David Peirce Jr.

1957 - 2023

Long-time Pittsfield resident and active community member David Peirce, Jr., died Dec. 29 in Wilmington, N.C. He was 66. He died of renal failure caused by diabetes.

Dave was born Oct. 23, 1957 in Worcester, son of David Peirce, Sr., and Phyllis Peirce, nee Phyllis Polumbo of North Adams. He moved to Pittsfield as a young child. His siblings are Suzanne and Stephen.

He graduated in 1975 from Taconic High School, where he played baseball.

Dave worked for 20 years at Berkshire Medical Center. He worked in a series of jobs from housekeeping to orderly to microbiology lab to quality management and then education. He attended nursing school and worked as a caretaker for a man who suffered renal failure, then cared for his father who had a kidney transplant after renal failure caused by diabetes. Dave worked seven years at Arrow Press and two years as Volunteer Coordinator for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. He worked part-time as a photographer doing weddings and in dark rooms, and also as a magician for events.

He was on the board of directors of Berkshire County Volleyball, including as president and overseeing the summer league. He coached junior varsity and varsity volleyball at Taconic High School, and varsity volleyball at Miss Hall's School. Peirce played in the Berkshire County Softball and Sunday morning softball industrial league. He was an early member of the Berkshire Poker League.

In the Wilmington area, he worked in restaurants on Bald Head Island and in the city.

He was married to Jane Kibby. The couple had two sons, David and Mathew. The couple were divorced.

Arrangements for Aquamation are by Tranquility Cremation, Wilmington, NC.