Patricia Howe Page

Patricia Howe Page of Poland, ME and Lincoln, MA, age 88, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2012. Born September 13th 1924, Patricia Louise Howe in Rutland, VT, the daughter of the late Carleton and Dorothy (Howe). She attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools , and The Cambridge School of ton, and is a graduate of Colorado College where she received a BA Degree in 1946. She graduated from the Boston School of Occupational Therapy. She worked at numerous Hospitals in Massachusetts and then served as director of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in While on a blind d ate at Walden Pond in Concord, MA she met her future husband, Lot B Page. She travelled around the world with her Late Physician /Anthropologist husband. She was a member of the Society of Women Geographers and The Harvard Travellers Club. She co-founded th e Bead Designer International and loved crafts, books and known for her love of bats, beads, mushrooms, bee keeping, and adventure travel. She had eclectic interests with a passion for knowledge; a wicked sense of humor; and angelic patience. In the summer she loved spending time at her family's secluded wilderness cabin on Marshall Pond, Oxford, Maine. Later in life she made her legacy with a commitment to conservation and had her 500-acre property surrounding Marshall Pond, ME put into a Conservation Easement creating The Page Family Community Forest. Patty Page is survived by her daughter; Deborah Page of Lincoln MA, two sons: Jesse Page of Lincoln MA and John Page and his wife Rebecca Doty of Strafford NH; 4 Grandchildren: M. Spike and Isabel K. Peterson of Lincoln MA, Carlton R and Nicola Z Page of Strafford NH; son in law Scott M Peterson of Falmouth MA and daughter in law Elizabeth M Page of South Carolina; her dear friend and beloved caretaker Mark Arel and the extended Arel family of Poland ME; her brother in law Bryant R Page of Acton, MA, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to a memorial service at 1:00PM on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at The First Parish Church, 14 Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA followed by a graveside service at the Lincoln Cemetery, Lexington Road, Lincoln, MA. After the Graveside service guests are invite a gathering with food at the Paparazzi Restaurant, 768 Elm St., Concord, MA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Bat Conservation International , Attn: Tribute P.O. Box 162603, Austin, TX 78716. Arrangements are under the care of Dee Funeral Home of Concord. To share a remembrance of Mrs. Page in her guestbook please visit www.deefuneralhome.com