Nancy Ehrlich, 70

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Nancy Band Ehrlich of Concord, Mass., and Providence passed away unexpectedly on the evening of Dec. 7 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. 

She was born Nancy Lou Band on Feb. 23, 1945 to Jules and Beulah Band, in New York, N.Y. She graduated from the High School for Music and Art and Columbia University, both in New York.

She is succeeded by her husband, Dr. Michael Ehrlich, The Chief of Orthopedics at the R.I. and Miriam Hospitals and Chairman of Orthopedics at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, her sons, Christopher and Timothy, their wives Sara and Isabella, four grandchildren, Charlotte, Harrison, August and Julian and her brother Richard.

Nancy was a scholar (she received several master’s degrees from Columbia, Brandeis and Rhode Island College), an interior architect and historian, (she was involved with helping to restore the Caesar Robbins’ House in Concord) and a patron of the arts (she served on the board of directors of the Rhode Island Philharmonic).  She was an avid gardener, knitter and needle pointer. She was committed to various social causes, having served on the boards of the Providence Children’s Museum and Family Services.

Passionate about social justice, at age 60, she returned to school to earn a Master’s Degree in Social Work. This enabled her to help provide life-changing guidance to seniors in Rhode Island.

Contributions in her memory can be made to the “Nancy Band Ehrlich Fund for the Arts” at Washington Trust Wealth Management, 10 Weybosset Street, Suite 200, Providence, R.I. 02903.