Patricia E. (Williams) Westgate

Patricia Eva Westgate, 68, of Chenango Bridge NY, passed on November 12th, 2024 in her Lusby, MD home following a four-year battle with cancer.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents Alfred S. Williams Jr and Esther Mae Brown as well as her sister Mary Jean Williams and her Life Partner Marty Schmidt.  She is survived by her husband David Paul Westgate; her sons Daniel & Jenny Westgate, Stephen Westgate & Jessica Staelens, William Westgate, and Jonathan & Alicia Westgate; grandchildren Alexander, Nicholas, Braeleigh, Griffin, Sybil, and Oren; brothers Alfred, Eric, Michael and Mathew; as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Patricia was born in Binghamton, New York on February 29th 1956. She grew up in her beloved Chenango Bridge neighborhood of Sandy Lane. Patricia graduated from Chenango Valley High School in 1974. She attended Broome Community College where she met and married her husband of 48 years, David Paul Westgate.

Patricia and David moved to Port Crane in 1982 and raised their four sons. When time permitted, Patricia worked at various local businesses including the Giant Grocery store, Ames, and Staples. 

Patricia was an avid reader, consuming volumes of books. You would often find her curled up with a new novel, a diet coke, and a bag of Lays chips. Her special love was fantasy fiction and she assembled quite a library.

Patricia always had to have a project to work on and became an expert at crochet, leaving a trail of afghans in her wake.  She was always making something: funny face flowers, her famous peanut butter kisses and Kolaczki Christmas cookies, custom quilts with picture squares, or Halloween costumes. In the end, when cancer deprived her of steady hands, she took up paint-by-numbers and completed numerous personally selected pictures for her loved ones.

Patricia always had a special place in her heart for animals.  She would have saved every pup in the pound if she could. Her whole life she had a furry companion. She often talked about her first pet Blackie, who protected her from snakes. To the very end her four-legged friends gave her comfort.

Memorial services will be held in her home town in upstate NY on December 13, 2024 at the Thomas J. Shea Funeral Home, Inc, 137 Robinson St. Binghamton, NY.  Visitation will be held from 11am to 1pm, with a service to follow at 1pm.  

In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to either American Cancer Society or the local animal rescue of your choice.

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