63, of Old Stockbridge Road died Tuesday at the Village at Laurel Lake. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on May 11, 1938, daughter of Anthony and Rose Esposito DeFrancesco, she attended...

Richard Wallace Sr.

Richard E. Wallace Sr., 75, of Centerville, formerly of Pittsfield, died Jan. 27 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. Born in Boston on Aug. 3, 1926, son of Richard C. and Anna Kirby Wallace, he...

James B. Hayes

James Bernard Hayes, 78, of 24 Imperial Ave. died Sunday while visiting his daughter, Bernadine Helen Hayes, in Houston. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 4, 1923, son of William F. and Helen E....

Geno Cadenelli

Geno Cadenelli, 83, of 35 Mountain View Terrace died yesterday at the Village at Laurel Lake. Born in Lee on Feb. 6, 1919, son of Amedo and Angelina Guerra Cadenelli, he attended Lee...

Antoinette Stupplebeen

Antoinette M. Stupplebeen, 89, of 320 Maple Ave. died Monday at Timberlyn Heights. Born in Lenox on Sept. 20, 1912, daughter of Daniel and Alvira Trejiana Fuore, she attended Lenox schools and...

Annette Urbanek

Annette Ruby Urbanek, 98, formerly of 27 Second St., died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she had resided since Aug. 11, 2000. Born in Adams on Nov. 29, 1903, daughter of...

Winthrop N. Gutmann

Winthrop N. Gutmann, 73, of 42 Sunrise St. died Friday while skiing in Zermatt, Switzerland. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1928, son of Winthrop P. and Blanche M. Seiders Gutmann, he attended...

Nancy Jane Moore

Nancy Jane Moore, 77, of 26 Hazelwood Terrace died Monday at home. Born in Burlington, Vt., on July 3, 1924, daughter of Fred W. and Marion R. Besett Ruble, she graduated from Washington Irving...

Eugene M. Russell

Eugene M. Russell, 91, of 36 Lucia Drive died Monday at home. Born in Oswego, Pa., on Oct. 30, 1910, son of Richard J. and Dottie Crittenden Russell, he had resided in Pittsfield most of his life...

Emilia G. Boino

Emilia G. Boino, 94, of 20 Silver St. died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Yvonne DeSanty of 10 Adams St., North Adams. Born in Arcozelo, Portugal, on March 10, 1907, daughter of Joaquim...

Donald D. DeFino

Donald D. DeFino, 66, of 78 Northumberland Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 3, 1936, son of Nicholas and Olive Dufraine DeFino, he was a 1955 graduate of...

Wallace Johnson

Wallace M. Johnson, 90, of Baver Drive died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for 10 weeks. Born in Woodstock, Ill., on Oct. 24, 1911, son of Alfred E. and Flora Longanecker...

Mildred Bourquard

Mildred Laurin Bourquard, 84, of 12 Reed St., Goffstown, N.H., formerly of 27 Adams St. in Pittsfield, died Sunday at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28,...

Michael Gallenberger

Michael J. Gallenberger Sr., 90, of Devon Road died Sunday at home. Born in Kewaunee, Wis., on Sept. 29, 1911, son of Joseph and Pauline Feich Gallenberger, he was a graduate of Menominee High...

Marion F. Wright

Marion F. Wright, 87, of 169 Valentine Road, formerly of 245 Cheshire Road, died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in West Lebanon, N.H., on April 14, 1914, daughter of George B....

John S. Yelen

John S. "Lefty" Yelen, 85, formerly of Bostwick Gardens, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a short illness. Born in Housatonic on May 24, 1916, son of Joseph and...

Joan C. Cheevers

Joan C. Cheevers, 69, of 301 Birch Bluff Drive, Westfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 9, 1932, daughter of the...

James A. Carr

James A. Carr, 77, of Sandisfield died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Portland, Maine, on July 10, 1924, son of Norman and Mildred Parrot Carr, he attended Bethel (Vt.)...