Patricia C. Garrity

March 2, 1927 - January 11, 2018

AUBURN- Patricia C. Garrity, 90, of Lewiston, died Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin. She was born in Lewiston, Maine on March 2, 1927 the daughter of the late Robert Emmet and Josephine (Lintott) Curran. Patricia graduated from Lewiston High School in 1944, attended Bates College for a year before attending Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing (now CMMC). While at Bates College she assisted with the study of the pollution of the Androscoggin River. She graduated from the school of nursing as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corp in 1948. Patricia married Thomas Xavier Garrity in 1949. From 1954 to 1976 they resided in Milford, Connecticut where Pat was employed by Pond Point Skilled Nursing Facility. Upon her return to Maine, she did private duty nursing in Lewiston and Auburn until her retirement in 1993. Patricia was an avid knitter, a previous volunteer at Horizon 55, a member of St. Joseph’s Church, AARP and CMGH-CMMC School of Nursing Alumni Association. She is survived by three sons: Martin and his wife, Norma of Guilford, CT, Mike and his wife, Linda Thibault of Auburn and Tim and his wife, Laurie of Litchfield; grandchildren: Christopher Garrity, Jennifer Turcotte, Theresa Speringo, Penny Santamauro, Tom Garrity and Cheryl Meadows; thirteen great grandchildren; and two loving grandpups, Bella and Willow. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband Thomas; and a sister Jane C. Perkins. The family would like to thank Pat’s very special friend Sally Bates and the doctors and nurses at the hospital and hospice house who gave her exceptional care. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com . NOTICE Garrity- Died in Auburn on Thursday, Janaury 11, 2018. Mrs. Patricia C. age 90 a resident of Lewiston. Funeral services honoring Patricia’s life will be celebrated on Thursday at 1:00 PM at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home. Committal services will be held later in the spring at Mt. Hope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Patricia’s memory to the CMGH-CMMC School of Nursing Alumni Association attn.: Shirley Quinlan 70 Middle Street Lewiston, Maine 04240. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 12:00 PM till the time of the service at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.