Obituaries

Dorothy Rudisill

Dorothy Kay Rudisill, 60, of 170 Old Stockbridge Road, and Houston, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a 30-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born on San Banard, Texas, on Dec. 18,...

Dorino B. Blasioli

Dorino B. "Tony" Blasioli, 81, of Waltham died Sunday in Deaconess-Waltham Hospital. Born in Italy, son of Dominic and Mamie DeSantis Blasioli, he emigrated to the United States at a young age...

Irmgard B. Waller

Irmgard B. Waller, 82, of Devonshire Estates died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 20, 1918, daughter of Wilhelm and Lilly Engel Brill, she attended...

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers, 81, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 8 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1919, daughter of Ralph and Rose Teti...

Catherine Taylor

Catherine Taylor, 93, of Agney Avenue, Terryville, Conn., died Monday at Shady Oaks Retirement Center in Bristol, Conn. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1907, daughter of James and Mary Farrell...

Carol E. Battistoni

Carol Elizabeth Battistoni, 86, of 95 Cheshire Road died Saturday at Brightview of Avon in Avon, Conn., where she had resided since December. Born in Salisbury, Vt., on Dec. 25, 1914, daughter of...

Fred E. Strelin

Fred E. Strelin, 79, of 286 Onota St. died April 9 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1922, son of Karol and Rose Rosenburg Strelin, he was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield...

Fred P. Johnson

Fred P. Johnson, 74, of 56 Michael Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 14, 1926, son of John H. and Louise Parmele Johnson, he attended schools there and received two...

David A. Vincent

David A. Vincent, 48, of 28 Thomas Island Road died Sunday at home after a six-month battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1952, son of Donald and Josephine Kelley Vincent, he was a...

Anna Thompson

Anna D. Thompson, 91, a longtime resident of North Pownal, Vt., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 17, 1909, daughter of Joseph P. and Mary...

Virginia Hannigan

Virginia M. Hannigan, 78, of 53 Winship Ave. died Saturday afternoon at Blake Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 28, 1922, daughter of Frank and Lucy Driscoll Weir,...

Donald Carmel Sr.

Donald Lewis Carmel Sr., 79, of 8 Old Mill Drive, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., died yesterday at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Born in Dalton on May 28, 1921, son of William and Catherine...

Rose M. Burns

Rose M. Burns, 76, of 2 School St., Hatfield, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in Siderno, Italy, on May 27, 1924, daughter of...

Richard E. Gould

Richard E. Gould, 73, of 2507 Berwick Court, Henderson, Nev., died Monday of pulmonary failure. He was the husband of the former Elda Ricalzone, a native of Pittsfield. Born in Newark, N.J., on...

Jennie Calderella

Jennie L. Calderella, 96, formerly of 236 Connecticut Ave., died Monday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1997. Born in Easton, Pa., on Sept. 8, 1904, daughter of Giuseppe...

Herbert Harrison

Herbert E. Harrison, 102, formerly of 50 East Housatonic St., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on Jan. 19, 1899, son of Albert and Elizabeth Oldham Harrison, he began...

Herman C. Brown

Herman C. Brown, 86, of 109 Housatonic St. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where he had resided for two years. Born in Waterford, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1914, son of Richard and Lorena...

Carol A. Pacheco

Carol A. Pacheco, 58, of 94 B Pomeroy Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Putnam, Conn., on Dec. 25, 1942, daughter of Aurore Benac...

Audrey Turner

Audrey Turner, 79, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla. Born in Carnforth, Lancashire, England, on May 29, 1921, daughter...

Mary E. Gore

Mary E. Gore, 84, formerly of 105 Livingston Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1916, daughter of John and Helen Kretchmer Gore, she was...

Jason Kirshen

Jason Kirshen, 75, of 145 East New Lenox Road died yesterday at home. Born in Boston on Dec. 5, 1925, son of Simon and Frances Menkes Kirshen, he attended schools there and was a graduate of...

Grace McLaughlin

Grace K. McLaughlin, 94, of Lenoir, N.C., formerly of 45 Bel Air Ave., died Tuesday at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir. She moved to North Carolina in 1994. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 13,...

Denise E. Filkins

Denise E. Filkins, 42, of 150 Barton Hill Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Dalton on March 3, 1959, daughter of Bernice Mongue Filkins and the late Ronald C. Filkins, she was a 1977 graduate...

Beverly Ann Carpenter

Beverly Ann Carpenter, 65, of Mount Vernon, Ind., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 22 at her winter home in Haines City, Fla. Born Oct. 31, 1935, in Crossville, Ill., daughter of Cyril J. and...

Benjamin Virgilio

Benjamin N. Virgilio, 84, of 66 Winesap Road died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 18, 1916, son of Bernardino and Maria DiPaola Virgilio, he...