LACONIA:
Patricia D. (Wilson) Holliday, 85, of Oak St., Laconia, died Wednesday afternoon, June 20, 2012, at Laconia Rehabilitation Center, Laconia, with her family by her side after a long battle with cancer.
She was born April 21, 1927, in Chicago,IL, the daughter of the late Herman "Red" and Marcella (Nestor) Wilson. She was a graduate of Norwich University, Northfield,VT, earning a BA Degree. She was a long time resident of the Gilsum,NH and Amherst,MA area, before moving to Laconia several years ago.
Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a merchandiser for Johnson-O'Hare Merchandising.
She was a member of the Forest Products Society, member and first woman president of the New England Kiln Dry Assoc., and a member of St. James Episcopal Church, Keene, and a meber of it's Altar Guild. She was an honorary life member of the Keene Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club, and she loved to ski.
Pat was predeceased by her husband Arthur O. Holliday in 1985, and is survived by sons, Lee A. Holliday of Laconia, and Dean W. Holliday of Sherman,TX; daughters, Anne Marie Holliday of Blanford,MA, and Gaye Louise Kopan of Mentor,OH; five grandchildren; a great granddaughter; and a sister-in-law, Dolores Holliday of Cleveland,OH.
Calling hours will be Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 5-7 pm in the Dewhirst Funeral Home, 1061 Union Ave., Laconia. Graveside services will be Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at 10 am in Monadanock View Cemetery, Keene.
In lieu of flowers, doantions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2 Commerce Dr., Suite 110, Bedford,NH, 03110, or visit them on-line at www.cancer.org.