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Patricia Howe Page
Date of Death: December 10, 2012
Date of Birth: September 13, 1924
Biography:
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 date 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.