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Alan Van Horn posted a condolence
Monday, November 16, 2020
I am very sorry to learn of Patty's passing. I can remember her from West Oreland to Springfield High. Hope all is well with you all. Al Van Horn
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Marilyn Jones posted a condolence
Monday, July 27, 2020
Patti was one of the kindest, sweetest people I have ever known. We were friends in college, and she never said an ill word against anyone. She was the perfect person to work with children, and I am sure there are many children who have begun their journey better having had the loving hand of Patti touch them. I am so very sad she is gone.
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Meredith Chaney posted a condolence
Friday, July 3, 2020
Patti was one of those rare people that made you feel like the most special person in the world when you were in her presence. I am so very glad that my children and I crossed paths with her in this great, big world. She was an amazing, wonderful, and exceptional person.
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Kat Alden posted a condolence
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
What Patti taught me was how to show up- how to be present. I first met Patti when I became a partner at Childspace. She and Susie and Sylvianne modeled care taking at an entirely different level than I had seen at other daycares. Patti was especially good with challenging kids. Her ability to be grounded and to lovingly wait out their emotions was inspirational. Through the years we became closer until finally Bill and I shared our home with Patti for 7 years. I will miss having a friend like Patti. Someone who always wants you there when she celebrates, who never forgets your birthday, who finds that special gift that even an unsentimental person like me loves, who felt my pain when I shared a painful experience as well as the joys, who will drive 45 minutes one way just to wash kale when I was starting my raw food business, who could share the gift of gab and never run out of things to say. I watched her on many occasions warm others- like the receptionist at dentist's and leave them laughing. When we went to appointments together, she would strike up conversations and make connections so easily that it made me understand how she saw everyone through friendly eyes and gave them something of herself. Her ability to show up was not temporal- her friendships were lifelong and had deep roots. I count myself among the lucky ones who had that bond with her. Thank you, Patti.
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Sylviane Allen posted a condolence
Sunday, June 28, 2020
The other thing I forgot to mention, is the amount of time (as in many hours!) Patti spent at home putting together these wonderful photo-albums that she gave to each child as they were graduating from Childspace ...Such a beautiful gift of memories for each child to be able to treasure for a long time! I often offered to help, but she was such a perfectionist, that it had to be "her baby"...
Once i did help her, but I had put one photo in the wrong chronological order...so she had to take them ALL out, in order to put them back in the right order!!! she was definitely more perfect at it than anyone could have been...So that is how she filled some of her leisure time. And if you ever saw the poems she wrote to "her kids"about them, in rhyming verses! about their most striking characteristics on their Valentine cards...your heart would melt!
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Erica Husser Posted Jun 30, 2020 at 11:20 AM
Sylviane,
Both of those things Patti did for Sean are GOLD! She was truly magical in her presence and attention. I feel so fortunate that Sean got to spend time with her. She was an earth angel for sure and I know she's sprinkling love all over this planet!
With Gratitude,
Erica
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Sylviane Allen posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
I just don't know yet how to deal with the loss of my friend and partner of Childspace, where we have worked together for a few decades. She always said we were kindred spirits and during the last few months of her life, as I had the leisure to spend more time with her, she kept expressing gratitude and telling me I was her angel...Such a sweet thing to call me!
I have loved Patti's enthusiasm and bubbly, sparkly, spirited personality, her boundless love of children, of art and children's literature, and her authentic, child-like sense of magic and wonder. She was an articulate and eloquent story teller, and her amazing memory always fascinated me, when she loved to recount stories she had read or heard on the radio. Such a pure and passionate soul she was, as she loved fiercely and wholeheartedly, including all her "love-bugs" as she called them.
Her drama-filled voice when reading stories to children made her an instant kid-magnet.
At times she "scolded" me for not promoting enough independence among the children, when I would help them tie their shoes or wash their hands properly, which probably was a reflection of my different cultural background as a French native-Patti was fiercely independent in so many ways, a value that was of primordial importance to her.
I have also enjoyed learning from her knowledge about so many different flowers, plants and their various medicinal properties, which reflected her deep love of nature. We often talked about producing a children's book together, while combining her love of words and poetry, and my love of drawing...a project we now would have had more time to start working on... You left us way too soon!
Thanks to you Patti, I also discovered many beautiful singers such as Ani di Franco, Loreena Mc Kennitt, the Whalin Jennys among so many others I had never heard about, and I am so grateful that you added their beauty to my life. I was fascinated by your recalling of all the concerts you had ever attended in your life-time, and all the hundreds of songs you could name and sing, that had had a great impact on you, a lover of music, of lyrics and poems...I knew no one who could appreciate them so deeply!
