Patricia Marie Raymond, 81, of East Hartford, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 14, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Daniel Robert Raymond for 57 years. Patricia was born in Lawrence, MA on October 25, 1936, a daughter of the late John and Ida Dobbins.
She was a graduate of Hilliyer College of the University of Hartford. Patricia was a longtime parishioner of Blessed Sacrament Church. Pat was employed by Dafazio & Web, afterwards, she took time off to raise a family. She then went back to work & retired from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as an executive secretary. She loved the game of Golf and was an avid Boston Red Sox and UConn basketball fan, she enjoyed trips to the Cape, but spending time with her family brought her the greatest joy in life.
Patricia will be dearly missed by her daughter Gina Lemmon and her husband Chris of So. Glastonbury and their children; Sydney, Christopher Jr. and Jonathan Lemmon, her son Dan Raymond and his wife Yvette of Enfield and their nephew Jesse Yattaw, her daughter Lisa Tonski and her husband Joe of Rockville and their children; Jennifer Zachorewitz and her significant other Greg Wimble, Justin Zachorewitz and his wife Chelsea and their daughter Lillianna Patricia, Joseph Tonski and his wife Bella and Georgie Tonski, her son David Raymond and his wife Mary-Beth of East Hartford and their children; David and Jacqueline Raymond, her sister Joan and Wilfred Payer of Berlin, her sister Maryann and Mike Russell of Florida, brother-in-law Carl and Andrea Raymond, sister-in-law Linda and Bob MacDonald as well as nieces, nephews, special cousins Elaine & Tom Gilbert, Camille & Larry Leonard and Roland and Barbara Begin.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Patricia’s memory to the American Diabetes Foundation.
Friends and family are invited to attend a period of visitation on Friday, January 19, 2018 from 4-7:30pm at the Glastonbury Funeral Home, 450 New London Tnpk., Glastonbury, CT 06033. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, January 20, at 10am in The Church of the Living God, 199 Deming St., Manchester, CT. 06042. Everyone is asked to meet at church. Burial will follow in Silver Lane Cemetery, East Hartford. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.glastonburyfuneral.com
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