Chester B. Snow, 99

OTIS, Mass. — Chester Bliven Snow, 99, passed away at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington on Monday, June 27, 2016.

Born in Otis on September 9, 1916, to Chester and Ida Bliven Snow, he attended school in Otis and was a 1935 graduate of Lee High School. In 2015 he was presented the Boston Post Cane, which recognized him as the oldest person in Otis.

He married Charlotte E. Rowly at the Otis Congregational Church on October 20, 1940. They celebrated 73 years of marriage before she passed away in December of 2013.

As a teenager, he started work for the town of Otis helping improve Reservoir Road for 50 cents per hour. After high school, he worked for Henry Somes doing surveying work for many projects, including the Colebrook Reservoir. When the Massachusetts Turnpike was constructed, he worked on the Blandford section. The rest of his working years was spent mostly with the lumber business for Raymond Cowell, Norman Wyman and Charles Wyman. He also did some winter work for Otis Ski Ridge.

He and Eleanor enjoyed traveling to California, Florida and to their special place, White Village, on Cape Cod. Most of all, he loved his family and the home he built for them.

He leaves his two daughters, Jeanette Spalinger and her husband Richard of Lee, and Virginia Bartini, also of Lee. A third daughter, Lucy Ann Snow McDonald, predeceased him in 2005. He was also predeceased by his siblings Ruth Rowley, Edith Lewis, Lawrence Snow and Ida Strickland, and by his son-in-law, James Bartini.

Chester also leaves seven grandchildren, Sherri LePrevost and Kelly McDonald Hammerle of Otis; Brian Bartini, Shannon Hughes and James Bartini of Lee; Daniel Spalinger of Windham, N.H., and Michael Spalinger of Torrington, Conn. He was very proud that he also had 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral notice: The funeral for Chester Snow will be held Friday, July 8, at 10 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Lee with the Rev. Bill Neil, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at the Otis Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Otis Fire Department, Hospice Care in the Berkshires, or the charity of one’s choice in care of the Kelly Funeral Home, 3 Main St., Lee, MA 01238.