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- Berkshire Eagle
April 8, 2007
PITTSFIELD — Thomas R. Tyler, 76, of 23 Cliff Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 25, 1930, son of John R. and Louise Joyner Tyler, he was a 1948 graduate of Lenox High School.
An Army veteran of the Korean War, he served in Korea from 1949 to 1952. Mr. Tyler was employed by Abbott's Limousine Service as a chaffeur, retiring in 2003 because of illness. Before that, he was employed by the Pittsfield Milk Exchange and by Coca-Cola Co.
He was a communicant of St. Charles' Church and a member of the Dalton American Legion, and the Stockbridge Lions and Pittsfield Elks clubs. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and bowling and was a fan of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants.
He and his wife, the former Dorothy E. Studley, were married Jan. 8, 1988. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Michael Tyler of Pittsfield; a stepson, Michael Casella of Stephentown, N.Y.; two daughters, Michelle Berkeley of Pittsfield and Patricia Tyler of Niskayuna, N.Y.; a sister, Joyce Leydet of Lenox Dale; a brother, Jack Joyner of Pittsfield; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and five step-grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE — Burial with military honors will follow in Pittsfield Cemetery. Mr. Tyler's greatest pleasure was being a chauffeur to his granddaughter Havah. Two sisters, Marion Wellington and Phyllis Pereglou, predeceased him.
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