Ann Venable

Ann (Dillard) Venable, originally from Poughkeepsie, NY, where her parents taught at Vassar College, died November 11th at her home in Concord Massachusetts, with her family at her side. She was 73, and the cause of death was Parkinsons disease. Ann graduated as Valedictorian from Arlington High School, and earned her BA at Radcliffe College, spending one summer of study at Oxford University in England. She stayed in Boston, working as an editor and then consultant for the management consulting company, Arthur D. Little. Among the projects she oversaw was a study requested by President Carter of the Medical system then in place in the United States. Later in life she returned to Radcliffe to obtain a landscape design degree. Her subsequent practice included projects in both the Hudson Valley and Boston regions. She is survived by her loving husband, Dr. Paul Vinger; two children, Florence Michele Vinger and Paul Anthony Vinger; a daughter-in-Law Glynna Christian Vinger; and grandson, Christian Paul Vinger. She is also survived by her sister, Jean Flamenhaft Menuez, her brother-in-law Barry Menuez, and her nephew Alan Flamenhaft. Arrangements are under the care of Susan M. Dee and Charles W. Dee, Funeral Directors, Dee Funeral Home of Concord. For guest book please visit www.deefuneralhome.com.