Patricia Anne Schweitzer

SCHWEITZER. PATRICIA ANNE Our little angel, Patty Anne, spread her wings, took the hand of Our Lord and flew to the Kingdom of Heaven on Sunday afternoon, June 9. She was surrounded in love by her entire family. At her side were her Dad Hugh, Mom Joan and all of her siblings. Patty was born in Danbury, CT on April 30, 1962. She and her family moved to West Hartford in 1968, where Patty was invited to join a day program run by the Hartford Regional Center. She progressed through several other programs, including GEARC and CRI, where she loved meeting and working with other developmentally challenged boys and girls. Patty moved into a group home in Killingly, CT five years ago, where she lived with her housemates Joanie, Dawn, Steven and Pauline, and was cared for by a number of devoted staff. Growing up in a family of eight was an adventure for all, especially Patty. She enjoyed an unbelievable variety of trips riding in her car seat in a station wagon. Merry mayhem prevailed as “lions and tigers and bears, OH MY!” rang out through Sandisfield, MA State Forest to York Lake. Trips to Canada in a mobile home, flying to Florida and California, and many other states were such fun for Patty. She thrived on the love and care of her family. She inspired all of her family to provide unconditional love and to celebrate the small stuff. She was truly a remarkable little lady who loved being loved, cookies and ice cream, rocking in her rocking chair, Walter Matthau movies, Julie Andrews and The Sound of Music, Mickey Fish in Great River Park, going to swim meets, the circus, concerts, playing the drums with a wooden spoon on her Revere pots and pans, raspberry truffles, Lenny & Joe’s, swinging in her big blue swing, “swimming” in her float, canoeing in York Lake, singing during Mass, loud chuckles during the sermon, being a bridesmaid in her sisters’ weddings, Christmas, and becoming an Auntie of six. We will forever remember her laughter and her uncanny sense of timing. In addition to her parents Hugh and Joan Schweitzer, Patty is survived by her siblings Joanie and her husband Karl Lopez of Oceanside, CA, Hugh and his wife Becca of West Hartford, CT, Susan and her husband Kirk Laughlin of Guilford, CT, Mary Lu and her husband Jebbie Panacheril of Lanham, MD, Kristen and her husband Jason Daum of Redwood City, CA, and nieces Natalie Lopez, Clara Laughlin and Vivien Daum, and nephews Max Schweitzer, Evan Laughlin and Adam Daum, as well as Aunt Kate, Aunt ‘Net, Uncle Gene and many cousins and friends. Visiting hours will be Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 to 7:30pm at Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford. A celebration of the life of our precious daughter will be held at 10:00am, Thursday, June 13 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com God Bless You, Patty; we will love you forever. Patty Anne now dances with the angels.

Patricia Anne Schweitzer

April 30, 1962 - June 9, 2013