Sara Anne Moss Herz, a longtime Weston resident, died May 7 in Norwalk. She was a clinical psychologist, and an active contributor to the local community.

Born in 1940 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, she was the daughter of Arthur and Naomi Moss. Her childhood was spent in the Bronx and Queens, N.Y.

She graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in English literature and spent several early years of her career in the pharmaceutical advertising industry and as a technical editor for Bell Laboratories in Whippany, N.J.

When her two children reached school age, Mrs. Herz returned to school and graduated with a master's and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf School of Yeshiva University in New York. After completing her post-doctoral training at the Veterans Admin­istration hospital in West Haven, in conjunction with Yale University, Mrs. Herz opened a private clinical practice in psychology.

Mrs. Herz had offices in Westport, Greenwich and Waterford, where she treated adults and adolescents. She was also an adjunct professor of psychology at Southern Connecticut State University.

In addition to her clinical work, she was deeply committed to contributing to and improving the

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community. For many years, she served as president of the board of directors for Connecticut Renaissance, a drug and alcohol residential treatment program with facilities throughout Connecticut. She was also a volunteer interviewer at the Fortunoff Holocaust Memorial Archives for more than 20 years, where she contributed substantially to the institutionalization of historical video archives of interviews with holocaust survivors.

In addition, she served for many years on the board of directors of the American Cancer Society in Fairfield County. She was awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award by the American Cancer Society of Connecticut in 1995.

Mrs. Herz was also involved, on a pro-bono basis, in providing therapy and counseling to Sept. 11 survivors and she contributed her time helping to cook for the homeless for the Interfaith Housing Center in Westport.

Mrs. Herz was known in the community as an athlete and she was a committed runner since 1976. She completed 29 marathons throughout the United States, along with numerous shorter road races. She was a devoted member of the Pequot Runners of Southport, and was also a member of the New York Road Runners Club.

Survivors include her husband of 44 years, Jack; her daughter, Allison Passero and her husband, Joseph; her son, Stephen and his wife, Jamie; and her grandchildren, Charlie and Eliza, all of Evanston, Ill.

She was a member of Temple Israel 14 Coleytown Road, Westport, where the funeral will be held today, at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations to either Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10065 c/o Dr. Carol Aghajanian or to the Connecticut Renaissance, c/o Adolescents Program, 350 Fairfield Ave., Suite 701, Bridgeport, CT 06604.

The Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home of Fairfield is in care of the arrangements.