Mary Webb Ambler, MD

Mary Webb Ambler, 82, of Bellingham, MA, died April 1, 2015. A neuropathologist with degrees from Boston University School of Nursing and Boston University School of Medicine, she was a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown. She was the program director of the neuropathology residency at Rhode Island Hospital and a consulting neuropathologist at the Providence VA Medical Center and the Office of State Medical Examiners of Rhode Island. After retiring from Brown as professor emeritus, in 1993, she worked as a field site visitor for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education until 1999. Mary served her community as a charter member of the Blackstone Valley Region II Area Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, trustee of Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital and of Bellingham Library, voter registrar, and member of the Republican Town Committee and other town committees. She enjoyed watercolor painting and spending time with her family. She is survived by her husband, Lee G. Ambler; her sons, Thomas and Scott; and three granddaughters. Donations in her memory may be made to the Webb Family Scholarship Fund, c/o Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, 30 Cornell St., New Bedford, MA 02740.