Joshua Morgan Stracener

02/27/2005

Joshua Morgan Stracener, 16, of 35 Glenwood Ave. died Sunday at Children's Hospital in Boston. The cause of death is still under investigation. Born in Walnut Creek, Calif., on May 16, 1988, son of Robert K. and Mary Katherine Morgan Stracener, he was a junior at Pittsfield High School, where he was a member of the football team. While a member of the Pittsfield Junior Football League, he played for the Giants. He was an Oakland Raiders fan. Besides his parents, of Pittsfield, he leaves a brother, Joseph Stracener of Pittsfield; a sister, Jaclyn Fitzgerald of Pittsfield; his paternal grandparents, Sharon Kay of Pittsfield and Ted Stracener of Clayton, Calif., and his maternal grandparents, Gene and Marge Morgan of Pittsfield. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Joshua Morgan Stracener, 16, died in Boston on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Services will be Saturday, March 5, at 8 from DWYER FUNERAL HOME, with a Service of Christian Burial at 9 at St. Joseph's Church celebrated by the Rev. Michael Shershanovich, pastor. Calling hours for friends and PHS fellow students will be Friday, March 4, from 3 to 4 at the funeral home. Public calling hours will be Friday from 4 to 7 at the funeral home. He is also survived by his niece, Chloe; by several aunts, uncles and cousins, and by many friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Joshua M. Stracener Athletic Scholarship Fund in care of the funeral home.

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