Pierre Lier, 74, beloved husband of Elda Estrada Lier of Branford, died on March 2 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Mr. Lier was born on April 14, 1938 in The Hague, Netherlands, son of the late Pieter and Franciska Ermer Lier.  He immigrated to New York in 1961, and then earned his degree, with honors, in mechanical engineering from New York City Community College, which led to his career with Greenwald Industries in Chester for 49 years.

Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, Brian F. Lier and wife Christina Jackson-Lier of Hamden, Susan E. Lier and her husband Eric Kiesel of Massapequa, New York, and Peter V. Lier and wife Jaime Reynolds of East Haven; two grandchildren, Samantha Lier and Megan Faulkner; and his brothers, Jan Lier and Frank Lier, both of Holland.

His funeral procession will leave the W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 244 North Main St., Branford, on Wednesday, March 6, at 9:30 a.m., for a mass of Christian burial at St. Elizabeth Church at 10 a.m.  Burial will follow in St. Agnes Cemetery.  Friends may call on Tuesday, March 5, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society at www.lls.org, or to the Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405.  For directions and online memorial see www.wsclancy.com.