As it is the 10th Anniversary of Pat's passing, I added a note to the main section of her memorial page. I love you mom! Please feel free to share your stories of mom, on the stories tab or in this tribute section.

Happy Birthday, Mom! I am really missing you today. I wish we were able to celebrate your birthday together. It's hard to believe this coming February it will be 10 years since your passing. The grand kids are mostly :) grown up and you would be very proud of them.
Love you,
Andree

There are so many times that I wish I could share some news about the kids with you or talk to you about the changes in my life, or just reach out and hold your hand again. I love you mom.

Always thinking of you! Never forgotten!
We cherish the good memories which are still so vivid in our hearts and mind.
Always to be loved!
Sending you my love today & everyday.
Christopher

Happy Birthday Mom! We had one of your favorite birthday cakes to celebrate tonight. It brought back some wonderful and funny memories. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! (It's still December 18 in Seattle.) We love you!

Yes friend you are special and missed a lot I think of you often and the many good times we had together and it’s so very nice that Andra and Chris have this tribute set up can’t believe it’s 8 years already sending you a big hug and lots of love miss you a lot you were one of my best friends and you are truly missed glad we had many fun times and great friend marian evanila

I am missing you Mom. It's hard to believe it has been eight years since your passing but, of course, I can see the passage of time in your grandchildren and in me. We keep telling our Pat stories and my memories of you do not fade. I love you mom.

Happy Birthday Mom!
Love you always & forever!

As I was going through an old box I found a card my mom gave me to commemorate my graduation from law school. She said she wanted to express herself in a profound way, but her feelings of being so proud and having tears of love and joy were so overwhelming that she could only say that I was wonderful, special and that she loved me. I think that does it. Love you too mom.

It's been nearly 7 years since the passing of my dear friend, Ms. Pat Gagnon. I miss her dearly. She was the driving force and the inspiration for me earning my undergraduate degree and two masters degrees. You changed my life. You enriched my life.

You are my friend, Ms. Pat; and I miss you always.

Lovingly,

Jose M. Rios

I'm having Fuji apples and cheddar cheese  in honor of Pat!

To my dear friend think of you often and think of all the fun and memories we had you were one of my dearest friends and so glad I have all the memories to cherish thank you Marian evanila

Happy Birthday Mom! Missing you especially today - as I do every year. This has been a tough year. I remember how unhappy you were when "W" was president. I am glad you didn't have to be subjected to the current administration. We aren't able to be in Palm Springs for the holidays this year but I am looking forward to next year. It always makes me happy to remember our last trip there together. Love you.

Mom I think about you often, but we tell lots of "Pat" stories in February. I like to take the time to think about your whole life story: the times before Chris and I, the successes, the happy times, the disappointments and the sad times. There is so much to learn. I find some new perspective every year. Thank you for that. You would be amazed at how grown up your grandchildren are. They are wonderful, talented people and I am learning a lot from them too. I love you mom!

Can't believe it's been 5 years already you are truly missed and you are still in my memories often in fact last week I came across your business card when I was cleaning out my wallet and of couse started to think of you and all the good times we had and what a good friend you were I also think this yearly tribute set up by you kids. Is such a great idea and you should be so proud of them as I am wish I could be incontact with them sounds like your grandchildren are doing well but most of all I miss you and love you marian

Mom, you are always on my mind! Corny I know.
Today I want you to know how proud you would be of all the women in our family! They are all amazing! Nun you know I and Alicia love so much! and she has come along way from that 1st arrival @ JFK airport! My big shout out goes to Andree, your daughter & my sister, who is one of the most brilliant people i know and love! She is a wonderful role model for all, and I am not sucking up, ha, she is kind, considerate, understanding, compassionate, beautiful, passionate, driven and as we all know really focused! She is the best of sisters, and she has become the matriarch of our family! You would also be so happy that Alicia so looks up to her mommy, and Andree, Kate & Char, even from a distance, and sees that anything is possible in her future! Mom my love for you is forever! Your son, Christopher

Happy Birthday Mom! It's hard to believe you would have been 90 today. I am looking forward to spending another Christmas in Palm Springs. I love the memories of our last visit there, when Chris, you and I were there together and had that wonderful walk around the neighborhood. I love you.

Mom, it has been five years but the passage of time has not changed how much I love and miss you. I wish we had had more time together in Seattle. It was wonderful to see how engaged and relaxed you were - especially when you were at Elderwise. I love looking at pictures of you at the Elderwise Christmas party, and being able to look at the paintings you created while you were there.
Love you mom.

Mom, thinking of you on your birthday - as I always do. You would be so proud of your grandchildren - they are all so amazing and grown-up now. I always feel close to you when I am in Palm Springs. Love you.

I know you are always with me, there are times when your presence is so very strong. I know you are guiding and protecting our family and will continue to do so, thanks mom! Your memory is with your granddaughter forever, she new you, understood you and speaks about you often, I am so very happy for this, it's just wonderful! Mom you would be so proud of her, she is wonderful young girl and is just amazing in so many ways :) Always loving and missing you mom!

Missing you today mom. Although I have sweet memories of our time together in Seattle, it would have been nice to have had more time together. Love you.

Happy Birthday, Mom! I have been thinking of you so often lately and what you would think about our latest adventure in Canada. I think you would have had a great affinity for Canadian culture and their deep commitment to education and civility. We are going to go to Palm Springs over the Christmas holidays. I always think of you and how happy you were there during our last Christmas together. It has made Palm Springs an extra special place for me and a happy memory for everyone. Today, we will have chocolate cake in your honor. Love you. Andree

Happy birthday pat can't believe another year has passed you are in my mind and thoughts often this year on February 22 my daughter janet passed away suddenly I wish you were hear so we could talk really miss you and again so glad your kids have this site just brings us again closer and refreshes all our memories

Thinking of you today Mom. Getting my flowers from Paul, Char and Kate made me remember how much you liked getting flowers from all of us. It always made me happy knowing that our small token of appreciation would make you so happy. Love you mom.

