Mr. Charles E. Hunt

Charles E. Hunt, 88, recently of Melbourne Place, formerly of Pine Grove Drive, Pittsfield, died Wednesday morning at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 23, 1928, son of the late William and Florence Colburn Hunt, he was a 1946 graduate of Pittsfield High School. Mr. Hunt served in the United States Navy and was a Pittsfield firefighter for 32 years. He enjoyed spending time with his family, traveling with his wife and friends, and caring for his home. He was a member of the local chapter of the Antique Fire Apparatus Club of America, he belonged to the Greylock Credit Union Quality Time Club, and was a volunteer for the Red Cross for many years. For more than 20 years he took great pleasure in portraying Santa for the Pittsfield Fire Department families with both home visits and at their annual children’s Christmas party. At various times Mr. Hunt has been a communicant of St. Joseph’s, St. Charles’, St. Mark’s, and Sacred Heart Churches. He is survived by his daughters, Christine King and her husband, Ronald, of Pittsfield and Dianne Marzano of Acworth, Georgia. In addition, he leaves six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, his sister-in-laws, Maria Hunt, Jan Hunt, and Eleanor Hunt, numerous nieces and nephews, and many friends. He is predeceased by his wife Ann Weatherwax Hunt and his son, Charles E. Hunt. He is also predeceased by his brothers, Donald, Gerald, James, Richard, and Clifford Hunt and four half-sisters, Dorothy Kirchner, Elizabeth Tufts, Elaine Callahan and Rita Lloyd. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Charles E. Hunt died in Pittsfield on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 2 at 9:00 a.m. from DWYER FUNERAL HOME with a Liturgy of Christian Burial celebrated by the Reverend Michael Bernier, pastor, at 10 a.m at Sacred Heart Chruch. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours will be Monday, May 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. If friends desire, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Charles’s memory to the Pittsfield Permanent Fire Fighter’s Benefit Association or the Pittsfield Santa Toy Fund in care of the funeral home. DONATIONS CANNOT BE MADE ONLINE, but may be made through the Dwyer Funeral Home.

Mr. Charles E. Hunt

October 23, 1928 - April 26, 2017