Obituary: Grace E. Markert, helped establish Copy Center

Grace Edith (Taylor) Markert, 97, of Chicopee, who helped establish the Copy Center, now Print Services, died Jan. 14.

Born in Chicopee, she lived in Willimansett until her marriage to the late Herman A. Markert in 1948.

 

Her campus service began in 1962 as a part-time clerk in the University Store. She later worked in the Library as a part-time desk assistant and then as a junior clerk in the Student Union. She transferred back to the University Store in 1964 and then to its new Copy Center in 1968. She left in 1980 but did some work as a clerical assistant in 1981.

She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Order of the Eastern Star, the South Amherst Grange and the Amherst Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

She leaves three children, Robert Markert of Rowe, Grace Desrosier of Haydenville and Barbara Talenda of Belchertown; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner's Hospital for Children, 516 Carew St., Springfield  01104.