Massachusetts’ oldest man and its oldest living military veteran died Nov. 16 in Canton at 108 years old.
Morris “Morry” Casso was also the 15th oldest man in the United States at the time of his death and had survived cancer.
Born in Roxbury on Jan. 28, 1917, to Russian immigrants Sadie and David Casso, he graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys in 1934. He went on to work at his father’s dry cleaning and tailor shop, Casson Brothers, in Boston, eventually taking over the business. His clientele ranged from high-profile figures like Henry Kissinger and author John Updike to local residents. He ran the shop until his retirement in 1982…