Jonathan Peter Maynard

Jonathan Peter Maynard

PITTSFIELD Jonathan Peter Maynard, 45, of 15 New Hampshire Avenue, Pittsfield, a Lanesborough native, passed away Saturday, December 5, at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken with an apparent heart attack.

Born in Pittsfield, March 14, 1964, a son of Richard and Janet Poirier Maynard, of Lanesboro, he was educated in Lanesborough and Pittsfield schools and was a 1982 graduate of Taconic High School. He continued his education at Springfield Technical Community College from where he graduated in 1984 with an associates degree in Advanced Metal Machine Technology.

At the time of his death, Mr. Maynard was a manufacturing engineer with Bicron Electronics where he had worked for ten years in manufacturing and engineering. For ten years prior, he had been employed by General Electric Company in both Pittsfield and Schenectady. Before that, he had worked for Crellin, Inc., in Chatham, New York, for five years.

Mr. Maynard was a former member of the Lanesborough Volunteer Fire Department. Through his duty there, he saw the importance of being an organ donor and became one himself.

He is remembered as a devoted dad who enjoyed hiking, canoeing, and riding bicycles with his daughters, and camping on Cape Cod.

He also enjoyed playing billiards, golfing, and while in college, enjoyed playing tennis.

Besides his parents of Lanesborough, Mr. Maynard is also survived by two daughters, Caitlin A. Maynard of Pittsfield and Danielle N. Maynard of Pittsfield; a brother, Stephen R. Maynard of Lanesborough; two sisters, Deboral A. Cotter of Lanesborough, and Lynn M. Gajewski of Lititz, Pennsylvania; nine nieces and nephews and a great nephew; as well as his former wife, Betsy L. Maynard of Pittsfield, and his best friend, David Garbarsky, of Pittsfield, who was like another brother to him.

FUNERAL NOTICE: Funeral services for JONATHAN PETER MAYNARD, who died Saturday, December 5, will be Thursday, December 10, at 9:15 a.m., from DERY FUNERAL HOME with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m., at St. Charles Church celebrated by Rev. David R. Raymond. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours will be Wednesday, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Dery Funeral Home in Pittsfield. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Jonathan may be made to the Lanesborough Veterans of Foreign Wars Food Pantry, to the Eagle Santa Toy Fund, or to Big Brothers-Big Sisters in care of the Funeral Home, 54 Bradford Street, Pittsfield.