Mary VanWyck Patch
– November 23, 2018
Mary VanWyck Patch, 93, passed away November 23, 2018, at South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center, Fla. She was born in Wilmington Vt. in October 1925, spending her youth there and graduating from Wilmington High. She also graduated from Bates College in Maine and later earned a master’s degree from Penn State University. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Harold (Dan) Patch; son, Steven of Asheville, N.C.; son, Michael of Providence, R.I.; daughter Alyson of Ashfield, Mass./North Port, Fla.; a sister, Alice Williams of Florence, S.C.; seven grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>
Mary taught high school math and science for 35 years in Middlebury, Vt. and North Haven, Conn. For 45 years she and her husband were associated with Keewaydin Camps on Lake Dunmore in Vermont. They retired to Sun City Center, Fla., spending summers in Pittsford Vt. She enjoyed playing bridge, watching sports and game shows on TV, cross stitching, crossword puzzles, traveling, camping and reading.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>
Memorial services will be held at a later date at South Shore United Church of Christ in Sun City Center, Fla. Still later, her cremated remains will be buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford, Vt.
Mary taught high school math and science for 35 years in Middlebury, Vt. and North Haven, Conn. For 45 years she and her husband were associated with Keewaydin Camps on Lake Dunmore in Vermont. They retired to Sun City Center, Fla., spending summers in Pittsford Vt. She enjoyed playing bridge, watching sports and game shows on TV, cross stitching, crossword puzzles, traveling, camping and reading.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>
Memorial services will be held at a later date at South Shore United Church of Christ in Sun City Center, Fla. Still later, her cremated remains will be buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford, Vt.