Wilfred W. Pierce

Wilfred Walter Pierce, 70, of 56 Murray Ave., North Adams, died Monday afternoon, April 7, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital.
Born in Adams on Jan. 20, 1933, he was the son of Marion (Gardner) Pierce and the late Oliver W. Pierce. He attended schools in Adams and Savoy, and had lived in North Adams for the past 30 years.
Mr. Pierce last worked in the maintenance department at North Adams Regional Hospital for 15 years, until retiring in 1998. He also had worked as a mechanic for J.T. Bus Lines and the former Scarafoni Ford in North Adams for several years. He also had operated the former Will’s Taxi in Adams for several years in the early 1970s.
Mr. Pierce was a member of the First United Methodist Church, North Adams.
He was a member of the Mount Greylock Camping Club and T.O.P.S. in North Adams.
He enjoyed woodworking, building clocks and rocking horses, and enjoyed restoring antique tractors.
Besides his mother of Adams, he leaves his wife of 32 years, the former Lynne M. Chase, whom he married Dec. 12, 1970; three daughters, Deborah Tower of Charlotte, N.C.; Carolyn Crews of Adams, and Michelle Bartlett of North Adams; two sons, Bernard Pierce of Pittsfield and Michael Pierce of Alcove, N.Y.; a brother, Alfred Pierce of Savoy; two sisters, Myrtle Franceschini and Evelyn Rochelo, both of Adams; 18 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren , and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
A son, Billy Pierce; a daughter, Roberta Pierce; and two brothers, Oliver Pierce Jr. and Charles Pierce, are deceased.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Wilfred Pierce will be held Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m., from the Augé-Paciorek-Simmons Funeral Home, 13 Hoosac St. Adams. Services will be held at 10 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church, North Adams. The Rev. Susan L. Stewart, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Calling hours are Friday, 4-7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to the Leukemia Society through the funeral home.