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Patricia Forsyth Obituary
Hertford, NC
Patricia Ellen Forsyth of Hertford, NC. passed away on May 29, 2015 at Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, PA.. She had been suffering the effects of bladder cancer. Born in Irvington, New Jersey on January 26, 1943, to Joseph Francis Xavier Hughes and Florence Daw Hughes and raised in Edison, NJ, Pat graduated from Edison High School in 1960 and Trenton State College in 1964 with a degree in Business Education. She taught business subjects at J.P. Stevens High School in Edison from 1964 to 1971, and was an Assistant Tax Collector in North Brunswick, NJ for many years before retiring in 1998.
Pat married Charles A. Forsyth of Little Falls, NJ in 1967 and they settled in North Brunswick, NJ in 1969, remaining there for the next 34 years. Together, they had two children. A daughter, Melissa Lee, was born in 1971 and a son, Christopher Charles, followed in 1973. Pat and Charlie retired to Hertford, NC in 2003. They relocated to Melissa's home in Yardley, PA in December 2014 in order to receive cancer treatment in Philadelphia. Pat was a devoted and loving wife and mother, an avid and award-winning quilter, and an excellent cook and homemaker. She also loved line dancing and playing bridge and golf with her many friends, and derived great pleasure from spending time with and watching her grandchildren grow up. Pat participated in numerous community service projects, and worshipped at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Edenton, NC.
She is survived by her husband Charles, her daughter Melissa Wayne and her husband Rich Wayne, of Yardley, PA, and her son Chris Forsyth and his wife Maria Dumlao of Philadelphia, as well as her three grandchildren, two nieces and a nephew, and several cousins.
A memorial gathering will be held in Yardley, PA and a funeral mass and memorial will be scheduled later this summer in Hertford, NC. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Pat's memory be made to Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia or Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, PA.
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for Patricia Forsyth
June 6, 2015
I would like to extend my condolences to the family and friends of Miss. Patricia. May you find comfort in words at. Isaish25:8.
Sincerely.
Evelyn/North Carolina
kristen rahtes
June 3, 2015
So sorry for your loss I donated to the American Cancer Society in her memory today, she will be greatly missed by all!
George Mara
June 3, 2015
MY most heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your wife. May time ease your pain.
June 2, 2015
Our deepest sympathies to you and your family. We will keep
you in our thoughts and prayers.
Joyce & Eugene Rotella
Drew Madajewski
May 31, 2015
So sorry for your loss, I was a student in her typing class, 1965-66. Best skill I learned...typing!
Roberta Rahtes
May 31, 2015
To Charlie and all the Forsyth family, my deep and heartfelt sympathies. Very glad to have met Pat. She was a lovely woman who clearly devoted herself to her family. I will miss seeing her at family gatherings.
Ginny Perez
May 30, 2015
Our deepest sympathy to the Forsyth family.
Michael Wayne
May 30, 2015
Our deepest sympathies to all the Forsyth family. Our thoughts are with you.
May 30, 2015
Sincere sympathy Charlie, Melissa and Chris. Pat was a lovely person and neighbor. Fondly, Mary Donato and family. North Brunswick
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