Patricia Currant Robare, 74
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Patricia Ann Currant Robare, 74, of 594 Walker St., died Sunday, Sept. 19, at North Adams Regional Hospital.
Born in North Adams on Jan. 27, 1936, daughter of Jean and Anita Boucher Perras, she attended the former Notre Dame Grammar School and was a 1954 graduate of the former St. Joseph's High School, both in North Adams. In 1957, she graduated from the former St. Luke's School of Nursing in Pittsfield and, in 1962, she graduated from the former North Adams Hospital School of Anesthesia. She also earned a bachelor of arts in health-care administration in 1983 from Ottawa University in Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Robare was the director, coordinator and an instructor of the Medical Assistant and Operating Room Technician postsecondary programs at McCann Technical School. She retired in 1996 after 39 years of nursing and 19 years at McCann. A registered nurse, she was first employed in the operating room at NARH from 1957 to 1961, and then until 1977 as a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
She was member of the National Education Association, Massachusetts Teacher Association, Faculty Association and the Massachusetts Nurses Association and of the Massachusetts Retired Teachers Association. She was active with the Mary Spitzer Center and the North Adams Historical Society at Western Gateway Heritage State Park. A communicant of the former St. Francis of Assisi Church in North Adams, she was an avid golfer, bridge player and Red Sox fan. She also enjoyed camping, bowling, gardening and volleyball and, in her younger years, played and coached softball.
Her first husband, William R. Currant, whom she married May 20, 1966, died Dec. 17, 1970.
Her husband, Earl V. Robare, whom she married Aug. 3, 1973, died Nov. 17, 2001.
She leaves her daughter, Leslie Currant Lake and her husband, Jack, of Westerville, Ohio; a brother, Paul Perrras and his wife, Louise, of Chiefland, Fla.; a sister, Jeanne Tadatada of Louisville, Ky.; two grandsons, Christopher and Matthew Lake, and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
FUNERAL NOTICE — The funeral for Mrs. Robare will be Thursday, Sept. 23, at 10:15 a.m. from Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11 at Sts. Patrick's Church in Williamstown. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Wednesday, Sept. 22, from 4 and 7 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to North Adams Historical Society at Heritage Park or VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshire in care of the funeral home.