Dr. Elizabeth Barbara Birge

BIRGE Dr. Elizabeth Barbara Birge, age 73, of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Robert G. Birge, died on Monday, July 12, 2004, at her home after a long illness. Dr. Birge was born on December 23, 1930, in Miller Place, Long Island, N.Y., daughter of the late John and Gertrude Engel. She had been a Stratford resident since 1957. She graduated from Cornell University and New York Medical College. She was a staff physician at Bridgeport Hospital and a member of the American Medical Association. She retired from her private practice on Main Street, Stratford, in 1987. Survivors include her three sons, Robert Birge of Stratford, Raymond Birge and his wife, Heidi, of New York City, and John Birge of New York City; one brother, John Engel of Miller Place; two sisters, Paula Finn of Fairfield, and Gertrude Eckhardt of Miller Place; one grandson, Graham Birge; and several nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to attend her funeral service by meeting directly at St. MarkEs Church on Friday, July 16, 2004, at 11 a.m. for a funeral Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven. Friends may call on Thursday (TODAY) from 4 to 8 p.m. in the William R. McDonald Funeral Home, 2591 Main Street, Stratford.