Patricia Ann Rainey, 75, of Bow, NH, passed away Thursday March 7, 2019, in the Concord Regional VNA Hospice House in Concord, NH. She was born in Manchester, NH on March 12, 1943, a daughter of the late Anthony Sosnowski and Barbara (Briggs) Davis, and had been a resident of Bow NH for the past 20 years, formerly living in Londonderry, NH. Pat was a graduate of Pinkerton Academy, Derry NH, Class of 1960. She was employed as a waitress at many local restaurants. If Pat was your server, you would have been impressed with her quick wit and sense of humor. She would leave an impression on you that would make you want to frequent the establishment. She was a wedding cake decorator and did lots of baking for different restaurants and convenient stores. She would bake cookies, whoopie pies and could single handedly put together a hundred (Apple, Blueberry, Blackberry) pies in a weekend to fill her orders. Pat loved arts and crafts and would sell her creations in bulk to raise extra cash every year to buy her five children Christmas gifts. Pat never missed a good yard sale. Always looking for a good deal and always looking for the challenging barter. She was a dominating Cribbage player and never shy to let you know it. She loved the slot machines at Foxwoods and never passed up a chance to play twenty cards at a time at any Bingo hall. Pat was nicknamed “The Graminator” by her grandchildren for being a feisty tell it like it is, Ukrainian Grandmother. Pat will be fondly remembered as a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 58 years, Lloyd W. Rainey, her five children, Christine Drucker and husband Leon, Susan Hallee, David Rainey and wife Dane’a, Steven Rainey and wife Pamela, Lloyd "Wes" Rainey and wife Dawn; twenty grandchildren, three great grandchildren, one sister, Karen Smith as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Clarence “Sonny” Davis and sister Norma Beckley.
Following cremation, memorial calling hours will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 10am – 1pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. Funeral services will begin at 1pm in the funeral home. Burial will be privately held in the spring by the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105.