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THE BOSTON GLOBE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008 RICHARDSON, Albert -Passed away at the Brockton Veterans' Hospital on Monday, Janu2008, at the age of Mr. Richardson is survived by his loving wife of years, Ann (Bray) Richardson. He is also survived by 2 sons, Albert J. Richardson and his wife Judith of Abington and G. Dennis Richardson and his wife Debby of Minot, and 2 daughters, Ann M.

Pfeffer and her husband Skip of Canton and Sandra J. Richardson of Plymouth. He was the grandfather of Robin Mullin and her husband John of S. Weymouth, Sherri Duggan and her husband. Mark of S.

Weymouth, Jill Steidle-Abbett and her husband Dan of East Bridgewater, Jodi Comeau and her husband Gene of Rockland, Scott Pfeffer and his wife Kelly of Canton, Kyle OLeary and her husband Craig of Canton, Laurie Amonte and her husband Tony of Humarock, Dennis M. Richardson and Robert B. Richardson, both of Minot. Mr. Richardson was the son of the late George and Isabelle Richardson and brother of the late George W.

Richardson. He is also survived by 23 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Richardson was born in Waltham, Roxbury and lived in S. Weymouth for the last 60 years.

Albert was a Lieutenant in the Navy, where he was a Veteran of World War Il, Korea and Vietnam, retiring in 1970 after 30 years of service. He was a 32nd Degree Mason with the Mount Lebanon Lodge in Boston and a lifetime member of the NRA. Family and friends are invited to attend visiting hours at the C.C. Shepherd Funeral Home, 134 Pleasant (Columbian sO. WEYMOUTH on Thursday, January 10 from 3-7 PM followed immediately by a Funeral Service at PM.

Interment will be private in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Cam Neely Foundation, 30 Winter 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02108, camneelyfoundation.com. If you to leave a message for the Richardsons' please go to www.ccshepherd.com. C.C. Shepherd Funeral Service 134 Pleasant South Weymouth A Family Serving Familles For 100 Years RILEY, Sarah M.

(Quigg) of Malden, January 7th. Beloved wife of Edward P. Riley. Mother of Regina Sarkozy and her husband Larry Windham, NH, Jane Wade Riley of Swampscott and Edward P. Riley, Jr.

and his wife Maureen of Grandmother of Jennifer, Larry, Meredith, Christopher, Douglas, Katelyn and Patrick. Great grandmother of Alex, Megan, Trevor and Eloise. Sister of the late John Quigg, Helen Morrissey, Jane Maisey and William Quigg. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral from the A.J.

Breslin Son Funeral Home, 610 Pleasant MALDEN, at Medford line, on Friday Jan. 11th at 9:30 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church in Malden at 10:30 AM. Relatives friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Funeral Home on Thursday from 4-8 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the PBS, WGBH, 1 Guest Boston, MA 02135.

Sarah was a woman of great style and determination who was ahead of her time, loved her family and worked tirelessly to give them every opportunity life. She will be dearly missed by everyone whose life she touched. For complete obituary, guestbook and www.breslinfuneralhome.com. ROSA, Umberto Of Everett, Jan. 7.

Beloved husband of Marianna (Rosa). Dear and devoted father of Antonina Rosa and her husband, Ennio of Everett. Loving grandfather of Gianni and Ennio Rosa, Jr. of Everett. Funeral from the Cafasso Sons Funeral Home, 65 Clark (Corner of Main EVERETT Friday morning at 9.

Funeral Mass in St. Anthony's Church, Oakes Everett at 10 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Visiting hours Thursday, 4-8 PM. Entombment Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, Malden.

Cafasso Sons Funeral Home Everett 617-387-3120 ROULEAU, Robert Attorney -Of Scituate, Jan. 8, 2008. husband of Ann M. "Nancy" (Campbell) Complete notice Thursday. McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Homes Brighton Cohasset Norwell 781-383-0200 SAFER, Lily Rose- -of Watertown January 7, 2008.

Beloved daughter of the late Richard and Alice (Quoyoon) Safer. Devoted sister of Virginia Safer and the late Edward and Arshur Safer. Cousin of Rose D. Safer, Mary A. George, Janet G.

