Ann Ariagno, age 90, a former resident of Duxbury, died after a long illness in Plymouth on Dec. 22, 2010.  She was born in New York City on Nov. 22, 1920 and moved to Tenafly, N.J. as a young child, graduating from Tenafly High School in 1938.  She was an accomplished seamstress and worked for years in the garment district in New York City for a dress designer.  She married Leo P. Ariagno, in 1946. They relocated to many different places because of his career in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, eventually raising their family in Duxbury.  After retirement, the couple moved to Manomet.

Mrs. Ariagno was a voracious reader and shared her sewing talents with her family creating beautiful clothing.  She also enjoyed needlepoint, crewel-work and quilting.  She was an avid baker and enjoyed tending her flower and herb garden. 

Mrs. Ariagno was preceded in death by her husband, Leo.  She leaves her son, Leonard Ariagno and his wife, Ann, of Somerset; her daughter, Wendy Beardsley and her husband, David, of Closter, N.J.;  and four grandchildren.