Stacy Berkshire

"Happiness is spending days together with your grown children and partners, and realizing that you've won the lottery in life." – Stacy, 02/2025.
Stacy was vibrant, loving, adventurous and joyful – and she made friends everywhere she went. She loved her family fiercely, including her furry family, and she would always drop everything to help when help was needed. The world was happier and brighter when she was in it.
Stacy Berkshire passed away on July 29th, 2025 at the age of 65. She was born on August 3rd, 1959 to Shirley and Theron Huffman in Paw Paw, Michigan. Stacy was one of four children, and she often recounted some of her favorite memories with them growing up,
including playing outside, wading through the creek, gathering and drying elderberry blossoms and spending time almost every day with her grandma and grandpa, Olga and Ralph Masten, who she dearly loved.
In high school, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia for her dad's job where she spent her freshman year. That year started her love of travel and exploration she held throughout her life. Her hobbies in her high school years revolved around theatre, band, art and many athletics, enjoying tennis in particular which her dad coached her in.
When she turned 17, she took it upon herself to write to the American Field Scholars so that she could participate in an exchange program. This allowed her to live in the Philippines for one summer, an experience she always credited with so much of her personal growth and understanding of different cultures. When she left the Philippines, she was set to have a layover in Los Angeles before returning to Michigan. But when her plane landed in L.A., she decided to take the belongings she had, walk off the plane and start a new chapter in southern California. There, she enrolled in college and worked various jobs for 4 years before moving back to the Midwest after taking a cross-country road-trip with her brother Greg in her little red Fiat.
In the winter of 1983, while living in Chicago, she met and fell in love with Brad Berkshire, and they were married 10 months later. Together, they moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where she managed the Gantos flagship store in the Woodland Mall.
It was in Grand Rapids where she and Brad started a family, having three children:Hayley, Bart and Mette, who all still reside in Michigan. She continued to have a successful career throughout her life; joining Liz Claiborne before returning to Gantos
(Corporate Office), then joining Wolverine World Wide in Human Resources before accepting a role at Perrigo where she spent the majority of her career. She first worked from Allegan, Michigan within Human Resources and then later took multi-year
assignments in Braunton, England (moving into Quality Operations); Minneapolis, Minnesota; Gent, Belgium; and Dublin, Ireland, ending her career as Sr. Vice President Supply Chain & Operations Reinvention. In 2021, Stacy and Brad moved back to the
U.S., relocating to Arcadia, Michigan, the town and community she had always loved.
Outside of work, she also enjoyed music, hiking, yoga, morel mushroom-hunting, pickleball, running, gardening, walking her dogs and anything outdoors. Some of her favorite outdoor accomplishments included hiking Machu Picchu, the Tour du Mont Blanc, the South West Coast Path in the U.K, the West Highland Way in Scotland and Hadrian's Wall Path in Northern England. She was extremely active and ran dozens of half marathons as well as five full marathons. Stacy was also very involved with Purdue and drew so much joy from teaching and spending time in Africa. In the last year-and-a-half of her life, she became a grandmother which was her favorite role. She spent as much time as possible with her granddaughter, reading to her, going on walks, swinging, dancing and making her laugh – and she was absolutely adored by her.
Stacy is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, Brad; her three children, Hayley (Nicolas), Bart (Andy) and Mette (Katelyn); her granddaughter, Belle; her mother, Shirley; her siblings, Jeff (Darsi), Greg and Leslie (Mike); her mother-in-law, Margaret;
and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.