While in Great Barrington, working at Fairview Hospital as a Maternity/Delivery Room Nurse, later working for Dr. Richard Clarke, Dr. Daniel Patel and Dr. m Haling at the Birthing Center.
Jack Spencer was chair of the Monument Social Studies department from its inception in 1967. The department created the first Holocaust curriculum for high school students in the country.
Prior to his military service he was assistant basketball and baseball coach at Lenox School where he also assisted in coaching varsity football and JV soccer, and was Athletic Director at Berkshire Country Day School.
Jack was a remarkably caring and brilliant man who lived his life with humor, heart and humility. He loved being a husband to Judy, father to Ann Marie and Kathy, brother to us, grandfather to Emily, Amanda, Kristen and Eric, and teacher and mentor to more than 45 years of students at The Plain School and Monument Mountain Regional High School.
He educated himself and climbed the ladder through Mead Specialty Paper in South Lee, retiring from his position as Environmental Engineer 35 years later.
She worked at various secretarial and bookkeeping positions until she became Executive Secretary to the Vice President of Northampton Gas and Light Company.
In her middle years, Theresa resumed her college education and completed a BA and obtained her teaching certificate. She then taught 7th-9th graders English and Social Studies.
Margaret ran a deer checking station voluntarily for 42 years for the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, and was a selectman in Great Barrington for 12 years, from May 1998 to May 2010.
Nadine volunteered at Head Start, Community Action and Construct. She also was a bowling coach for youths and adults at Cove Lanes in Great Barrington.
