Patricia A. Danforth

A veteran Portsmouth, NH teacher, mother, grandmother and friend, died September 16, 2006 after a four year long struggle with a debilitating illness. She was predeceased by her parents and by her partner and soul mate, jazz man Tommy Gallant. She is survived by her three children; Julie Keraghan of Dover, Richard Danforth and his wife Marianne of Kittery, Me, and by Suzanne Danforth of Portsmouth. She leaves seven grandchildren, Matthew and Chelsey Danforth, Katie and Chris Keraghan and Michelle, Trisha and Ronald Muchemore. She also leaves many close friends, cousins and her little sister, Lillian Albert of Florida. Visiting hours will be held from 4-7PM on Tuesday at the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad Street, Portsmouth, NH. A memorial service will be held at 12noon on Wednesday at the Unitarian Universalist Church(South Church), 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH with a reception to follow at Saunders at Rye Harbor. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833or to MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease Building 114, 16th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 Attn: Jang Ho Cha. Arrangements are by the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel. PORTSMOUTH, NH