Patti was born in Dexter, Maine on January 21, 1967. She graduated from Brunswick High School in 1985. She was Miss Brunswick 1985, and went on to be in the Miss Maine Pageant in South Portland.
She worked at Hannaford Brothers in Topsham for over 17 years. She loved animals and with her parents fostered many kittens for Coastal Humane Shelter. After moving to Edmond, OK in 2011, she volunteered at The HOPE Center and at Northern Hills Elementary School with her mother and sister.
She was predeceased by two uncles, Lev and Dick Hartley, her grandparents Carl and Rose Crawford of Dexter, Maine and Mary Stuart of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
She is survived by her parents, John and Gloria Stuart, and her son, D. Hunter Collins, his wife, Marissa, and granddaughter, Layla Rose, of Richmond, Maine. Her sister, Terri Frazier, husband, Bill, and nephew, Sean, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Her sister, Kathi Black, husband, Mike, niece, Samantha, and nephew, Ryan, of Edmond, Oklahoma. Her uncle and aunt, Jim and Rita Crawford, of Glenburn, Maine, Alan and Joy Stuart of Hull, MA, and several cousins, her caring congregation at United Baptist Church in Topsham, and special friend Gertrude, who she enjoyed time with.
Life will not be the same without her.
Donations can be made to Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Topsham, Maine.
Matthews Funeral Home of Edmond, officiating.
A “celebration of life” service will be held in Topsham, Maine at United Baptist Church on November 17, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
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