Patricia Ware Gowen

Patricia Ware Gowen, 67, of Amherst, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2019 with her family and close friends by her side at UVA Medical Center. She was the loving wife of Thomas Earl Gowen for 47 years. Born on January 3, 1952 in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Fleming Ware, Jr. and the late Mary Odell Johnson Ware. Patricia was a generous, loving, and caring wife and mother to her family and many friends. She was a retired MICU nurse with 25 years of service at Centra Health in Lynchburg and loved her work as a nurse. She enjoyed many wonderful patients and friends that she made over the years there. Patricia is survived by her husband, Thomas Gowen; two sons, Nathan Gowen and wife Nancy Ann of Zion Crossroads, VA and Brandon Gowen and girlfriend Celia Gilbert of Louisa, VA; two grandchildren, Noah Gowen and Madison Gowen; brother, Phillip G. Ware of Amherst; close life-long friend, Elizabeth “Betsy” Ellington of Amherst; two special MICU nurses and friends, Judy Bradley of Forest and Sharon Bradley of Rustburg; and numerous other family members and friends. The family would like to extend a thank you to the UVA SICU and MICU units and to the doctors and nurses for their extraordinate care during Patricia’s illness. They would also like to extend a special thank you to close friends and fellow MICU nurses, Judy and Sharon, for their care, to doctor trips, and being by her side at the hospital and home during Patricia’s illness. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm on Monday, June 3, 2019 at Whitten Monelison Chapel. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church in Amherst with Rev. Bob Parks officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to consider memorial contributions to UVA Transplant Patient Assistance Fund, C/O Transplant Administration, PO Box 800265, Charlottesville, VA 22908.