You were a soul-sister to me, and I will miss you, your sadness and tears at times, but also your resounding laughter and bright smiles forever.
May the sweet memory of you continue to sparkle on and inspire us all, to help children blossom to their full potential, in the most joyful and playful ways possible, just to mention one of our beloved features about you!
We are the honored recipients of such gifts, for having been lucky enough to know you.
...And now I will go sing "The Parting Glass" in your memory, my dear friend...May you rest in peace <3
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Gaby Winqvist lit a candle
Saturday, June 27, 2020
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Patti was a dear friend whose unconditional love, playfulness, and attentiveness made Sofia’s and Eames’ years at Childspace an immeasurable gift. I will always fondly remember our long conversations on the playground at pickup time (and in the years after our children had moved on to school!). She had the biggest heart of perhaps anyone I’ve ever met, and brought a sense of the magical to her life and the lives of those she touched! She spoke often of Aaron, her nieces, and her sisters and their families, and when she did I could feel her deep love and admiration for them all! Patti always had a smile ready, no matter what, and was truly a force of love. We miss her. We are sending so much love to her family, colleagues, and friends who are missing her deeply…. Love, Gaby, Peter, Sofia and Eames.
PS I am in awe of the timing of her passing—Patti picked an incredible portal to step through, with the Solstice and New Moon Eclipse. I hear her laughter in the breezes and birdsong, and know she is accompanied on her new path by all the benevolence and beauty of nature.
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Smita Bharti posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
So sorry to hear this news. Patti was my younger daughter's teacher at Childspace. We loved her a lot. Leena would run to sit on Patti's lap when she arrived at school. We will always remember her ready smile and positive, sunny attitude.
Sorry for your loss Aaron.
Leena, Tanya, Johan and Smita.
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Landersnol@gmail.com posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
We knew Patti when our children were at Childspace 25-30 years ago. She was always kind, caring, fun, loving and a very special person. We are grateful to have known her. Sending thoughts of support during this sad time to Aaron and the rest of Patti’s family.
Rocky and Jim
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Crystal and Kevin posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
From the time you kept your eye on me at Diane & Eddies wedding(as their flower girl), you have held a very special place in my heart. Rest in peace sweet lady...
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Sheryle & Scott Delewski posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Sorry for your loss. It was always fun spending time with her at the Hepner gatherings as she had a good sense of humor.
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Virginia and Mike Werley posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Your mother was a very special caring person. Enjoyed seeing and chatting with her when the Hepner family had family gatherings. Cherish the wonderful memories you have of your mother. Keeping you and your family in our prayers.
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Franco Lindh posted a condolence
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Dear Aaron and All of Patti’s Family,
I first met Patti in the fall of 1972, when we both lived with two other roommates on the third floor of the Peace Center on Pugh Street. (We also were roommates in a group house out at Colyer Lake a couple of years later.).
I remember Patti playing the Van Morrison song, “Tupelo Honey,” for me in our little suite of rooms at the Peace Center. It was the first time I heard it. I have always pictured Patti when I hear the recording.
Now, with Patti’s passing, Van Morrison’s lyrics seem especially appropriate: “She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey; she’s an angel of the first degree.”
Patti was an authentically sweet person, to her core. Truly she was an angel, and not just an ordinary angel, but an angel of the first degree.
Her loss is very hard to bear. The difficulty is in proportion to the grace and goodness of the person we have lost.
Patti has taken her place among the angels. We will always miss her. May she Rest In Peace.
Love,
Franco
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Mari Greecher lit a candle
Friday, June 26, 2020
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We loved her like she was family. We will miss her terribly. Condolences to the family. Oh how she loved that son of hers. She did not want to leave him behind. Rest dear friend. We will see each other again someday. ♥️
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Claudia Mauner posted a condolence
Friday, June 26, 2020
I will always remember Patt’s kindness, her smile and twinkling eyes, her laugh. I experienced Patti as one of the most selfless, caring, loving, giving, gentle, kind and humble people I have ever known. I will forever cherish all the loving care she gave my daughter Zoe at Childspace. She lives on in the memory those who were lucky to have known her. We will never forget you, Patti, rest in peace, you left us too soon.
Our heartfelt condolences to her son and family.
Claudia Mauner
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Kelly Johnson posted a condolence
Friday, June 26, 2020
Farewell, dear Patti, you lover of the little things and the wild things. You lover of winter, you giver of perfect gifts. You of the tender heart, the broad smiles, and the quiet tears. You reader of all the books, again and again, and again. Now may you run with the wolves and fall with the snow, dig in the warm rich earth with the worms and fly with the butterflies.
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