In Memory of Patricia I. Howard

Obituary

Patricia I. Howard, of Utica, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 18, 2019, at Lutheran Care.

Born in Watertown, NY, a daughter of the late Dudley G. and Mae McPherson Howard. She was a graduate of St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing and Syracuse University. After graduation, she taught at St. Elizabeth’s and St. Joseph’s Schools of Nursing.

She is survived by her sister in law, Ruth Howard; nephews and nieces, Robert Howard and his wife, Carol, Daniel Howard and his wife Barbara, Diane Slocum and her husband, Terry, Edward Howard and his wife, Valerie and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. She is also survived by her special friend, Joan Portley. She was predeceased by her bother, Dudley Howard.

The family would like to offer a special thank you to her caregiver, Marylou Sprague and the neighbors on Brighton place for all the care given to Patricia.

The funeral will be on Thursday at 11:00 at the Friedel, Williams & Edmunds Funeral and Cremation Services, 13 Oxford Rd. and 12:00 at St. John the Evangelist Church, where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Calling hour will be on Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00 prior the funeral.

Please consider a donation to the Hope House in memory of Patricia.