PATRICIA MASTERSON

MASTERSON
PATRICIA (GILLIS)
Of Pittsburgh and Ligonier, died peacefully at her home in Shadyside on October 16, only days after celebrating her 89th birthday. Patsy was the wife of the late Charles V. Masterson, Jr. and mother of Charles V. Masterson III and his wife Dr. Carolyn Ellis, of Pittsburgh, and Bruce Masterson and his wife Ellen, of Westborough, MA. She is the grandmother of Clark, Julie and Grace. Patsy and her brother John grew up in the Schenley Farms section of Pittsburgh, the children of Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Gillis. Her keen sense of adventure led Patsy to pursue flying and earn a pilot's license while still a teenager. During World War II, Patsy left Rosemont College after being one of 1,800 accepted out of 25,000 volunteers for the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the WASPs. She completed basic training before the program was disbanded. Patsy enjoyed reminiscing about flying the Stearman primary trainer at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. Patsy worked for Capital Airlines and travelled extensively in Europe and South America. She met her husband on the Shadyside 77C bus in 1959 and they married later that year. Throughout their life together, Patsy and Charlie remained very much in love and devoted to each other and to their two boys. Patsy had many great friends and wanted to pass on her love and best wishes to all of them. Friends will be received at JOHN A. FREYVOGEL SONS INC. 4900 Centre Avenue at Devonshire Street on Thursday, October 27th from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation at www.alzfdn.org.
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