Murnick and Dr. Edward E. George. Also survived by many other loving cousins and friends. Funeral Services will be held at the Aram Bedrosian Funeral Home, 558 Mount Auburn WATERTOWN on Friday Jan.

11 at 11:00 AM. A Visitation Period will be held Friday morning in the funeral home from AM, immediately prior to the funeral Services. Relatives friends are kindly invited to attend. Memorial gifts may be made to the charity of one's choice. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown.

SAN SEVERINO, Theresa- of Cambridge on January 8 at The Sancta Maria Nursing the late Facility. Dominic Beloved daughter of Maria (Narducci) San Severino. Sister of Jennie D'Amore husband Anthony M. of Cambridge the late Pvt. Dominic San Severino, Lucy, Anthony, Paul, "Gus" 'San Severino.

Brother-in-law of Leona San Severino of GA. Aunt of Anita Barandao husband Simon of GA, Maria San Severino, Michael Jude San Severino, Frank San Severino wife Maria. Great Aunt of Cherise Antonio Barandao Dominic San Severino. Funeral from The DeVito Funeral Home, 761 Mt. Auburn WATERTOWN on Friday at Funeral Mass at in St.

Peter's Church. Interment Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Visiting on Thursday from 1:00 to 5: 00pm. She was a wonderful sister and great friend and loved by all.

SCHMELZER, Jean L. (Prophet) of Acton, formerly of Waltham, Jan. 2008. Wife the late John Schmelzer, daughter of the late Otto Margaret (Morgan) Prophsurvived by a daughter Heidi Schmelzer; a sister Margaret Johnson; a brother John Prophet; many nieces, nephews, nephews. All are invited to visiting Thurs.

at the Acton Funeral Home, 470 Mass Ave (Rte 111) ACTON; and the memorial service 2pm Fri. at the First Evangelican Lutheran Church, 6 Eddy Waltham, MA 02453. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mrs. Schmelzer was very active in the community, was a former 5th grade teacher in Framingham.

SCHULKIND, Herbert-Of Natick on Jan. 8, 2008. Beloved husband Pearl Schulkind. Devoted father of Judith Photenas of Bridgewater, N.H. and Richard Schulkind and his wife Sharon of Sharon, MA.

Dear grandfather Andrew and Jennifer Photenas, Lisa and Matthew Schulkind. Graveside services The Riverside Cemetery, saddle Brook, Jersey. In lieu of flowers remembrances be made to The American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Framingham, MA. 01701. Brezniak-Rodman 617-969-0800 DEATHS SIEGER, Ronald West Roxbury, formerly of Mission Hill and Alberta, Canada, January 6, 2008.

Beloved husband of the late Anne (Doherty). Devoted father of Lawrence L. and his wife Nancy of Norwood, Maureen Burke and her husband Robert of Salem, NH, Ronald and his wife Patricia Bridgewater, Kathleen Keefe of Hull, James and his wife Margaret of Dorchester. Brother of Wilfred and Neil of Alberta, Canada. Also survived by 15, grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Funeral from the Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre WEST ROXBURY, Thursday, Jan. 10th at 9 a.m, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Theresa's Church at 10 o'clock. Visiting hours Wednesday 4-8 p.m. Relatives and friends invited.

InterWWil ment Army St. and Veteran Joseph's of employee the Cemetery. of Canadian Late the M.B.T.A. Donations may be made in his memory to the Mission Church Restoration Fund, 1545 Tremont Roxbury MA 02120. For directions and guestbook, www.gormleyfuneral.com William J.

Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600 STEPHENS, Emanuel -Emanuel departed this life on Friday, January 4, 2008 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He leaves to cherish and mourn of 47 years his loving wife Josephine Stephens and son Emanuel Stephens, his siblings of 4 sisters, 7 brothers, 7 sisters-in-law, 2 brothersin-law, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral service 1 PM on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Eliot Church of ROXbury, 56. Dale Roxbury, MA 02119. Visiting with the family 12 noon.

Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Massachusetts General Hospital-Pulmonary CliniC, 165 Cambridge Suite 600, Boston, MA 02114 Attn: Development Office. Arrangements Davis Funeral Home of ROXBURY and Mattapan. To send a sympathy message to the family visit davisfuneralhomeboston.com. DEATHS TRACY, Phelps "Pep" KilbornAge 99, of Foxboro, died on Jan.

