from the July 3, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle<\/p>\n
Brattleboro, VT–Myrtle “Nell” Patterson, 78, died Sunday, June 23, 1996 at the Eden Park Nursing Home following a brief illness.<\/p>\n
Mrs.\u00a0 Patterson was born in Marshall, TX on July 15, 1917, the daughter of James A.\u00a0 and Myrtle (Keese) Fish.\u00a0 She attended local schools in Marshall and was a graduate of El Dorado High School, AK in 1937.<\/p>\n
On October 1, 1942 she married John Joseph Patterson in the Emanuel Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Patterson died in May of 1983.<\/p>\n
A former resident of Grafton, NH, Mrs.\u00a0 Patterson moved to Brattleboro in 1986.\u00a0 She was a devoted mother and homemaker who had also been employed by Dartmouth College for several years.<\/p>\n
Mrs.\u00a0 Patterson was a charter member and past president of the American Legion Auxiliary Henry E.\u00a0 Staniels Unit No.\u00a0 97 in Grafton.\u00a0 She was also a volunteer with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program in Brattleboro.\u00a0 She liked spectator sports, especially baseball and hockey.\u00a0 She also enjoyed embroidery, playing bingo and spending time with her grandchildren, friends and family.<\/p>\n
She is survived by a son, Thomas A,\u00a0 Patterson of Brattleboro, VT; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
A son, John J.\u00a0 Pattterson Jr., died in November 1984.\u00a0 A sister, Eloise F.\u00a0 Hall and a brother, James A.\u00a0 Fish Jr., died previously.<\/p>\n
Calling hours were held at the Atamaniuk Funeral Home in Brattleboro and the funeral service was held at the funeral home with the funeral home with the Rev.\u00a0 Steve McClelland, pastor of the West Brattleboro Baptist Church officiating.\u00a0 Bjurial followed in the Patterson family lot in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Grafton, NH.<\/p>\n
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Legion Auxiliary, Henry E,\u00a0 Staniels Unit #97 in care of Deborah Hazelton, RR#1 Box 611,Grafton, NH 03240.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
from the July 3, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle Brattleboro, VT–Myrtle “Nell” Patterson, 78, died Sunday, June 23, 1996 at the Eden Park Nursing Home following a brief illness. Mrs.\u00a0 Patterson was born in Marshall, TX on July 15, 1917, the daughter of James A.\u00a0 and Myrtle (Keese) Fish.\u00a0 She attended local schools in … Continue reading Myrtle “Nell” Patterson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[186,188,187],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brattleboro-vt","tag-fish","tag-patterson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}