Obituaries

Joseph Carnevale

Joseph Raymond Carnevale, 82, of 27 Donna Ave. died yesterday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he was admitted June 21. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1920, son of Erasimo and Vittoria...

John L. Thompson

John Leo Thompson, 78, of 61 Chickering St. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1923, son of Kathryne Reagan Drew, he graduated from Pittsfield High...

Eric J. Taylor

Eric J. Taylor, 31, of 16 Exeter Ave. died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 21, 1970, son of Michael A. Taylor Sr. and Kathleen Caporale, both of Pittsfield, he attended...

Canio Carbone

Canio Carbone, 66, of 42 Fairfield Ave., Westfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Cairano, Italy, on April 6,1936, son of Margherita Metallo Carbone...

Raymond P. Brien

Raymond P. Brien, 61, of Loumar Drive, president and chief executive officer of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of the Berkshires, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after being...

John R. Whalen

John R. "Jack" Whalen, 69, of 80 Nancy Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on May 27, 1933, son of former Pittsfield Fire Chief Ward G. Whalen and Ethel Finkle...

Earl Mayhew Sr.

Earl Edward Mayhew Sr., 77, of Crooked Pine Drive, Surfside Beach, S.C., a former Pittsfield resident, died Saturday at Conway (S.C.) Hospital. Born in Plainfield, Conn., on Dec. 12, 1924, son of...

Eleanor DiCamillo

Eleanor M. DiCamillo, 82, of 20 Ivanhoe Court, Kissimmee, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Tandem Health Care in Kissimmee. Born April 8, 1920, she was the daughter of Peter and...

Barbara Cunningham

Barbara J. Cunningham, 68, of Wilbraham died yesterday morning at home. She was the sister of Patricia Fenn of Dalton. Born in West Springfield on Sept. 17, 1933, daughter of Walter and Margaret...

Muriel E. Dapper

Muriel E. Dapper, 84, of 8 Chatham St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 29, 1917, daughter of James and Irma Jolls Hendra, she attended Pittsfield schools. Mrs. Dapper was a...

Leslie Stannard

Leslie Robertson Stannard, 65, of Hyde Park, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Vassar Bros. Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1937, son of Katherine...

Kent E. Heacox

Kent E. Heacox, 81, of Colville, Wash., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday in Colville. He moved to Colville in 1999. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on March 4, 1921, son of Charles Edwin...

William G. Pinsonnault, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William G. Pinsonnault, 75, of F-1 Pondview Drive died Monday, June 17, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1927, son of William and Beatrice Cyr Pinsonneault,...

Rena Mary Vezina

Rena Mary Vezina, 83, of 34 Michigan Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Latrobe, Pa., on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of Albert and Domenica Tonnello Strona, she attended schools...

Mary L. Gilson

Mary L. Gilson, 97, of Pine Hill at Kimball Farms, formerly of Rolling Hills, died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since March 29. Born in Bannales, province of...

Anna Ziolkowski

Anna L. Ziolkowski, 83, of 24 Danforth Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on Oct. 26, 1918, daughter of Peter and Sophie Patorak Bonczak, she went to Poland at the...

Francis P. McGee

Francis Patrick McGee, 88, of 169 Valentine Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident of Hillcrest Commons since 1995. Born in Philadelphia on Dec. 26, 1913, son of...

Kirsten H. Koch

Kirsten H. "Kitty" Koch, 77, of 333 East New Lenox Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Carbondale, Pa., on May 21, 1925, daughter of Lorentz W. and Inger Kjartinge Hinrichsen,...

Rose M. Crooker

Rose Mary Crooker, 83, of 124 Devonshire Estates died Wednesday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Brockton on July 12, 1918, daughter of Michael and Ann...

Louis Novaris Sr.

Louis Novaris Sr., 97, of 22 Pembroke Ave. died Wednesday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Marseille, France, on Oct. 4, 1904, son of Joseph and Maria Cougliou Novaris, he moved to Pittsfield...

Jane Perry

Jane O'Gara Perry, 70, of 72 Oak St. Ext. died Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Diane M. Kelly, at 227 Raymond Ave., Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1932, daughter of Martin...

Eleanor Bender

Eleanor M. Bender, 87, of 548 South St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Nov. 7, 1914, daughter of John and Anna Soppa Siegle, she graduated...

Elmira F. Hollister

Elmira F. Hollister, 80, of Pittsfield died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1921, daughter of Philip and Ruby Clark O'Bert, she attended local schools. Mrs....

Richard L. Ginthwain, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard L. Ginthwain, 60, of 15 Chickering St. died Monday, June 10, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1942, son of Kristantos and...

Katherine Dupuis

Katherine Louise Dupuis, 84, formerly of 62 Churchill Crest, died Sunday at Haywood Hospital in Gardner, where she had been a patient since May 7. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1917, daughter of...