6, 2008. Retired Purchasing Engineer from the Foxboro Company. Beloved husband of the late Eleanor Carr Phillips. Loving father of Eugenia Tracy Kirchner, Newport Beach, CA, Eleanor Tracy Jenkins of Arlington, MA, Phelps K. Tracy, Jr.

of Holmes Beach, FL and Martha S. Tracy of of Stephen 1 and Andrew Hill, Tracy Porter, ME. Devoted grandfather Thordarson, Henry and Temperance Jenkins, Phelps C. Tracy, C. Josephine and Silas Hagerty.

Great grandfather of 11. Brother of the late Ellsworth M. Tracy, Il and Bristol P. Tracy. He shared his home for the past 9 years with Elizabeth and Francisco Isaza and their children Sofia and Daniel, who became like family to him.

Services will be held Saturday, January 19, 2008. Family and friends are welcome to attend the Interment Service at 1 PM, Rockhill Cemetery on Union Street in Foxboro. His Memorial Service will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South Street, Foxboro at 2 PM. Please omit flowers.

Donations in Pep's memory may be made to the St. Mark's Church Landscape Fund, PO Box 148, Foxboro, MA 02035. Arrangements under the care of the Roberts and Sons Funeral Home, FOXBORO. To light a special candle in Pep's memory, please visit our website at: www.robertsandsonsfuneral.com. davisfuneralhomeboston.com.

Roberts Sons Funeral Home STEWART, Mary "Marguerite" (GilIan) -Age 93 of Weymouth, Jan. 7, 2008. Beloved wife of the late Alexander F. Stewart. Mother of Marion her husband Deacon John Wise of Middleton, Alexander his wife Phyllis Stewart of Weymouth, James his wife Mary Ann Stewart of Hanson John his wife Cathy Stewart of Hanover.

Sister of Mary her husband Lloyd McDonald of Weymouth, Catherine her late husband, Hugh MacDonald of Weymouth, Sr. Gertrude Gillan, Ann her husband Lenny Fitzpatrick, Mary her husband Marty Kelly, Gillan all of Prince Island, Lorraine her husband Clifford Keefe of S. Carolina, John Bernard Gillan P.E.I., Basil his wife Frances Gillan of Hanover, Ernest Gillan of N.H. the late Joseph, John, Mark, Ralph, Frank, James Philip. Sister-in-law of Lorraine (Mark) Gillan, Peggy (Frank) Gillan, Marjorie (James) Gillan Patricia (Philip) Gillan.

Aunt of Mary Tom Karcher of Duxbury, the late Jerome MacDonald many other nieces nephews. Also survived by 18 grand 34 great grandchildren. Funeral from the EAST WEYMOUTH McDonald Funeral Home, corner of Charles Middle Sat. at 9:00 A.M. followed by a Funeral Mass in the St.

Francis Xavier Church, So. Weymouth at 10:00 o'clock. friends invited. Visiting hours Friday 4-8 P.M. Donations in Marguerite's memory may be made to Alzheimers Assoc.

Mass. Chapter, 311 Arsenal Watertown, MA. 02472. Interment St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Weymouth.

SULLIVAN, John D. "Sully" "Pizzaman" Jr. of Winthrop, suddenly, Jan. 6, 2008. Devoted father of Shane M.

and Bridget S. Sullivan both of Winthrop. Beloved son of Carol (Macdonald) Sullivan and the late John D. Sullivan Sr. Cherished brother of Andrea L.

Lombard of Ft. Myers, FL, Lynne M. Winter, Lorraine M. Quint, and Paula A. Corbett all of Winthrop.

He loved his nieces Leah, Sarah, Emily, Rachel, and Audrey to pieces and his nephew Nathan, too. Also survived by cousins by the dozens and aunts and an uncle. He was a friend to many loved by all, especially Donna and Steven. Funeral from the Maurice W. Kirby Funeral Home, 210 Winthrop WINTHROP on Jan 11, at Funeral Mass in St.

John the Evangelist Church at 10am. Relatives and friends invited. Interment will be Winthrop Cemetery (Belle Isle Section). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen Framingham, MA 01701. Late member of the Cottage Park Yacht Club and the Winthrop Lodge of Elks Visiting hours Thurs.

only 4-8pm. For guestbook, and directions go to www.mauricekirbyfh.com. Maurice W. Kirby Funeral Home Winthrop 617-846-0909 SWEENEY, Ellen M. (Fair)-Of Sandwich, formerly of Worcester Natick Jan.

