OBIT: Patricia (NEILAN) O'BRIEN, 1997, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  O'BRIEN
  
  Patricia Neilan O'Brien, 75, of Washington, died July 29, 1997, in Washington 
  Hospital.  She was born on  April 11, 1922, in Somerset, at daughter of the late 
  J. Frank and Agnes McLaughlin Neilan.  Mrs. O'Brien was a member of Immaculate 
  Conception Roman Catholic Church of Washington.  She graduated from Somerset 
  High School; from Seton Hill College and from the Florida State College for 
  Women, now Florida State University.  A registered dietician, Mrs. O'Brien 
  worked for many years at Washington Hospital, and also taught nutrition and diet 
  therapy at the Washington Hospital School of Nursing.  Mrs. O'Brien's father and 
  brothers founded Neilan Engineers of Somerset.  She was an avid golfer, formerly 
  belonging to Washington Country Club; Nemacolin Country Club and Lone Pine Golf 
  Club.  She was a member of the Women's Western Golf Association, and served for 
  several years as president of the Ladies' Golf Association of Nemacolin County 
  Club.  On April 24, 1948, in Somerset, she married John T. O'Brien, who 
  survives.  Mrs. O'Brien issurvived by one son, Michael T. O'Brien of Venice, Calif.; 
  one brother,John Neilan of Sunland, Calif.; three sisters:  Ruth Neilan of Somerset,
  Nancy Speicher of Rockwood and Gertrude Titcomb of Connecticut; and many nieces and 
  nephews.  She was preceded in death by two brothers, Francis and James Neilan, 
  and two sisters, Mary Neilan and Eileen Byrne. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. 
  Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Piatt & Barnhill Funeral 
  Home, 420 Locust Ave., Washington.  A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday in
  the Immaculate Conception Church, Washington, with Father James G. Young
  as celebrant.
  
  Daily American  July 30, 1997
  
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