JONATHAN PETER MAYNARD, 45, of 15 New Hampshire Avenue, Pittsfield,
a Lanesborough native, passed away Saturday, December 5, at Berkshire Medical Center
after being stricken with an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield, March 14, 1964, a son of Richard and Janet Poirier Maynard,
he was educated in Lanesborough and Pittsfield schools and was a 1982 graduate of
Taconic High School. He continued his education at Springfield Technical Community
College from where he graduated in 1984 with an associates degree in Advanced Metal
Machine Technology.
At the time of his death, Mr. Maynard was a manufacturing engineer with
Bicron Electronics where he had worked for ten years in manufacturing and engineering.
For ten years prior, he had been employed by General Electric Company in both Pittsfield
and Schenectady. Before that, he had worked for Crellin, Inc., in Chatham, New York,
for five years.
Mr. Maynard was a former member of the Lanesborough Volunteer Fire
Department. Through his duty there, he saw the importance of being an organ donor
and became one himself.
He is remembered as a devoted dad who enjoyed hiking, canoeing, and
riding bicycles with his daughters, and camping on Cape Cod.He also enjoyed playing billiards, golfing, and while in college, enjoyed
playing tennis. Besides his parents of Lanesborough, Mr. Maynard is also survived by two
daughters, Caitlin A. Maynard of Pittsfield and Danielle N. Maynard of Pittsfield;
a brother, Stephen R. Maynard of Lanesborough; two sisters, Deboral A. Cotter of
Lanesborough, and Lynn M. Gajewski of Lititz, Pennsylvania; nine nieces and
nephews and a great nephew; as well as his former wife, Betsy L. Maynard of
Pittsfield, and his best friend, David Garbarsky, of Pittsfield, who was like another
brother to him.

FUNERAL NOTICE: Funeral services for JONATHAN PETER MAYNARD, who died Saturday,
December 5, will be Thursday, December 10, at 9:15 a.m., from DERY FUNERAL
HOME with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m., at St. Charles Church
celebrated by Rev. David R. Raymond. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Wednesday, from4:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Funeral Home. In
lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Jonathan may be made to the
Lanesborough Veterans of Foreign Wars Food Pantry, to the Eagle Santa Toy
Fund, or to Big Brothers-Big Sisters in care of the Funeral Home, 54 Bradford
Street, Pittsfield.

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