Patricia Noble Doran Malone

Patricia Noble Malone (nee Doran) passed away on October 30, 2013 in Weston, Florida. The cause was cerebral lymphoma. Pat grew up in Englewood, N.J. and Monroe, N.Y. then spent the last 34 years living and working in Rockland County. She graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High School and Ramapo College with a degree in environmental science and a passion for discovering everything she could about nature. Her career was spent at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University where she did research on oceans and climates, working with senior science faculty members and mentoring a generation of graduate students. She also volunteered as a docent at the Bronx Zoo and served on the board of directors of Transplants Save Lives. She, herself, was the grateful recipient of several kidney transplants that enabled her to lead a remarkably productive but all too brief life. She was 52 years old.

She was predeceased by her mother, Lydia, K. Doran. She is survived by her husband, Richard; her father, Cecil P. Doran and his wife Pauline; her maternal aunt, Helen Ullrich and her husband Tom; her brother, Thomas and his wife Raquela; her sister, Iris and her husband Robert; her brother, Roger and his wife Karen; her nieces, Allison, Stephanie, and Erica; her nephew, Brian; and many cousins including her beloved kidney donor, Jocelyn Lange.

The family will be receiving visitors at Wanamaker and Carlough Funeral Home, 177 Route 59, Suffern, NY from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm on Friday, Nov. 8. A funeral service will be held at Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church, 318 West Saddle River Rd., Upper Saddle River, NJ on Saturday, Nov 9 at 10am. Entombment will follow at Ascension Cemetery, 650 Saddle River Rd., Airmont, NY. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in Pat's name to Transplants Save Lives, PO Box 516, Nanuet, NY 10954.