Re: [nscumber] Virginia Louise (Julian) Pierce; Porter & Spicer related to Spencer's Island

[Steve Cameron <nscumber@yahoogroups.com>]

Thanks Dave



I just realized it is Amherst, Mass. not Amherst, N.S. that the obits refer
to.

Steve



On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 7:36 AM David Winter
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> AMHERST – Virginia Louise (Julian) Pierce, 94, passed away Monday
> morning March 5, 2018 at the Center for Extended Ca re in Amherst. 
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> She was the daughter o f the late Arthur & Helen  Julian of Amherst.
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> She was born in Pelham, MA on Jan. 31, 1924. She was educated i n the
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> the University Of Massachusetts and graduated with a BA in Mathematics in
> 1948. She spent three years at the Curtiss Wright plant in Syracuse, NY> during WWII, and then returned to complete her college education.
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> She was predeceased by her husband Edward R. Pierce in 2014 and by her two
> children Marilyn (Pierce) Kaufman and Robert Pierce .. She is survived by
> her Grandson Paul Constantino, his wife Melissa and tw o Great Grandsons,
> Michael and Joseph of Long Island, New York; two sisters -in-law  Anna
> K. Julian of Webster, New york, Christina Cornish of Lit tleton, her
> brother in law Allan Carpenter of Amherst, and several nieces a nd nephews.
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> The surviving families extend t heir gratitude and thanks to the staff at
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> Fu neral arrangements are incomplete. Burial will be private.
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> To sign a Guest Book, express condolences, share memor ies and read other
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> [legacy.com/obituaries/gazettenet](3D"http://legacy.com/obituarie=).
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> Published in Daily Hampshire  Gazette on Mar. 7, 2018
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> EDWARD R. PIERCE OF AMHER ST, MA, JUNE 15, 1922 – MAY 7, 2014
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> Amherst, Edward Robert Pierce, 91, passed awa y Wednesday morning May 7,
> 2014 at the Baystate Hospital in Springfield fol lowing a brief illness. He
> was married on June 4, 1949 to his beloved wife  of 65 years, Virginia
> Louise (Julian) Pierce. He was born June 15, 1922 in  St. Stephen, New
> Brunswick, Canada, to the late Coleman E. and Nona G. (Por ter) Pierce and
> would have celebrated his 92nd birthday this year.
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> He graduated from the St Stephen High School, and joined t he Royal
> Canadian Air Force serving overseas until the end of WWII. He grad uated
> from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1950 with a degree in
> Mechanical Engineering. He worked as a quality control officer in the a> viation industry in the US, and Canada, until his retirement.
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> Edward was an avid skydiver for many years with the Sky Knights , and a
> member of the Auxiliary Police Force in Enfield, Connecticut.
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> Edward is survived, and will be deeply missed by his wi fe, Virginia. He
> was predeceased by his two children Robert Pierce and Mari lyn (Pierce)
> Costantino, his brother Coleman V. Pierce and his brother-in-l aw Raymond
> Cornish. He is survived by his grandson Paul Costantino, and his wife
> Melissa, two great grandsons Michael and Joseph of Long Island, NY, h is
> sister Christina Cornish of Littleton, MA, his sister-in-law, Marion Pie> rce of St. Stephen, his sister-in-law Barbara Carpenter and her husband All> an of Amherst, and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
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> Funeral services will be Thursday, May 15, at 11:00 a.m. at the Dougl ass
> Funeral Service, Amherst. Burial will be private. Obituary and memorial> register at [w ww.douglassfuneral.com](3D"http://www.douglassfuneral.com";).
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