Patricia “Pat” Adams lost her brave fight with COPD Tuesday April 5, at home surrounded by her family. Pat was born the youngest of seven children to the late Lt. John F. and Edith M. Gribbin (Flannery) on September 1, 1956. She lived her childhood in New Jersey and attended St. Theresa’s Grammar and David Brearly High schools both in Kenilworth, and later received her Nursing Diploma at Overlook Hospital School of nursing before attending Union College. In 1978 she married Joseph Adams from Irvington and lived in Roselle Park for a short period of time before relocating to Rochester, NY and then Londonderry, NH in 1992.
Pat devoted herself to enriching the lives of her 3 sons and volunteered at South Elementary school before being hired as a teacher’s aide in 1998. Pat volunteered as Den Leader and eventually Treasurer of Cub Scout Pack 605, taught religious education at St. Mark the Evangelist Church, and was a member of Londonderry Friends of Music for several years. Pat resumed her career in Health insurance in 2005 with United Healthcare, having previously held supervisor positions at Equitable Life Assurance in Springfield, NJ and CIGNA in Rochester, NY.
She was loved by everyone who was lucky enough to know her and her charming smile and Irish wit made her the life of the party wherever she was. She always cheered for the home teams wherever she lived, and loved her Red Sox and Patriots. Pat’s hobby was creating beautiful handwork and she was also an avid reader. Several hundred of her hand monogrammed baby bibs are scattered throughout the country.
She is survived by her loving husband of 38 years, Joe of Londonderry, and sons, Daniel of Windham, Christopher, and Matthew both of Londonderry, sisters, Edith (NJ,) Rose (FL), Mary (NYC), and brothers, John and wife Theresa (MD), and Daniel and wife Laura, (NJ), sister-in-laws, Sharon Gribbin and Maggie Adams, and brother-in-law, Andrew Adams, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother, Vincent, and nieces, Patricia and Theresa.
Calling hours will be Sunday April 10, 2016 from 3 – 6pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Rd., Londonderry. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 10:00am in St. Mark Church, South Rd., Londonderry with cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Breath NH, 9 Cedarwood Dr., Unit 12, Bedford, NH 03110, Attn: Memorial Gifts or www.breathenh.org