My heart is broken. Patty was my best friend when I moved to Norfolk, Virginia in 1968. My husband Randy Ellison served aboard the USS Forrestal with her husband Bob and they were very good friends. Patty helped me so much when I moved there to be with my husband and we were probably together every single day while we lived there. I often corresponded with her after we left Norfolk and our husband's separation from Active duty in the Navy. We recently reconnected through FB and I was so blessed to have heard from her. It saddens me as if it was still 1968 to hear of my dear friend's passing. I have such good memories of her and her kindness. My husband and I were married on January 2, 1968, and I move to Norfolk two weeks later. Patty and Bob were the first two I met when I moved there. We remained friends throughout.
My condolences and thoughts and prayers are with her family whom she loved so much. I will always remember our friendship and what a special and beautiful friend I had in Patty. RIP dear friend. You were very special to me.