Age 77
September 28, 1943 – August 1, 2021
Pat passed away peacefully at her son, Timothy’s house in Kissimmee Florida after battling Alzheimer’s Disease for many years.
She was a graduate of Alexander High School, State University of New York at Cortland and New York University. After earning her Master’s Degree in Recreational Therapy at NYU, she was employed as a Recreational Therapist at Saint Elizabeth’s Psychiatric Hospital in Washington DC. She moved to Kissimmee Florida in 1980. Later in life, she worked as a Teacher’s Assistant and a Substitute Teacher for the Osceola County School District while raising a family.
Patricia is preceded in death by her husband Buddy French, father J. Walter Smith, mother Betty (Rapp) Smith, stepmother Mary Lou (Greenough) Smith, brother Wayne Smith, sister Linda Smith and half-sister Amy Lynn Smith.
Surviving family members include her son Timothy French, stepsons James French, Robert French, Stephen French, daughter-in-law Lisa French and son-in-law Kenneth French, grandchildren Dante, Nathan, Scott, Zachery, Nikki, Danielle, Robert Jr. French and Kyle Mullins, sister and brother-in-law Lisa (Smith) and John VanVolkenburgh.
Her ashes will be spread at Conesus Lake in western New York where she spent many happy summers as a child.
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