Ruth Kaplan Kaskowitz, 97, of Longmeadow, Mass., died Aug. 31. She was predeceased by her husband, Milton Kaskowitz. Born in Columbia, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Anna (Weiner) Kaplan. She is survived by her children, Carole Pagani, and Elizabeth Irving and her husband, Dr. Philip Irving; her grandchildren Robbin Airault and Dwayne LaFogg, Mark and Andrea Wolf, Erin and Rocco Shropshire, Marc Irving and his girlfriend Corinn Cunningham, Jeffrey Pagani, Lisa and Steven Antonio, and Laura and James Clark; her great-grandchildren Brianna Heiser, Brittany and Pablo Britos, Trevor Pagani, Jenna and Hayden Clark, Nina LaFogg, Zachary and Alexandra Wolf, Katherine, Tommy, and Johnny Antonio, and Carolina and Emma Shropshire; and a great-great-grandchild, Adrianna Britos.