Patricia Duff Murray

Known as a feisty, funny, sarcastic woman with sometimes inappropriate humor, Pat loved to laugh – sometimes until coffee came out her nose. She had watched every episode of Friends and the Golden Girls multiple times, and recently admitted to an addiction to cooking shows. She loved to “create” and had a talent and passion for painting, crafts, and recipes. Many friends and family members were recipients of her works of art, whether they wanted them or not.

Pat was born on November 9, 1939 in Jersey City, NJ but didn’t like people knowing that. She grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island with a sister she called Mike. Their parents were Robert who had no middle initial and was a Navy man, and May who was as comfortable dining and speaking with the Queen as she was drinking and swearing with sailors. Pat’s family welcomed her Home.

After graduating high school in 1957, Pat competed in the Miss Warwick (Rhode Island) pageant, earning the runner-up to the runner-up spot, and winning the title of Miss Congeniality. She attended Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied painting and ceramics. (Beautiful and crafty).

While working at the US Navy Officer’s Club, she met Lt Cmdr Donald L Greer, with whom she had two wonderful, smart, and attractive children during her 17 year marriage. Pat loved her family as much as she loved white zinfandel, and made sure that each of her children and grandchildren knew they were her very favorite. Fittingly, her last words to her family were, “I love you.”.

Pat earned a degree in nursing (Summa Cum Laude) and spent over 30 years caring for others from Vermont to Arizona. After retiring, she became a paranormal investigator and educator, founded PRO (Paranormal Researchers of Ohio) and worked with the SyFy Channel’s “Ghost Hunters” group TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society). When asked how she became a TAPS Family Member, she would always say, “I had to sleep with Jason Hawes.”.

An almost-lifelong Episcopalian, Pat was steadfast in her Faith. She was a chalice bearer, volunteered teaching Sunday school, worked in the church office, sponsored and worked Cursillo weekends, and most recently volunteered at the food pantry and was a member of Ministry Through the Arts at the Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist. In her late 70s, as an outward sign of her conviction, Pat had a Cross tattooed on her left ring finger. She loved the old hymns from her Northern Baptist roots and also loved praise songs, especially sung by Gaither musicians. She sang with gusto but admitted she couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.

Left to clean out her apartment are her son Jim (Linda), her daughter Carrie (Mark), and a gaggle of grandchildren: Patrick, Tommy (Brooklyn), Tori (Adam), Shane, Lauren, Elise, and Ryan. There’s also a great-grand-baby named Anna Marie, who is super adorable. She also leaves behind her favorite nephew Kenny (Wendy) and a bonus daughter Samantha (Gene), as well as scads of friends and other people who wish they could have known her.

Pat was lovingly and respectfully cared for in her final days by the wonderfully compassionate staff of Desert Palm at the Park. In lieu of flowers, Pat would be thrilled if you would donate to The Wounded Warrior Project in her memory. She loved the ocean, and will have her ashes spread at Narragansett Bay, as were her parents’.