Pamela Anne Ware, 38, of 24 Valley St., executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Retarded Citizens, died Tuesday at home.

She was also a staff member at the Battered Women’s Shelter in Jersey City, N.J., and a licensed social worker.

Born in Rumson, N.J., she moved to Northampton in 1979. She attended Bard College in New York, and was graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

She received a master’s degree in social work from Hunter College, New York.

She was the program manager for Project AIM (Alternatives to Institute Maintenance) in Springfield. She was active in civil rights, ecological efforts, voter registration and fund-raising for local anti-AIDS organizations.

She was also treasurer of the Connecticut Valley Mineral Club.

She leaves her parents, Malcolm and Marjorie (Osgood) Ware of Pinehurst, N.C., and two brothers, Malcolm O. Ware of New Knoxville, Ohio, and Robert H. Ware of Neptune, N.J.

A memorial service will be conducted on Friday afternoon at Daughters of the American Revolution State Park in Goshen with burial at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours.

Pease Funeral Home of Northampton is in charge.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 57 Suffolk St., Holyoke, 01040.

Source:  Union-News (Springfield, MA) — Wednesday, August 22, 1990