Pat was born in Nelson B.C. to Roy and Sadie Hunter (nee Madden). The Maddens were a founding family of Nelson owning and running the Madden Hotel. Pat's mother was the first of 15 children born in Nelson and the first white child born there. Pat left Nelson to attend St. Paul’s nursing school graduating in 1949. She continued her education in the U.S. taking surgical nursing. On returning to Canada she became head surgical nurse at St. Paul’s, where she met and married Dr. Peter Ress-Davies. Upon their retirement they moved to Mexico for 10 years and then to Medford Oregon. Peter passed away in Oregon and Pat then decided to settle in Merritt, the place her sister, Joan Hallbauer, had called home for many years. Pat made a happy fulfilled life in Merritt meeting and making friends with many people.
She leaves behind her sister, Joan Hallbauer, many nieces and nephews and was predeceased by her husband Peter and her brother William (Bill) Hunter.