Barrus Dickinson, sales executive

Sarah Barrus Dickinson of Miami, Fla., a retired sales executive who spent many summers here, died Friday, Oct. 8, after a short illness. She was 83 years old.

A native of New York City, Mrs. Dickinson was born Oct. 16, 1920 and had lived in Westchester County for many years before moving to Miami in 1976.

A 1942 graduate of the New York University School of Journalism, she had worked most recently as a sales executive with Gelco International SA, a flower importer in Miami, retiring in 1991.

“Barrus spent many summers in Ridgefield and had many friends here, including her special ‘Great Pond’ friend, Billie Levesque,” said her daughter Suzanne Dickinson. “Her footprints in this life will be missed by all who crossed her path.

Survivors include a son, Ken Dickinson and his wife, Sandi of Lyndhurst, Va., and Suzanne Dickinson and her husband Stan and their daughter Sarah of Ridgefield, four other grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Her husband, Ken, and her grandson, Graham Dickinson of Ridgefield, died before her.

Services took place at the Van Orsdel Funeral Home in Miami.