Friday, 01 April 2016 09:58

Ann K. (Plasay) Ruggeri

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Ann K. (Plasay) Ruggeri of George Street passed away Saturday evening, March 26, 2016 at Wesley Health Care Center. She was 86.

Born on Feb. 25, 1930 in Petoria, PA, she was the daughter of the late Mark John and Mary (Sovich) Plasay, Sr., and was a graduate of St. Peter’s Academy in Saratoga Springs. A graduate of St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in Amsterdam, she was employed there for several years. While working in the hospitals’ emergency room, she first met her husband to be, Frank Ruggeri, while he was being treated for an injury. They were married on April 18, 1960 and would have celebrated their 56th anniversary next month. She was a devout member and communicant of St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church her entire life and was conferred a Redemptorist Oblate in 1997. Some of her many varied interests include shopping, quilting, sewing and flower gardening

Ann served for many years as a registered nurse and supervisor for the Redemptorist religious community at their former St. John Neumann Residence on Lake Avenue, adjacent to St. Clement’s. Her tireless dedication, commitment and care to the Catholic priests, brothers, confrers, staff, associates and their families for over 30 years will long be remembered. 

Survivors include her husband, Frank C. Ruggeri; her children, Mary R. (husband Robert) Offenburg of Durham, NC, Frank A. (wife Toni) Ruggeri of Cuyler, NY and Grace E. (husband Brian) Spicer of Fremont, OH; 12 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Ann is predeceased by one daughter, Ann McLaughlin and a grandson, Nicholas R. Lehrer.

Relatives and friends gathered to remember her on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the William J Burke & Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway in Saratoga Springs. .

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday in St. Clement’s Church, 231 Lake Ave, in Saratoga Springs; burial was held in the family plot at St. Peters Cemetery, West Ave. in Saratoga Springs.

Memorials may be made in her name to the Alzheimer’s Association, Pine West Plaza, Bldg. 4 Suite 405, Washington Ave. Ext., Albany, NY 12205 or the American Cancer Society, 1 Penny Lane, Latham, NY 12110.

 

Online remembrance may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.

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