Elfrieda Caroline Pierce

February 7, 2021

Elfrieda Caroline Pierce ( Frieda) passed into heaven peacefully Sunday, February 7, 2021 at Rhode Island Hospital with her niece, Susan, by her side. She was born on January 13,1939 in Pittsfield Mass. She was the daughter of the late Paul and Virginia Yellets Pierce. She leaves her best friend and companion of 40 years, Jane Mason Fuller, formerly of Lenox, Mass., many nieces, nephews , great nieces, great nephews and a great great nephew . She was a member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, in Holyoke, Mass., leaving to care for her mother. She then graduated from The Elms in Chicopee ,Mass., and received her Masters Degree from North Adams University . She was a retired Elementary, then English teacher at Lenox Public Schools, who was passionate about women’s rights, reading, debate, and grammar. She enjoyed collecting unique treasures on her summer vacations in Chatham, Mass. She could almost always be found with a Boston Terrier on her lap and a book and pen in hand. She never shied away from breaking out into a tune, and enjoyed Karaoke and our player piano. She enjoyed learning new hobbies, writing poetry, photography, holiday scratch tickets and Christmas breakfast. She loved spending summers and holidays with her great nephews, Christopher, Robb, and great niece Kayla, and her recent face time visits with her great great nephew, Robbie. She enjoyed Chatham summers and Florida Winters , traveling , and her Lenox home the rest of the year, daily puzzles from the Berkshire Eagle, feeding her birds, and almost any kind of animal. Burial will be private with a celebration of her life planned for the summer . Donations in her memory would be welcomed by The Lenox Library Association, 18 Main Street, Lenox ,Mass. 01240