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Christina J.
St. Pierre
Christina J.
(Wright) St. Pierre, 35, wife of Jason A.
St. Pierre of Salem, died Wednesday July 8, 2020 following a brief
illness.
Christina was born in Beverly on July 21, 1984
one of four children of Paul B. and Laura J. (Muniz) Wright of Essex. She
was a 2002 graduate of Manchester Essex Regional HS, went on to Quinnipiac
University where she graduated in 2006 magna cum laude.
Christina served as a Town Clerk for the last eleven years, serving the
Town of Essex for eight years.
Among her many accomplishments, Christina’s most impressive was taking the
town “from the 19th to the 21st century”, when she walked into the job the
office didn’t even have a computer.
Most recently she was employed by the Town of Manchester-by-the Sea.
During this time, she was a member of the
MA Town Clerks Association (MTCA) and the North Shore City and Town Clerks
Association (NSC&TCA).
As a member of the MTCA, she obtained the
prestigious certification of “Certified MA Municipal Clerk” in 2016, and
was recently recertified in February 2020.
For the MTCA she served on the executive
board, was a member of the Mentoring committee, and Legislative Committee.
As a member of the NSC&TCA, she was
President of the Association for the last several years, and prior to that
position she served on the Programming Committee. Christina was an
exceptional Town Clerk, well respected in the field and made many friends
over her last eleven years with other Town and City Clerks.
Christina did extensive community volunteer
work. She
was a member of the Board of Directors of the Salem/Swampscott Youth
Hockey organization and coached in the Learn-to-Skate program, spending
many hours on the ice with her whole family teaching young children how to
skate.
Her other volunteer work included running
the kitchen for the Youth Hockey Bingo program and coaching Salem Youth
Baseball.
Christina loved the outdoors and spent
many weeks and weekends camping and hiking with her family and friends.
In addition to her husband and parents
she is survived by a son, Jacob Robert
St. Pierre (5) and a daughter, Lauren Rae St. Pierre (4)
both
of Salem; two stepsons, Matthew St. Pierre (19) and Adam St. Pierre (17)
also of Salem; a brother, David Wright of Essex; two sisters, Ashley
Wright and her companion Michael Santiano of Haverhill, Patricia Wright
and her companion Thomas “TJ” Keblish of Essex; father and mother-in-law,
Roger and Claire St. Pierre of Salem and brother-in-law, Scott St. Pierre
and his finance’ Julie Leiferman of MN. She was predeceased by her
grandparents Mortimer and Helen Wright, Nancy Muniz and Albert Muniz Jr.
Her funeral Service will be held 11 am
Friday, July 17 graveside in the Spring Street Cemetery, Essex. Family and
friends are respectfully invited and requested
to wear a facial covering and
respect social distancing. Arrangements are under the direction of the
Whittier-Porter Funeral Home of Ipswich. In lieu of flowers memorial
contributions in her name may be made to Massachusetts General Hospital
Neuro-Oncology Clinical Research 100 Cambridge St. Suite 1310, Boston, MA
02114.
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