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Foster V. Grunfeld SHEFFIELD Foster V. Grunfeld, 56, an editor, writer, and publisher, died of a heart attack on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, at his home in Worcester, N.Y. He leaves his 15-year-old son, Francis V. Grunfeld, and Mary E. Moriarty, Foster's ex-wife and Francis' mother, both of Worcester. Foster also leaves his mother, Dorothy M. Weaver of Sheffield; stepmothers, Jacoba "Toby" Molenaar of Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Annie O'Sullivan Grunfeld of Deia, Mallorca, Spain. His father, Frederic V. Grunfeld, and stepfather, John C. Ingersoll, predeceased him. He leaves siblings, Laura Grunfeld of Sheffield; Caty Grunfeld of Palma, Mallorca; Marc Doggwiler of Sag Harbor, Tom Ingersoll of Sheffield; Russell Ingersoll of Monterey, Calif.; Geoffrey and Adam Grunfeld of London, England, and Laura Ahitov of Los Angeles, Calif.; his aunts, Svea Gold of Eugene, Ore., and Ingrid Remak of Bloomington, Ind., as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews. MEMORIAL NOTICE: A Celebration of Life service will be held in late December in Deia, Mallorca. We invite you to view www.fostervgrunfeld.webs.com for more information and to post your remembrances of Foster. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a custodial account for Francis V. Grunfeld. See the website for details.

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Published by The Berkshire Eagle on Nov. 30, 2008.

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Laura Grunfeld

December 15, 2008

Hello everyone. Please go to www.FosterVGrunfeld.com to see the web site that we put together for Foster. There is a Guestbook on our site also. I didn't even know this was here and discovered it by accident - so this is not the best place for us to get your messages. Thank you very much.

khaty BARBOT

December 1, 2008

j'ai appris avec beaucoup de peine cette disparition. je suis de tout coeur avec la famille. il me restera le souvenir de mes jeunes années avec Foster à deya

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