Felt you with me this morning very much! For some reason just zoned into all the calls from near or far we had on mothers day. You really loved mothers day, guaranteed you were going to speak with both Andree & I, and I know you loved the flowers. We think of you all the time. Our love forever and never forgotten. Christopher, Nun & Alicia

So much has happened since we said goodbye three years ago. You would be so proud of Kate, Char and Alicia. I wish I could call you up and tell you all about them. When we would talk on the phone you always loved to hear what they were up to. I am so grateful that your friends come visit the site and share their memories with us. You made a difference in so many people's lives. I miss you.

Where has the time gone this tribute is such a nice thing that you children have done. Really miss you a lot and I am so happy you had some time to live in Washington to see your family and be with them during your final days I love to think back to those good old days at the club playing tennis and going for breakfast we had some good memories and again I really miss you and love you like a sister .

Continue to miss Pat or the name I always called her "The Duke". You were always special in my life. You were the best clinical supervisor any young social worker could hope for. I live eternally grateful to you for all you taught me. Your passing seems as though it was a shorter period of time ago. I'm sorry that it took me so very long to respond to my personal loss. But as the Duke taught me we do things at our own pace. I feel very lucky to have had her in my life. We were special friends. We stayed in each others home often. We even went to Puerto Rico together many years ago. My family here and there were also fond of her. I hold many memories and her sprit is often with me. As for Chris and Andree my love to you and to your family. As always hope to see you when you visit New York. Special hay to Kate. Lots of love Cesar, Rose and the Damien.

Happy Birthday Mom. I have been thinking about you a lot lately. You would have been saddened by the latest election and the rampant racism and sexism that is espoused by the President-elect and many of his followers. You were always a strong defender of civil rights and committed to helping others – this is a dark time for those who believe in these ideals. I also realize how much (for better and worse:)) you were the driving force for bringing the family together for the holidays. Since you passed away, the holidays just seem to come and go, so I am looking forward to spending Christmas in Palm Springs. You were so happy there during your last Christmas with us and it brings back sweet memories.
Love you Mom!

Hi Mom, it's you birthday! Happy Birthday!

I felt you with me so deeply this morning! I remember all those years that you would call me out of the blue and say, are you ok? and assuredly I would tell you that something happened, I got hurt emotionally or physically, still so amazing to me, and I am so glad those feelings are still so strong. Missing you forever!!

Nun, Alicia and I will light a birthday candle for you tonight and enjoy something sweet! And mom remember Alicia loved your 60% dark chocolate, well she still does, and even more now! Every time she enjoys a piece I think of you!

The sandman is coming!
Love to you from all of us!

Dear chris and Andree. How nice it is that you have this special web site. Yes I often think of your mom we were good friends and had a lot of good times playing tennis lunch at the club her visit to us in Montana but I miss her phone calls and seeing her especially around Christmas just brings backs more memories.she was a very special person who loved her family so much and here friends also we miss and love you Pat I am so glad you were in my life and so happy your kids have this web site

I love and miss you so much!
I think about you almost everyday, and Alicia and I always talk about Grandma, she has some very nice memories, and we have fun with the Grandma stories! We love you Grandma and will never forget you!

Happy Birthday Mom! As you got older you acted like you didn't want to celebrate your birthday but I know you loved it when Chris and I called you on your birthday. We got to celebrate many of Mom's birthdays together because it is a week before Christmas, and we were often together for the holidays. When I think of Mom's birthday, I think of chocolate cake. Mom loved chocolate cake. So there were many fabulous chocolate cakes over the years. I love you mom.

Hello everyone -
My name is Robert (Bobby as you'd probably remember) Owens. I was raised in Stony Brook, NY... and was a childhood friend of Chris. My sister, Sandra was Andree's friend. I knew Patricia Gagnon as well as any child could... she was always warm, loving and open. I remember her, and cherish the memories I had with the Gagnon family. I lost my own mom (Carolyn) in 2012. May all of your memories of Patricia Gagnon remain forever warm in your hearts... as she is, in mine.

II I am glad that I was able to spend time with Pat...a most interesting lady!
l .have many fond memories of our time together.

I think of Pat often and I miss my sister. We talked on the 'phone often and I enjoyed her visits with me. I wish I could have made her life happier, but we lived too far apart. I loved her dearly. Still do.

Happy Birthday, Mom. We miss you. Love, Andree and Chris

Happy 85th birthday to you Ms. Gagnon! I sincerely miss you!

Pat and my mom (Marillyn) were roommates in Illinois. Pat helped my parents adopt my sister. Pat would come out to California to visit my family often. She will always be Aunt PittyPat to my sister and me.

I didn't get to know Pat well, but on the few occasions when we were together, I realized what a warm and friendly person she was. It was easy to see why her friends and her clients found her someone who understood without judging, at the same time encouraging them to accomplish more than they thought they could. A life well lived, indeed.

I miss my dear friend.

in memory of a very SPECIAL FRIEND. approx. 30 years of memories, suppers at Tuthill and county club, tennis games, swimming at the "Y" parties at your house your trip to visit us in Montana plus many others. So glad you were in my life. You will be missed very much.marian

Sending blessings and love during this time of both loss and celebration of a life well lived. 

What a lovely way to collectively remember the lives Patricia touched! We regret never meeting her but through her amazing daughter, Andree - our dear friend, we are able to catch a glimpse of her tremendous impact.