Patricia E. Kirsh

Patricia E. (Brown) Kirsh, 65, of Gardner, died on Saturday, March 22,2014 at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston after an illness. She leaves her husband of 41 years, Bruce M. Kirsh of Gardner; two sons, Robbie J. Kirsh and his wife Katherine of Melrose, MA and Jeffrey S. Kirsh and his fiancée Lindsey Caleo of College Park, MD; a sister, Marjorie, wife of Stanley Tom of Hillsborough, NJ; a niece, Rachel Tom, and a nephew, Kevin Tom; her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Gary and Paula Kirsh of Fort Mill, SC; and a grandson, Samuel W. Kirsh.She was born in Newark, NJ and was a daughter of Louis C. and Mildred (Levy) Brown and lived in Gardner for 34 years. She graduated from Franklin Pierce University and  taught elementary school at Memorial School in Winchendon for 34 years, retiring in 2007. She was a member of Board of Trustees of Levi Heywood Memorial Library of Gardner.FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE  AT 11:00AM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25,2014 AT CONGREGATION AGUDAT ACHIM, 268 WASHINGTON ST., LEOMINSTER, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RICHARD PERLMAN OF BREZNIAK RODMAN CHAPELS OF NEWTON. Burial will be at Sharon Memorial Park,  Canton St., Sharon, MA. Memorial observance  from 12:00 noon – 8pm on Wednesday, March 26, at her residence in Gardner. Memorial contributions may be made to the Patricia E. Kirsh Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Fidelity Bank, 330 Main St., Gardner, MA 01440.