Patricia McBeath

Patricia Hegarty McBeath Died peacefully on November 18, 2010 at the age of 71 after a long illness with Alzheimer's disease. She was born on March 15, 1939 in Los Angeles to Mark and Maxine Finley, who moved to southern California from Arizona to pursue careers in journalism. After studying art and English at the University of California at Santa Barbara, she moved to North Beach in San Francisco where she met and married Bill Hegarty and gave birth to their daughter, Dana. Patricia later lived in Sausalito for over twenty years, where she met her current husband in 1984, Jim McBeath. They lived the remainder of their years together in Sausalito, a place they both loved. She will always be remembered for her love of life, passion for cooking, entertaining, laughing with friends, and her sense of fun and adventure. She was also a loving and devoted grandmother who will be missed. Patricia is survived by her husband, Jim McBeath, her daughter Dana Hegarty and husband Jackson Ratcliffe, and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Ratcliffe.