6. Beloved wife of the late Thomas C. Sweeney. Dear mother of Thomas Sweeney Jr. his wife Michele Natick.

Cherished grandmother of Katlyn, Jessica, Caroline Thomas. Dear sister of the late Lauretta Collins. Relatives friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass in St. Patrick's Church, Natick Friday at 11:30 AM. Visiting hours in the John Everett Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park (at Natick common) NATICK Thursday 3 to 7 PM.

Interment St. Patrick's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy, may be made in her name to the American Cancer Society, Speen Framingham MA 01701. For directions, guestbook obituary visit www.everettfuneral.com TAVERNA, Domenic Hanson, formerly of Watertown Quincy, President of watertown Engineering Whitman Burial Vault died on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Coyne Nursing Facility in. Rockland after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

He was 89 years old. He was the son of the late John and Mary (Martocchio) Taverna. Beloved husband of the late Irene (Harris) Taverna. Loving father of Richard Taverna of Hanson, Robert Taverna of Barnstable, and Lorraine G. Donovan of Hanson.

Brother of Catherine Taverna of Watertown and the late Frank Taverna and William Taverna. Also survived by five grandchildren, four great grandchildren, Calling and several hours nieces Frion day, January 11, from 11:30 AM 12:15 PM in the Leighton-MacKinnon Funeral Home, 4 West Washington St. (at Rte. 58), HANSON. A Funeral Service will be held following the calling hours at 12:15 in the funeral home.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester. In lieu of flowers donations may be made In Domenic's memory to Cerebral Palsy of Massachusetts, 43 Old Colony Quincy, MA 02170. For directions or to send an online condolence visit www.leightonmackinnon.com. MacKinnon Family of Funeral Homes 781-447-2344 TAVERNA, Catherine P.

-of Watertown, Jan. 7. Beloved daughter of the late john B. and Mary (Martocchio) Taverna. Dear sister of the late Dominic, Frank and William Taverna.

Loving aunt of Lorraine Donovan, Richard Taverna, Robert Taverna, Dorothy-Jean Brown, Charles Taverna and Paul Taverna. Also loved by many grandnieces and grandnephews. Funeral Mass on Thurs. at 11 AM in the Church of Saint Patrick, 212 Main Watertown. Interment Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester.

Visiting hour on Thurs. morning in the MacDonald, Rockwell MacDonald Funeral Home at 270 Main on Rte. 20, WATERTOWN, prior to the Mass from AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. For further please refer to Macdonald, Rockwell Macdonald THERRIEN, Arthur -of Woburn.

formerly of Lexington and Florida, Jan. 7. Beloved husband of the late Grace (Vallarelll). Father of David, Arthur, and the late Anthony. Therrien.

Brother of the late Rita Charbonneau. Grandfather of Maria Gonzalez of Burlington and Melissa Martel of Lexington, Great grandfather of Gabriella and Alexander Christopher, A Memorial Matthew, Mass and Sophia Martel. will be held at St. Margaret's Church, 111 Winn 11 Burlington on Friday, Jan. at 4:00 p.m.

Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend. Funeral under the direction of the Edward V. Sullivan Funeral Home, BURLINGTON. For obituary, directions on-line guestbook see www. sullivanfuneralhome.net 24 STAN 1983 Buddy LeRoux (left) bought the Boston Red Sox with Haywood Sullivan (right), but their partnership eventually deteriorated.

Buddy LeRoux; was part owner of Sox, real estate baron; at 77 508-543-5471 Waltham 781-893-6260 VINCENT, Edward- Spring Hill, FL, formerly of Manchester, NH, and Belmont, MA, Jan 5, 2008. Beloved husband of the late Helen (Roach) Vincent. Loving father of Diane Pugliese and her husband Daniel of Belmont, Lynda Deldon and her husband Nicholas of Arlington, Janis Boulanger and her husband Andy of Manchester, NH and Claire Coulie of Manchester, NH. Brother of Richard Vincent and the late Eina Vincent. Also survived by 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren and his late grandson Edward Pugliese.

