BARRY, Patricia Mannix (Pat) Born July 17, 1924, in Boston, died June 25, 2023, at her home in Silver Spring, MD. Pat’s beloved husband, Thomas William Barry (Tom) predeceased her, dying in February of 2005. She is survived by their five children, John Mannix Barry, Anne Noelle Driscoll, Virginia Elaine Summerville and her husband John, Thomas Charles Barry and his partner Paula Riddle, and David Christopher Barry and his wife Gina, as well as two grandsons, Michael Patrick Summerville, and James Nicholas Summerville. Her many beloved pets, Angus, Pupsy, Alex, Arthur, Abby, Matilda, Louie, Snowball and all her kittens, predeceased Patricia, having first provided Pat, Tom and their children untold amounts of love, joy and adventure.
Pat was born in Boston, the daughter of immigrants John Francis and Anne Feeney Mannix of Galway, Ireland. She attended Jamaica Plain High School (class of 1942) and Lasell College (Class of 1944). She and Tom, a World War II veteran born in Somerville, residing in Medford, met after the war in 1946, when she and her family lived at 21 Vermont Street in West Roxbury. They were married at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in West Roxbury on June 12, 1948.
Pat and Tom spent the early years of their marriage in Boston, where their first two children were born while Tom completed his graduate studies at Boston University. Shortly thereafter, the family relocated to Washington, D.C. They remained in the Washington area for the rest of their lives, with annual visits home to Boston, raising their growing family in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Pat was a homemaker, but primarily she was a devoted mother. As time went on, she was employed outside the home with local and federal government agencies, but her employment never deterred her from being the most wonderful and loving mother any child could hope for. In her leisure time Pat enjoyed traveling, and spent her summers lakeside with friends, family and Tom in Lac Megantic, Quebec. She also enjoyed among her many other pursuits, exercise, good food, a day at the races, and a chat over a cup of coffee.
A visitation will be held at the P.E. Murray-F.J. Higgins George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Centre St., West Roxbury on Friday, June 30 from 10:00-11:00am followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Theresa’s Church, West Roxbury at 11:30am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Burial to follow immediately at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury.