GREENFIELD, Mass. - Tracy Ann (Clifford) Austin, 52, of 13 Phillips Street, passed peacefully on Tuesday morning, Nov. 15, 2016, at the Poet Seat Health Care Center, Greenfield, Massachusetts, following a period of declining health. A native of Rutland, Vermont, she was born on April 30, 1964, to Richard and Carole (Brown) Clifford. Tracy attended Rutland Public Schools and was a graduate of Rutland High School in the Class of 1982. Tracy was a creative and accomplished baker, having worked previously for Mother's Myrick's Confectionary and Bakery in Manchester, Vermont, and for the Everglades Club and Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as well as the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, Vermont. Tracy was a voracious reader and loved to write and enjoyed photography. She also loved animals and was an advocate for their rights and humane treatment. She married Eric S. Austin on Nov. 4, 2000, in Rutland, Vermont, and recently celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary. They were blessed with two loving and wonderful children Lexy G., their daughter, and Brendan S., their son. Additionally, she leaves her mother, Carole Brown-Clifford of Rutland, Vermont; her sister, Kelly Johnson-Gottier and her husband, Ron, of Rutland, Vermont; her brother, John Proctor and his wife, Peggy, of Lunenberg, Massachusetts; as well as her beloved nieces Briana and Elliot; and by her Aunts Lorna Chase and her husband, "Mick," of Cookeville, Tennessee, and Jean Clifford and Rose Marie "Tip" Clifford of Rutland, Vermont; and her Uncle Richard Brown and his wife, Margaret, of Manchester, New Hampshire; and many cousins; as well as her mother- and father-in-law Tom and Beth Austin of Rutland, Vermont. She was predeceased by her father, Richard. In keeping with Tracy's request for simplicity, there will be no formal funeral services or visiting hours. A life celebration will take place at a date, time and place to be announced, with inurnment following cremation, in the Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont. Expressions of affection in the form of a charitable contribution in her memory, are suggested to your local library or animal shelter. The McCarthy Funeral Homes of Greenfield and Turners Falls, Massachusettts, have been entrusted with the arrangements. Guest book and condolence message available at www.mccarthyfuneralhomes.com.