Funeral from the Brown Sons Funeral Home, 36 Trapelo BELMONT, on Friday, Jan. 11 at 8:00 AM. Followed by a funeral mass at St. Josephs Church, 129 Common Belmont at 9:00 am. Relatives and friends invited.

Visithours Thursday from 4:00 8:00 PM. Interment Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. in lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to the Jimmy Fund, 375 Longwood Boston, MA 02115. On line guest book at Brown Sons Funeral Home 617-484-2534 TREGLIA, Filomeno -Of Waltham, Jan.

4th, 2008. Beloved husband for 53 years to Virginia (Schiappa) Treglia. Devoted father of Elisa Terrasi and her husband Raimondo of Waltham, Patty Junkins and her husband Kenneth of Litchfield, NH, and Angela Anastasi and her husband David of Olney, MD. Cherished grandfather of Paul, Philip, Raymond and Anthony. Charette Terrasi, and all of Waltham, husband her Rick of Manchester, NH, Kenneth Junkins of Litchfield, NH, Nicholas and Gina Anastasi of Olney, MD.

In addition he is survived by several nieces and nephews in Canada, Italy and Waltham. Son of the late Angelo and Elisabetta (Ciufo) Treglia, and brother of the late Maria Treglia and Pietro Treglia of Italy and Antonio Treglia of Canada. Funeral Services will be held from the Brasco Sons Memorial, 773 Moody WALTHAM on Friday morning at 9 AM with a Mass of Christian Burial celebration of his life at Sacred Heart Church, 311 River Waltham at 10 AM. Relatives friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Wednesday and Thursday from 4-8 PM.

Entombment Calvary Cemetery Chapel Mausoleum. Retired member of Local Eastern MA Union of Bricklayers Allied Craftworkers. Parking attendants will be on duty. brascofuneralhome.com Waltham 781-893-6260 WEBSTER, Eleanor -Of Sherborn, November 15. Retired Professor of Chemistry at Wellesley College.

Beloved daughter of the late George D. and Mary S. (Spink) Webster. Sister of the late George Webster and John B. Webster.

Also survived by 8 nieces and nephews. Sister-in-law of Elizabeth of Bryn Mawr, PA, Joann Webster of Cleveland, OH. Longtime friend of Dorothea J. Widmayer of Sherborn. Memorial Service Saturday, January 12 at the Universalist Church, 11 Washington Sherborn at 1 p.m.

Relatives and friends kindly invited. Donations to the Wellesley College Chemistry 106 Wellesley 02482. George F. Doherty Sons Wellesley (781) 235-4100 WHITE, Irving Francis Jr. -age 88 of Hingham died Monday Jan.

7, 2008. Devoted husband 'of 65 years to Marion Frances (Quinn) White. Beloved father of Robert F. White of Brookline, Thomas I. White his wife Lisa of Redondo Beach, CA Mary Ellen White and Judith Ann White both of Hull.

Dear brother of Mabel E. Driscoll and her husband William of Braintree and Ann G. Tanzi and her late husband Pat of Vernon, CT. Brother in law of Dorothea (Quinn) Murphy of Alexandria, VA and Michael Doherty of Plymouth. Son of the late Irving F.

Sr. and Mary, (Leonard) White of Weymouth. Irving is also survived by his grand dog Mike and many nieces nephews. Funeral from the SOUTH WEYMOUTH McDonald Funeral Home at 809 Main St. (Rte 18 opp.

So. Shore Hosp.) Saturday at 9:00 AM. Funeral Mass in the Resurrection Church, Hingham at 10:00 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting Hours Friday from PM.

Interment win be at the V.A. National Cemetery, on Monday at 1:15 PM. In Lieu of Flowers, donations may be made in Irving's memory to the American Heart 20 Speen St. Framingham Ma 01701. ZANI, Harry Wellesley, Jan.

7. Beloved husband of Celestina G. (Borghi), Dear father of Harry Zani, Susan ZaniHiggins her husband Curtis, John Zani his Laura, Tina ZaniMartin her husband Richard. Brother of the late Louis, Joseph, Albert, Yolanda Enrico Zani. Also survived by 5 grandchildren.

