Terry E. Elbrader

Terry E. Elbrader, 66 ​Terry Elbrader of Winchendon passed away Thursday morning, February 23rd ending a long battle with cancer. He was born September 13, 1950 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and was a 1969 graduate of Mountain Home High School in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He served eight years with the United States Army, Military Police, at Fort Gordon, GA, USAG Kagnew Station, Asmara, Ethiopia and the U.S. Army Intelligence School-Devens in Ayer, MA. He continued as a civilian at USAISD, working as the Mail & Distribution Supervisor and later specializing in Document Security. Following his Civil Service career Terry worked for 20 years at Wal-Mart in Lunenburg, MA holding many positions including Lay-Away Supervisor, Training Coordinator and finally Optician’s Assistant until medically retiring in 2015. Terry loved to walk and was often seen on the streets of Winchendon and the North Central Pathway. He especially loved going to the Clark-YMCA where he made many friends. He also counted among his friends the attendees of the monthly cancer support group at Heywood Hospital and was a participant for many years in the Greater Gardner ‘Relay-for-Life’ cancer event each June. Besides his mother, Juanita Elbrader of Mountain Home, Arkansas, he leaves his wife of 32 years, Pam Elbrader; his stepson Scott Carpenter and wife, Liz, of Tucson, Arizona; a brother, Warren Elbrader and nephew Brad of Arkansas, a brother Myron (Al) Elbrader, wife Rae, and nephew Christopher, all of Maine and nephew Brian in Vermont. He was predeceased by his younger stepson Daniel Carpenter in 2003 and his father, Arthur Merle Elbrader in 2013. A committal service will be held in the Winchendon Veterans’ Cemetery, 111 Glenallen Street, Winchendon, MA on Friday, April 21, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. Arrangements were handled by Mack Family Funeral Homes and a Life Tribute page can be found at www.mackfamilyfh.com. Should you care to honor Terry’s memory, please make a donation in his name to: International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Dr., Suite 206, North Hollywood, CA 91607 or online at www.myeloma.org.