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Patricia Lawson Salmi
December 7, 1934 - April 28, 2024
SAN PABELO - Patricia Lawson Salmi (Smith) passed away recently at the age of 89.
She was mother to six children; Rick, Michael, Kenneth, Kathleen, Shelly and Joanna. She is also survived by her seven grandchildren; Amy, Kristen and Max Smith; Justin and Tyler Smith; and Nicholas and Johnathan Garner. She is further survived by seven great-grandchildren: Damien, Ilana and London Cunningham; Flora and Leo Martinez; and Jude and Elliott Smith.
Born in Kansas, she was raised by her parents, William and Zilpha Lawson in El Cerrito, CA, and graduated from El Cerrito High School. She resided most of her life in the Napa area, and later in San Pablo, CA. Her surviving children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren remain in the Napa, Fairfield, East Bay and Santa Cruz area.
Her ashes will be buried, with her parents, in the Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito on July 12, 2024.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to the Berkeley Animal Shelter.
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