Beatrice C. ( Blacker) Bangs 87, formerly of Wampanoag Trail, East Providence, died Tuesday at the Home & Hospice Care of RI, in Providence

She was the wife of the late Ralph Leonard Bangs Jr.

Mrs. Bangs was born in Buffalo, New York, a daughter of the late Frederick & Beatrice ( Peterson) Blacker Jr.

Charlotte, was a Proof Reading Specialist for the South Shore Publishing Company, for over 20 years and also was child care worker for the Kindercare Company.

She has lived in Warren for a year coming from Scituate MA, where she was a member of the First Unitarian Congregational Church of Scituate MA.

She was a member of the Scituate Friends of the Handicap .

She is survived by her sons Jeffrey Bangs of Warren, RI, and Jonathan Bangs of Modoc, South Carolina, her brother Geoffrey Blacker of Conway, South Carolina.

She was the grandmother of four and the great grandmother of four.

All services are private.

Arrangements by the Smith Funeral and Memorial Services

www.wjsmithfh.com