PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia VanAlstyne Plue, 80, of Pittsfield passed away on Tuesday evening, Dec. 3, 2019, losing a determined two-and-a-half-year battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. 

Pat, or "Treesha" as she was often known, was born in Great Barrington on Sept. 8, 1939, the sixth child of the late Mary Una and Sears Roy VanAlstyne. She was raised in Interlaken and Lenox and was a graduate of Lenox High School's class of 1957. She married Andrew N. Plue Jr. of Adams on Sept. 27, 1958.

Following her 1996 retirement from Suburban Propane in Bennington, Vt., she proceeded to "just do it," expanding her ongoing love of domestic and international travel. She enjoyed camping, volleyball, softball, roller skating, hiking, snowshoeing, pickleball and playing the guitar. Pat was a member of the Bennington Choral Society, the Gospel Gang Choir, Town Players of Pittsfield, Austin Healey Club of America, Pittsfield YMCA, Berkshire Mountain Pickleball and the United Methodist Church of Lenox.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Andrew N. Plue Jr.; daughter Shelly Jean Truskauskas and her husband, Wayne; two grandsons, Jon Truskauskas and Don Truskauskas and his wife, Dawn; three great-grandchildren, Michael, Taylor, and Matthew, all of Connecticut; four sisters, Mimi Smith (Merrill) of Raleigh, N.C., Phyllis Miller (Donald) of Lenox, and Susan Halpin and Beverly Krol (John) of Pittsfield, one brother, David VanAlstyne and his wife, Jeannette, of Lenox; three sisters-in-law, Barbara VanAlstyne of Lenox Dale, Ellen VanAlstyne of Pittsfield and Patricia VanAlstyne of Arizona; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

She was predeceased by her four brothers, Charles and Sears Jr., who died in 2002, Thomas in 2014, and Wesley in 2019.

FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral service for Patricia V. Plue will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m. at United Methodist Church of Lenox, 6 Holmes Road, Lenox. Calling hours will be on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Roche Funeral Home, 120 Main Street, Lenox, MA 01240. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to United Methodist Church of Lenox, in care of the funeral home.