Relatives friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass in St. Paul's Church, Wellesley Thursday at 9 AM. Visiting hours omitted. Interment Mass. National Cemetery, Bourne at 12:45 PM.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in his name to the Seabee Museum Memorial Park, 21 lafrate way, No. 02852. tired School (www.seabeesmuseum.com). ReDept Wellesley Police Dept. Late Veteran ww ll, US Navy Seabees.

Arrangements by John Everett Sons Funeral Home (www.everettfuneral.com), NATICK. By Amalie Benjamin GLOBE STAFF Buddy LeRoux, who rose from team trainer to part owner of the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and 1980s, died of natural causes Monday night at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N.H. He was 77. Often a controversial figure in Boston sports both with the Red Sox and later with his ownership of Suffolk Downs Mr. LeRoux started as a trainer in the mid-1950s with a minor league affiliate of the Boston Bruins after serving in the US Marine Corps.

Even by then, Mr. LeRoux had begun to build a real estate empire in New England. By 1977, he reportedly had tens of millions of dollars in assets and, with partner Haywood Sullivan, led a group that sought control of the Red Sox, after owner Tom Yawkey died. When some questions arose about the group's financing, Yawkey's widow, Jean, joined the consortium and a sale was approved by Major League Baseball. Mr.

LeRoux served as vice president of the team in 1978 and 1979, responsible mainly for the business side of the operations, with Sullivan in charge of the team. A decade earlier, Mr. LeRoux had more of a hands-on role with the club. As trainer from 1966 to 1974, he tended some of the rising stars of a resurgent franchise. It was Mr.

LeRoux who huddled over a fallen Tony Conigliaro when the hometown slugger was struck in the eye with a pitch on Aug. 18, 1967, the darkest night of the Impossible Dream season. During his tenure as trainer, he developed a bond with the Yawkeys. "I think it shows what a really bright guy he was, to be able to not only take care of professional athletes with regard to being a trainer, but he also had thoughts about providing for his family and sustaining the interests that he had outside the world of baseball," said Red Sox ace Jim Lonborg, whose time with the team overlapped Mr. LeRoux's years as a trainer.

"The fact that he was astute enough to recognize what it would take to own the Boston Red Sox, to deal with the politics of owning the Red Sox, to surround himself with people who understood the business and would be able to provide the economic resources to buy the ball club, it takes a very bright and engaging person to be able to accomplish all that." Mr. LeRoux sought to expand revenues for the team, building luxury boxes on the roof of the grandstand and shifting emphasis from game day ticket sales to advance purchases, trends that continue today. The ownership group, however, became rife with divisions over the direction of the team and who would control what. And with the free agency era beginning, the team decided not to spend the money to retain some of the Sox's most prized players. Stars Rick Burleson, Fred Lynn, and Carlton Fisk were either traded or allowed to seek another team.

One of the most notorious moments involving Mr. LeRoux occurred on June 6, 1983. With the media assembled at Fenway Park for a night honoring Conigliaro who was still in a coma after a stroke the previous year Mr. LeRoux announced that enough of the team's partners had voted in his favor to give him control of the team over Sullivan and Yawkey. He staged "Le Coup LeRoux" just before the celebration, reducing Conigliaro to nearly an afterthought.

The outcry among many of the Fenway Faithful was immediate and harsh. Mr. LeRoux was taken to court by Yawkey and Sullivan and eventually lost the battle for control of the team. His piece of the Red Sox was bought by Yawkey in 1987. Mr.

LeRoux had bought Suffolk Downs in 1986. His tenure there was also marked by controversy, with the track closing in 1989. A native of Woburn, Edward G. LeRoux started his entrepreneurial streak early. He said he made his first successful real estate sale when he was 9, buying a lot in Woburn for $25 he earned from working as a farmhand.

Yet, when he attended Northeastern University, he studied physical therapy instead of business. After working for the Bruins, he was hired by Red Auerbach and became the first trainer to travel with the Boston Celtics. Still, former teammates said that when the bus emptied, Mr. LeRoux would often rush to the phone to make business deals. "He can look at land and see a value in it that I certainly can't see," former Celtic Frank Ramsey once said.

"He's thorough, he's knowledgeable, and he's a workaholic." GLOBE 1984 MR. LEROUX By the late 1980s, Mr. LeRoux had filed assets of about $100 million, including oil wells, greyhound racing dogs, and antique cars. "You name it, I've probably owned it," Mr. LeRoux once told a reporter.

