Patricia L. Shute

Patricia L. Shute Groton artist, active in the community; 64 GROTON Patricia L. (Nisonger) Shute, 64, of Groton, died on Oct. 25. Born in El Paso, Texas, on Nov. 29, 1943, she was the daughter of Eleanor (Turula) and the late Lester Nisonger. She was educated in Ohio where she graduated from Indian Hill High School and attended Ohio State University at Columbus, receiving a B.S. in Medical Technology. She worked in Minneapolis and moved to Massachusetts, and became a professional Girl Scout and Camp Director. She married her husband of 37 years, William Shute, and they have been residents of Groton for 36 years. Pat was an artist who owned her own business Pen'n Palette where she was a teacher of Tole and Decorative Painting. She was active throughout the area, teaching classes at River Court Residences of West Groton, North Central Mass. ARC of Fitchburg, Nursing Homes in the Leominster-Fitchburg area: Highland Adult Day, Fairlawn Nursing Home, Life Care Center of Leominster, Health Alliance the Highlands of Fitchburg, and the Chelmsford Public Schools Community Education. She was a member of the National Society of Decorative Painters, the White Mountain Decorative Painters Guild and Yankee Heritage. She has been a member of the Union Congregational Church of Groton for 25 Years. Survived by her mother, Eleanor Nisonger of Ohio; her husband, William F. Shute of Groton; her sons, Derek F. Shute and Emily Van of Clinton, Kirk A. and Melissa Shute of New Britain, CT, and Tyler D. Shute of Groton; her brother, Harry Nisonger of Terrace Park, Ohio; and her sister, Gail Stewart of Denton, Texas. SHUTE of Groton, Patricia L. Shute, 64, on Oct. 25. Visiting hours will be at Badger Funeral Home, 45 School St., Groton on Thursday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. followed by a funeral service at the Union Congregational Church on Friday at 11 A.M. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, The Union Congregational Church of Groton, or Community Hospice House, Inc., Merrimack, NH 03054.