Obituaries

Raymond Librizzi

Raymond J. Librizzi of Circular Avenue, journalist, artist, world traveler, hobo, labor organizer and political candidate, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was 93. Mr. Librizzi, who...

Blanche Zwiercan

Blanche Olive Zwiercan, 97, formerly of 43 Montgomery Ave., died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1904, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Dugal Dionne,...

George C. Hubbel

George C. Hubbel, 74, of 20 Willow St. died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1926, son of Huelat N. and Lillian Roberts Hubbel, he attended local schools...

Eileen J. Shea

Eileen J. Shea, 74, of Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Morgantown, W.Va., on Jan. 17, 1927, daughter of Walter and Helen...

Clementina Capitanio

Clementina J. "Clemy" Capitanio, 78, of 55 Sea Park Blvd., Apt. 105, Satellite Beach, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla. Born in...

Joseph J. Testa

Joseph Julius Testa, 81, of 75 Curtis Terrace died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Nov....

Gladys Barnes-Pretto

Gladys Theresa Barnes-Pretto, 81, of 46 Ventura Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 4, 1919, daughter of Noah E. and Anna Petell Erbin, she attended local schools. A...

Bridget Landers

Bridget Landers, 91, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for three years. Born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland,...

Hiram A. Young

Hiram A. Young, 66, of Congress, Ariz., a former resident of Dalton, died Thursday at Wickenburg (Ariz.) Regional Hospital. Born in Middleburg, N.Y., on June 2, 1934, son of Herb and Marguerite...

David F. Cassidy

David F. Cassidy, 77, of Stephentown died Saturday at Albany & Stratton Veterans' Hospital in Albany. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 29, 1923, son of Harry A. Cassidy Jr. and Clara Brown...

Andrew S. Gonska

Andrew S. Gonska, 91, of 299 Lenox Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on July 30, 1909, son of Jacob and Frances Piontek Gonska, he attended schools there. Mr....

Alvah J. Rawling

Alvah J. "Peanut" Rawling, 86, of Woodstock, Ga., died Friday at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1914, son of Tracey and Alice O'Brien Rawling, he attended...

Donald F. Nelligan

Donald F. Nelligan, 80, of 218 Allengate Ave. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on March 29, 1921, son of William J. and Grace Smith Nelligan, he came to...

Robert Grunow

Robert William Grunow, 64, of 230 Shore Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 14, 1936, son of the late Otto and Jessie M. Smith Grunow, he was a graduate...

John W. Bergen

John William Bergen, 91, of 2425 Ashdale Drive, Austin, Texas, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Christopher House Hospice in Austin. Born in Patterson, N.J., on March 29, 1910,...

Helen E. Dean

Helen E. Dean, 76, formerly of Curtis Manor, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Haverhill on Sept. 14, 1924, daughter of William L. and Elizabeth Cahill Phair, she was a...

Ann F. Hoffman

Ann F. Hoffman, 73, of 35 Delancy Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1927, daughter of L. Hobart and F. Ethel Martin Merritt, she was a 1944 graduate of...

Louis F. Decker

Louis Francis Decker, 65, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Sunday at Baptist Medical Center-Beaches in Jacksonville, Fla. Born in Lenox on Sept. 15, 1935, son of Frank and Helen...

Aldo L. Galvagni

Aldo L. Galvagni, 82, of 332 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1919, son of Giovanni and Rosa Galvagni Galvagni, he attended local...

William J. Newell

William J. Newell Sr., 75, formerly of 40 Willard Place, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1925, son of George and Marie Vanderlee Newell, he was educated in...

Rose L. Cianfarini

Rose L. Cianfarini, 85, formerly of 98 Cromwell Ave., died Thursday, April 12, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since 1994. Before entering the nursing home, she had...

Lucia R. Johnson

Lucia R. "Lucy" Johnson, 91, of 66 Roselyn Drive died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Bromptonville, Quebec, Canada, on Sept. 21, 1909, one of 17 children born to Napoleon J. and Rose D....

Lawrence G. Botto

Lawrence G. "Sonny" Botto, 60, of 24 Ventura Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center of lung cancer. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 14, 1940, son of the late Lawrence and Edna Grover Botto, he...

Joseph Carmody

Joseph Edward Carmody, 75, of 1009 Peck's Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1925, son of John T. and Elise B. Bourquin Carmody, he was a 1943 graduate of...

Evelyn B. Cahalan

Evelyn B. Cahalan, 90, formerly of 23 East Alford St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1999. Born in South Lee on May 16, 1910, daughter of Michael and Mary Coles...