Yolo-San Mateo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....PATTON , Mary Patricia "Pat" July 11 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net January 13, 2005, 9:59 pm "The Davis Enterprise," Tuesday, July 13, 2004 Mary 'Pat' Patton Mary Patricia "Pat" Patton, a 33-year resident of Davis, died July 11, 2004, after a lengthy illness. She was 78. Born Dec. 4, 1925, in Bloomington, Ill., she grew up in Springfield, Ill., attending Cathedral Grade School, Sacred Heart Academy and Springfield Junior College, where she earned an associate's degree in music. She married Noel J. Patton in Springfield on Sept. 6, 1952. The couple moved to Davis in June 1971 from San Mateo. A traveler, she had visited almost all of the U.S. states, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, Europe, Russia, the Balkan countries and the Middle East. Her last trip was to Kauai, a favorite destination. She was preceded in death by a brother, who died in infancy; her parents, Ellen and Willard O'Malley; and a sister, Marj Londrigan, all of Springfield, Ill. She is survived by her husband, Noel of Davis; brother, John O'Malley and his wife Ann of North Carolina; sister-in-law, Maureen Smith of Pennsylvania and brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Eileen McNicholas of Georgia; son, James and his wife Cindy of Lake Tahoe; daughter, Mary Kay Patton and her husband Gary Nixon of Fair Oaks; and son, Terry and his wife Cindi of Woodland. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Michael Nixon of Sacramento, Casey Nixon of Monterey, Kelly Nixon of Nevada City, and Zachary and Benjamin Patton of Woodland; as well as numerous nieces and nephews and grandnieces and nephews in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia and Florida. She greatly enjoyed playing bridge and will be missed by the several groups with whom she played, particularly the Tuesday morning club she was part of for more than 32 years. A memorial mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 200 W. 14th St. in Davis. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made in her name to any preferred charity. Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Chapel. Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise." (315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616) . File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob4580patton.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb