Lynne (Reno) Peirce, 65, a seasonal resident of the Island Club Riverside, died Aug. 15th at her Sunapee, NH home.

She was born in Peoria, IL on June 1, 1943, the daughter of John and Alice (Findley) Reno. She graduated from Western High School, Macomb, IL in 1961, Colby Jr. College in New London, NH in 1963 and then went on to Katherine Gibbs in Boston.

Mrs. Peirce had been a secretary for Time Life Magazine in the advertising sales department. when she met and married her husband. Her husband's work took them to Brazil where their oldest child was born and they returned to the United States and settled in Wayland, MA in 1969. They lived in London from 1978-1981 and in Madrid from 1981-1983 and returned then to their Wayland home.

They made their home in Miami from 1995- 1999 and since then in Sunapee and Vero Beach.

Mrs. Peirce had been a member of The Community Church since 2001. She served on the Women's Committee of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in the mid-1990's. She also was involved in a Boston Crisis Intervention Hotline and was active with the New England Home for Little Wanderers. She was an avid bridge player and exceptional golfer, and became a member of Hawks Nest in 1999.

Members of her surviving family include her husband of 42 years, Gilbert S. Peirce of Sunapee and Vero Beach; two sons, Jay Peirce of Aventura, FL and Bradford Peirce of Newburyport, MA; a daughter, Michelle Pierotti of Fairfield, CT; seven grandchildren, Alec, Luca, Liam, Finn, Bodhe, William, and Bella; a brother, John Reno of Winchester, MA; nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A memorial service will be held at The Community Church at a later date.

Private burial will be in West Part Cemetery, New London, NH. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: DHMC - Brain Tumor Research Fund, DHMC Office of Development, Attn:Michele Clark, One Medical Center Dr., Lebanon, NH 03756 or the Lynne Peirce Playground Fund, Lake Sunapee Bank, 565 Route 11, Sunapee, NH 03782.