Nicholas Carr Bergstein, aged 20, died unexpectedly of a sudden illness on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. He leaves behind his parents Vickie Carr and Paul Bergstein of Mattapoisett.
Nick graduated in June of 2014 from Old Rochester Regional High School. He planned to become a high school history teacher and had just finished his freshman year at UMass-Amherst with honors.
He was a member of the Debate Team for all four years of high school. He was also vice-president of his freshman class, and remained in student government throughout high school. He received the Principals Choice award in his freshman year for the student who showed the most promise.
Nick was also a member of the Southeast Regional Student Advisory Council (SERSAC) which provided direct involvement in statewide decision-making in education. He was a member of the Mock-Trial Club. He also volunteered at the food pantry, tutored elementary school students in Marion, and volunteered to do child care at the Unitarian Universalist church. During the summer, he worked for his Uncle Robert Bruno as a parking attendant at Live Nation Events, where he was supervisor of Handicapped Parking.
Nicholas was beloved by many, including his grandmother, aunts, uncles and most of all his parents. From the day he was born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, three months early and weighing only 14 1/2 ounces, his parents thought they were given a miracle – in that he not only survived, but that he thrived in this life.
Nicholas enjoyed wildlife of any kind. He loved writing and frequently wrote poems and stories. He loved spending time with his family, as well as many friends. When Nick was preparing his college applications, he was asked to list his three best traits and to describe himself in five words. Nick chose his “curiosity, intelligence, and integrity” as his best traits and chose “engaged, self-motivated, creative, dependable, and cooperative” to describe himself. He was all of those things, and so much more.
His Memorial Service will be held on Monday at 11 AM in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 102 Green St., Fairhaven. Burial will follow in Cushing Cemetery, Mattapoisett. Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 4-8 PM at the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 50 County Rd., Route 6, Mattapoisett. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to a memorial scholarship being established in Nicholas’s name at UMass-Amherst. Gifts should be sent to: UMass-Amherst, Records & Gift Processing, Memorial Hall, 134 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9270. For directions and guestbook, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.