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Nancy Ann Sharkey Paterson departed this life on December 24, 2011, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. She died at home in her bed overlooking Lake Livingston and surrounded by loved ones. She was 55 years old.
Nancy was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1956, to parents Ann and Joseph Sharkey. She was a graduate of Villa Maria Academy in Erie, PA and later received her Masters of Science in Education from the University of HoustonClear Lake. She loved to travel and spend time at the lake with family and friends, but more than anything she loved her jobteaching high school mathematics for many years in Dickinson, Texas City, Livingston, and Big Sandy Independent School Districts. Her students and fellow teachers were her second family, and they brought her boundless joy and fulfillment.
She is survived by husband Lee R. Paterson, Sr. son William H. Rearick, daughterinlaw Katherine, and grandsons Maxwell and Samuel son Kenneth Rearick, daughterinlaw Julie, and granddaughter Hannah son John Paterson, daughterinlaw Lucy, and grandchildren Josh, Jarred, and Brooke and son Lee Paterson, Jr., daughterinlaw Sonia, and grandchildren Justin, Leigha, and Thomas. Nancy is also survived by her aunt Rose Mary Ziegler uncle Henry Kanyar and his wife Margie brotherin law Cliff Paterson and his wife, Nancys sisterinlaw, Barbara Paterson. The family would also like to thank Mary Dymock for her selfless compassion and enduring effort in caring for Nancy in her final weeks.
Visitation is scheduled from 28 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at Pace Funeral Home, 200 FM 350 North, Livingston, Texas. A brief funeral mass with with Reverend Clifton Labbe, S.V.D. officiating, will be held starting at 5 p.m. and visitation will resume after the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations in Nancys name be made to the Nancy Paterson Memorial Scholarship Fund, co Big Sandy High School, 9180 FM 1276, Livingston, TX, 77351.
A good teacher is like a candle it consumes itself to light the way for others.
Nancy was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1956, to parents Ann and Joseph Sharkey. She was a graduate of Villa Maria Academy in Erie, PA and later received her Masters of Science in Education from the University of HoustonClear Lake. She loved to travel and spend time at the lake with family and friends, but more than anything she loved her jobteaching high school mathematics for many years in Dickinson, Texas City, Livingston, and Big Sandy Independent School Districts. Her students and fellow teachers were her second family, and they brought her boundless joy and fulfillment.
She is survived by husband Lee R. Paterson, Sr. son William H. Rearick, daughterinlaw Katherine, and grandsons Maxwell and Samuel son Kenneth Rearick, daughterinlaw Julie, and granddaughter Hannah son John Paterson, daughterinlaw Lucy, and grandchildren Josh, Jarred, and Brooke and son Lee Paterson, Jr., daughterinlaw Sonia, and grandchildren Justin, Leigha, and Thomas. Nancy is also survived by her aunt Rose Mary Ziegler uncle Henry Kanyar and his wife Margie brotherin law Cliff Paterson and his wife, Nancys sisterinlaw, Barbara Paterson. The family would also like to thank Mary Dymock for her selfless compassion and enduring effort in caring for Nancy in her final weeks.
Visitation is scheduled from 28 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at Pace Funeral Home, 200 FM 350 North, Livingston, Texas. A brief funeral mass with with Reverend Clifton Labbe, S.V.D. officiating, will be held starting at 5 p.m. and visitation will resume after the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations in Nancys name be made to the Nancy Paterson Memorial Scholarship Fund, co Big Sandy High School, 9180 FM 1276, Livingston, TX, 77351.
A good teacher is like a candle it consumes itself to light the way for others.