Arthur O. Teichert

04/14/2002

Arthur Otto Teichert, 89, of 1065 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1912, son of Otto and Emma Schantenz Teichert, he was a graduate of Drury High School. He was employed by the former Railway Express Co. for 25 years as a driver, retiring in 1967. Mr. Teichert was a communicant of the former Incarnation Church and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 310, and a charter member of the Greylock Community Club. He was an avid cribbage player and a former member of the Waubeeka Golf Club in Williamstown. In his youth, he played baseball and had a tryout with the former Boston Braves. He leaves his wife, the former Edythe G. Button, whom he married June 8, 1936; two sons, Robert J. Teichert of Dalton and William A. Teichert of Cheshire; eight grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday at 9:15 from AUGE-SAN SOUCIE-SIMMONS FUNERAL HOME, North Adams, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 at Our Lady of Merch Shrine. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be tomorrow from 6 to 8. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshire Inc. through the funeral home, 46 North Church St., North Adams, MA 01247.

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