Mary P. Burlin
October 5, 1921 – January 31, 2023
Mary Patricia Thompson Burlin passed away at Plaza West in Sun City Center on Jan. 31, 2023.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1921, in Wilmington, Delaware to John Dockery Thompson Jr. and Ethel Ruth Thompson. She was an only child. After attending high school in Virginia she entered art school in Philadelphia and then worked for the Public Roads Administration in Washington, D.C., during World War II. It was there that she met her future husband, John Tracy Burlin. They were married on Nov. 11, 1944, and remained so until his death on March 10, 2006.
“Pat” Burlin, as she liked to be called, was a housewife and mother but was also employed in various public relations positions after she received her bachelor’s degree from New York Institute of Technology. She continued her artwork, showing paintings in juried shows in Florida. She was a lifelong Episcopalian and member of Saint John the Divine Episcopal Church in Sun City Center.
She is survived by her son, Paul, and her two grandsons, who live in Maine, and by her daughter, Joan, who lives in St. Petersburg. The funeral service is a private, family affair.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1921, in Wilmington, Delaware to John Dockery Thompson Jr. and Ethel Ruth Thompson. She was an only child. After attending high school in Virginia she entered art school in Philadelphia and then worked for the Public Roads Administration in Washington, D.C., during World War II. It was there that she met her future husband, John Tracy Burlin. They were married on Nov. 11, 1944, and remained so until his death on March 10, 2006.
“Pat” Burlin, as she liked to be called, was a housewife and mother but was also employed in various public relations positions after she received her bachelor’s degree from New York Institute of Technology. She continued her artwork, showing paintings in juried shows in Florida. She was a lifelong Episcopalian and member of Saint John the Divine Episcopal Church in Sun City Center.
She is survived by her son, Paul, and her two grandsons, who live in Maine, and by her daughter, Joan, who lives in St. Petersburg. The funeral service is a private, family affair.