Lewis Benjamin Pierce Jr. died peacefully in his sleep March 15, 2013 at Traditions of Dedham (Massachusetts), aged 90. He was born Jan. 5, 1923 in Winthrop, Mass. to Lewis and Ilene (Peaslee) Pierce. He was the first baby born at Winthrop Hospital. Lew graduated from Winthrop High School (1940), then from Bentley School of Accounting (1942). He went to work for Haskins & Sells in Boston, Massachusetts.
He served (Feb. 1943 - Dec. 1945) in the U.S. Army in World War II. During the war he married Arline Ruth McLeod of Boston. Following the war they lived in Winthrop and Lewis returned to work as an accountant for Haskins & Sells, traveling to do audits. In 1949 he and Arline moved to Dedham, where they lived on Dresser Ave. until 1985 when they moved to Raynham, Massachusetts. In 2006 they returned to Dedham to live at Traditions.
The majority of his working career was at F.P. Brown Company, printers, in Boston, owned by his father and himself. He retired in 1985. In his years in Dedham Lew was active in the Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal), serving as a Vestryman and as Treasurer. In his later years he was well-known and active in many aspects of life at Traditions.
Lewie was a devoted husband, loving father of Richard and wife Veronica of Dedham, Cynthia and husband Calvin Carpenter of Tamworth, New Hampshire, Donald and wife Anne of Colchester, Vermont, and Steven of Oxnard, California, proud grandfather of four and great-grandfather of eight. Interment will be at Winthrop Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Traditions of Dedham on April 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm.