Agnes T. Blais L.P.N.

FALL RIVER Agnes T. (Foley) Blais, L.P.N., age 92, wife of the late Albert J. Blais Sr., a life-long resident of Fall River with a distinguished career in nursing, died July 18, 2011 at the Fall River Jewish Home where she was a resident for the past three years. She celebrated her 92nd birthday on April 25th.

Daughter of the late John and Anne (Malone) Foley, she was predeceased by a son, Kenneth J. Blais, and a daughter Helen Sitzman. She is survived by two sons, Albert J. Blais Jr. and his wife Winnie of Port Charlotte, FL, and Richard J. Blais and his wife Maria of Auburn, MA; two daughters, Patricia McGovern of Sun City, FL, and Susan M. Gordon and her husband Bob of Fall River, MA.

She also leaves 21 grandchildren and many great- and great-great grandchildren.

She worked for several Fall River textile companies before beginning her career in nursing as an aide and then as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Among the medical facilities where she worked were the Rose Hawthorne, the former Fall River General Hospital, Truesdale Hospital and Cliff Nursing Homes where she was head nurse at Cliff Gables on Middle Street until her retirement.

She enjoyed traveling and reading and was a...