Patricia

Woodgate- Patricia Jane Howard passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2022 while a patient at St. Luke’s Hospital. She had been ill for many years and was only recently hospitalized.

Patricia was born June 23, 1944, the second daughter of Melville G. Moon, Sr. and Dorothy Griffith Moon and was a native of Woodgate, NY. She was predeceased by her mother, father, sisters Jean F. Moon and Nancy Barnhart, and husband, Charles L. Howard, Sr.

During her school years, she attended area schools in Woodgate, Boonville, Madison and Remsen, NY. She was also a graduate of Utica School of Commerce in Utica, NY.

During her lifetime, Patricia was employed in many occupations and took pride in all of them. She worked in manufacturing and housekeeping, and as a babysitter, waitress, store clerk, secretary and healthcare giver. Her final twenty-seven years of employment were for the Town of Forestport, where she dedicated herself to positions of Bookkeeper to the Supervisor, Budget Officer, Water Billing Clerk and Records Management Clerk, all at the same time. She also served as Deputy Town Supervisor for about two years in the early 1980’s. She was forced to retire at the end of 2002 when she became too ill to work.

Patricia was most devoted to her role as mother and is survived by her sons, Charles L. Howard, Jr. and Patrick Howard and his wife, Karen, of Woodgate, NY. She is also survived by her three sisters, Joan Ingersoll and husband, Roy James Ingersoll, Forestport, NY, Judith Greene and husband, Vernon Bruner, Constableville, NY and Dorothy Whitmeyer, Neptune, NJ, as well as one brother, Melville G. Moon, Jr., Boonville, NY and many grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Private family funeral arrangements are with Trainor Funeral Home, Boonville, NY. There will be no calling hours and interment will be in the Woodgate Cemetery, Woodgate, NY. Donations may be made to the American Lung Association or the Central Association of the Blind, Utica, NY.