Mary Jeanette Clymer "Pat" Metheny

METHENY MARY JEANETTE CLYMER "PAT"
Passed away on Feb. 13, 2009 at the age of 89 of natural causes. Pat was born in Kokomo, Indiana September 2, 1919, the only child of Maude and Ray Clymer. An independent sort, she took the name Pat at an early age. She graduated from Purdue University at 20 and worked in a chemical lab and as a teacher before joining the American Red Cross after Pearl Harbor. She served in New Guinea, the Philippines, and during the occupation in Tokyo ran the canteen on the USS Gary Owen, formerly the Emperor's flag ship the Meiji Miru. There she met Lt. Dick Metheny, her future husband from Beaver Falls. PA. After the war Pat moved to Pittsburgh where she worked at the YWCA teaching swimming until the couple moved to Mt. Lebanon where they lived for 55 yrs. Pat was active in her church and Girl Scouts, and derived much joy in being an avid game player. She and Dick traveled extensively and, after his death, Pat went on mission trip to help build a clinic in Costa Rica. Pat was preceded in death by her husband Dick in 1996. She is survived by her daughters, Kim Metheny and her husband Jim Wojciechowski of Pittsburgh, Kris Metheny her husband Jordy Whitmer and their children Alberto and Jessie of W. Bloomfield, MI. and a slew of in-laws and friends. Memorial services will be held on Sat. March 21 at 11am at Bower Hill Community Church, 70 Moffett St. Mt. Lebanon and on Sun. Mar. 22 at 2pm at the Reformed Presbyterian Home, 2344 Perrysville Ave. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to: The Reformed Presbyterian Home, Perrysville Ave. Pgh. PA 15214 or the Ann Coughenour Campership Fund, Girl Scouts Western PA. 606 Liberty Ave. Pgh., PA 15222.
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