Patricia Silliman Kearney

Loving Mother And Grandmother

Patricia Silliman Kearney, 81, of Cape Coral, Fla., died peacefully, February 21. Born September 16, 1930, in Yonkers, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late attorney Kenneth G. Silliman and Esther Erickson Silliman of Cedar Falls, Iowa. She was a graduate or Danbury High School and the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.

Patricia was preceded in death by her loving husband and friend David Rock Kearney on May 22, 2011, to whom she was married for 59 years.

Two siblings, including Rothmer K. Silliman of Newtown; three children; four granddaughters; and many nieces and nephews survive Mrs Kearney.

Memorial services will be held in Ludlow, Vt., in the spring, when she will be laid to rest with her beloved husband.

The Newtown Bee        March 2, 2012