Patricia Ann Ostrander (1945 - 2013)

Born 23 Jun 1945 in Dansville, Steuben, New York

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Died 16 Apr 2013 at age 67 in Hialeah, Miami Dade County, Florida

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Patty passed away on 16 Apr 2013 in Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Patricia Ann Ostrander 17th May 2013

by Dee Christophel D'Errico

We are all here today because our lives were touched by Patty. One month ago, she left us, her closest friends, for the next world. We pray that she will find peace and happiness in God's Kingdom.....and, that we all will be granted the privilege of meeting her again when we all leave this world for that same Kingdom.

I know that everyone here was shocked that she left us all so soon. We thought that she would always be there....because it seemed as though she always was there when we needed her. She never turned her back on a friend, that's for sure.

Patty was basically an honest person, sometimes disarmingly so. She wouldn't hesitate to tell you what she thought. That was a great part of her because you always knew just where you stood with her.

She had a big heart. She always took in the stray animals of this world and nurtured them. She never had any children; but, she treated them as though they were her children.

She was not an only child; but, she was brought up by her great aunt and uncle, Carl and Bert Schunk, as though she were an only child. Since I am an only child, myself, I understand the outlook, and I believe this led to her thinking of her friends as if they were her brothers and sisters. She was my sister, not one of chance; but, one of choice. I am thankful for the years of friendship and sisterhood I shared with her. I will always remember her.

I will always remember how she took the family car without permission and arrived at my house in the middle of the night in pajamas and curlers in her hair and scared me half to death at my bedroom window, wanting to go out joy riding. I will always remember how she got people together to send me money to get home from California when I was stuck there in 1974, without money or hope of a job; and, how she gave me a place to stay when I did get back. I have many fond memories of Patty; and, nothing can take them away from me, not even death itself.

She used to love to come here; and, she told me that she wanted her ashes spread here, along with those of her dog, Chase. That is why we are here today. To carry out her wishes. To set her and Chase free on the warm and balmy ocean breezes, until we meet again.

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Source S2955

Title: Divorce Papers, Steuben County Supreme Court, 02 Sep 1947 (with permission)