"I've owned garbage trucks, gas stations, restaurants, Dunkin' Donuts franchises but it's property I like best." His real estate holdings spread along the entire East Coast, from a restaurant in Maine to housing for the elderly in Woburn, to an inn in Atlantic City, to holdings in Florida. Much of his investment was centered on Winter Haven, and Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. "I loved making deals," he said. A downturn in the real estate market took a toll on his holdings and he had to sell off significant properties in the early 1990s. Mr.

LeRoux also opened the New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Woburn, one of the first facilities that focused on the treatment of sports-related injuries. "It was very innovative at the time," Dr. Arthur Pappas said in 1992, when he was team doctor of the Red Sox. "There was nothing like it at the time." In addition, Mr. LeRoux founded Champions for Children at Boston's Children's Hospital.

"He is the eternal optimist and is always very convincing," said Pappas, also a partner in some business deals with Mr. LeRoux. "He believes that the sun is always going to shine and shine on him." Mr. LeRoux leaves his wife of almost 50 years, Adelaide of Tuftonboro, N.H.; his children, Lisa Tranchita of Tuftonboro, Denise McCall of Weston, and Scott of Tuftonboro; two sisters, Judy McGue of Medfield and Dianne West of Nashua; a brother, Roger of Tuftonboro; six grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.

Saturday at the All Saints Church in Wolfeboro, N.H. Michael Goldberg, Abstract Expressionist painter By Grace Glueck NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK Michael Goldberg, an abstract painter of the New York School whose vibrant works are in major museums and private collections, died Dec. 31 in Manhattan. He was 83. The apparent cause was a heart attack he suffered while working in his studio on the Bowery, said his wife, the artist Lynn Umlauf.

It was the same studio he took over from Mark Rothko in the 1950s. Mr. Goldberg was a painter of strong convictions who in his youth was influenced by the gestural Abstract Expressionist mode of older painters such as Franz Kline, Clyfford Still, and Willem de Kooning, and never abandoned it. The improvisational nature of jazz, which he admired, was also important to his work. Stuck like some of his peers with the label "second-generation Abstract Expressionist," Mr.

Goldberg shrugged it off. "Labels come and go," he told Saul Ostrow, the conceptual artist and close friend, in a 2001 interview for the magazine Bomb. "It makes no difference to what you're trying to do." He saw abstract painting, he told Ostrow, as "still the primary visual challenge of our time. It might get harder and harder to make an abstract image that's believable, but I think that just makes the challenge greater." Mr. Goldberg and his wife both taught at the School of Visual Arts.

Since 1980, he had spent five months of each year in Tuscany, Italy, on an estate outside Siena. Most of the works produced there last summer appeared in his show at Knoedler Co. in September. Done with oil sticks pressed directly against the canvas, a method Mr. Goldberg chose some years ago over brushing with paint, they are energetic productions based on what he called a "quasi grid," with patchy squares of color randomly intersected by strong diagonals.

A Bronx native, Michael Goldberg began classes at the Art Students League at 14. From 1940 to 1942 he attended the school run by the Abstract Expressionist painter and teacher Hans Hofmann. During World War II, he was an Army master sergeant in North Africa and served in Burma with the commando unit known as Merrill's Marauders. Mr. Gold- berg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.

After further study at the League and the Hofmann school, he set up shop as a painter. In 1951, his work made its first public appearance in the Ninth Street Show, a groundbreaking exhibition of the new New York avant-garde. In his youth, he reminisced, he and his colleagues never expected to make money at painting. When the collector Walter P. Chrysler Jr.

came to his studio one day in the early 1950s, he bought $10,000 worth of his work. Unemployed at the time, with no bank account, Mr. Goldberg received the first payment on a freezing midwinter day. His first act was to buy an electric blanket. He spent the weekend in bed under the blanket, the money tucked under his arm.

In addition to Umlauf, whom he met in 1969 and married 10 years later, Mr. Goldberg leaves a brother, Gerald of Manhattan; and two stepchildren from an earlier marriage to the writer Patsy Southgate: Luke Matthiessen of Brooklyn and Sara Carey Matthiessen of Northport, N.Y,.