Bryan Craig Livsey

09/07/2006

Bryan Craig Livsey, 47, of 72-C Jackson Road died yesterday at home after a battle with melanoma. Born in Adams on Oct. 19, 1958, son of Marion Waterman Livsey Rathbun and the late Donald T. Livsey, he attended schools there before moving to Roaring Brook Road in South Williamstown. He also attended Pine Cobble and Mount Greylock Regional High schools in Williamstown. During his teen years, he was a lift operator at Brodie Mountain Ski Area. After traveling and working out West, Mr. Livsey returned to this area and was employed by General Electric Co. in Pittsfield for 10 years during the 1980s and 1990s. He was a quality control manager in the ordnance division, working as a material review board evaluator, tester, electronics/electric appraiser-evaluator and wireman for projects including Phalanx, Trident II, Aegis and MK-45 systems. He held an in-house degree in advanced electronics for engineers and earned many training certificates pertaining to electronics and to ordnance programs. After operating the Store at Five Corners in Williamstown, he worked as a computer network administrator and technician for PC Helper of Hinsdale and for Systems Engineering Associates of Pittsfield, for which he participated in a local radio call-in talk show about computer troubleshooting. He also was a self-employed/contract technician for many area businesses, including Aaronson and Lucido P.C. of Pittsfield, HospiceCare in the Berkshires, GE Plastics and General Dynamics. In September 2005, he was named IT director at HospiceCare in the Berkshires, where he was employed until his illness. A self-taught guitarist, he played lead and rhythm guitar with several Pittsfield-based rock â€˜n' roll bands that performed at area venues during the 1970s and 1980s. In recent years, he was a member of an informal group of remote-control glider ("sloper") enthusiasts and friends. In earlier years, he enjoyed hiking, fishing, hunting and dirt bike/motorcycle racing. Besides his mother, of Cheshire, he leaves two daughters, Ashley Livsey and Katherine Livsey, both of Williamstown; a brother, Thomas A. Livsey of Adams; three sisters, Cheryl Golka and Nancy Cardimino, both of North Adams, and Sandra Livsey of Dalton; and his partner, Claire K. "Kim" Van Dyke, with whom he resided. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Bryan Craig Livsey, who died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, was the grandson of the late John and Viola Howland Livsey of Adams. He also leaves his sister-in-law, Diana Livsey; an uncle, Robert Livsey of Kentucky; several nieces, nephews and cousins, and his partner's daughter, Cecilia Van Dyke Cruz of Allston. There will be no services. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mr. Livsey may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires, in care of DERY FUNERAL HOME, 54 Bradford St., Pittsfield, MA 01201.

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