Barbara Patricola-McNiff, who owned and operated the Devlin-McNiff real estate business in East Hampton with her husband, John, died on Nov. 21 at home here. She was 81.
Ms. Patricola-McNiff was an English teacher in New York City for 20 years before moving to East Hampton, where she worked as a psychotherapist and later ran the real estate agency. She was passionate about animals.
Before her death, Ms. Patricola-McNiff had asked that the Edna St. Vincent Millay poem “First Fig” appear as her obituary:
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends —
It gives a lovely light!
Ms. Patricola-McNiff was born on April 5, 1940, to Vincent Patricola and the former Yola Nina Fradella. Her husband died before her.
No cause of death was provided, and no services were held. Ms. Patricola-McNiff was buried at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton.
