Thinking of you , Pat, on your 74th birthday. We have walked many paths in common …MSMC, Columbia, nurse, professor, mother, wife. And now Ford’s Colony in our retirement. You were always so easy to talk with and laugh with. Missing you and the fun we could have had here together. Rest In Peace.

Happy heavenly birthday Pat! Still missing you...
Daryle

I was shocked and saddened when I recently learned of Pat's untimely passing. Pat and I were faculty colleagues at MSMC and graduated in the same class from the doctoral program in nursing education at Teachers College, Columbia University. I will always remember Pat with a smile on my face as I think of the fun times we shared at work and school. Rest in peace, my friend.

I was so sorry to hear the news about Pat.

I always enjoyed chatting with her and getting to know her at our BYOB gatherings.

Sharon Goodrich from her card of condolence.

We are so sorry to hear that dear Pat has left us. Please accept our deepest condolences. We will miss Pat. She was a great lady.

Anna & Zbig Lechowski
from their message of condolence

I have enjoyed talking with Pat at Friends and Neighbors and other social gatherings where her wit and positive attitude were always apparent.  Pat’s accomplishments, compassion and investment In the lives of others were so evident as witnessed by both students and colleagues in their expressions of heartfelt remembrances.

You were indeed a lucky man to share your life with her and in my limited observation, she was very supportive of you as you both worked to contribute to you community.

Carol Moser
from her message of condolence

We were so sorry to hear of your loss. Pat was a very special lady - but you knew that.

Helen & George Spalthoff
from their condolence card

I am so sorry to hear about Pat. You and Anne-Marie must be devastated by your loss. Pat was always a great colleague, a good friend. Whether it was via email or our visits in DC, it was always a pleasure to be in her company and to catch up on what was happening in our lives. She will be deeply missed by so many.

Frank joins me in sending our condolences.

Ruth Tappen
From her message of condolence

Bob, we were so sorry to read in the “Gazette” about your wife’s passing and just wanted you to know that our thoughts are with you at this very sad time. I remember meeting Pat at one of those financial dinners. She and I laughed about trying to limit YOU to only 1 question. I’m sure she was a lovely person and will certainly be missed by many people. 

Please accept our sincerest condolences.

Margaret and Andy Robinson
From their message of condolence

I will always remember Pat from our BYOBs and the summer water aerobics classes she instructed. She was always pleasant and made you feel she was happy to see you.

Vanessa T. Trent
from her condolence card

Arlene Hansen provided a spiritual gift for Pat's remembrance by the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.

I will miss: 
- Pat’s laugh.
- Her sharing of knowledge and bringing it down so that a layperson
  would understand. We had many amazing discussions over the
  years.
- Her empathy for people experiencing complex health issues like Bill
  and I were challenged with.
- The many years of fun times on Maui. All the shared sunsets.
- Witnessing such a long term marriage that functioned from a high
  level of love, companionship and mutual respect. Rare in my
  opinion.

Kizia Hana
from her message of condolence

It has been a pleasure to know Pat for several years while enjoying the pool, and conservation, following water aerobics class. We laughed, shared and complained about things academic. As well as our time living in upstate New York. She will be missed by many.

Ann Czompo
from her condolence card

Pat and I were both TC grads and I had the privilege of working with her at Western CT State University before her retirement. Pat was a wonderful mentor, inspiration and friend. I am so very saddened by her passing. Rest in peace my dear friend.

Sincere condolences to Pat’s family. I am so sorry for your loss. She and I worked together at WCSU, in the School of Professional Studies. Pat will be missed by so many of us who knew and respected her. May her memory be a blessing.

I will miss Pat. We taught together in water aerobics.

June Harding
from her condolence note card 

I was saddened to hear of Pat's death. She was always very kind and generous to me. She was a great neighbor.

Drew Mulhare
from his note of condolence

We are so sad to lose a friend like Pat. She loved the pool like we do, and we were glad to get to spend time with her there. She was very interesting to talk to and made water aerobics a lot of fun.

Ned & Peggy Mankin
from their condolence card

We were both shocked and saddened to learn of Pat's passing. She was such a special lady.

Vic and Jeanne Trapani
from their condolence card

May you find peace & love in the memories of your beloved wife, friend + partner. 

With our love, sympathy & prayers for your loss of our dear friend Pat.

Jerry & jean Howell
from their condolence card

my heart remains full of sorrow for you and your family with Pat's passing. She and I were a good team leading the Tuesday - Thursday water exercise program. She taught me so much. Her sudden passing, on the road to recovery, still leaves me numb. My prayers to you all, and may many fond memories last a lifetime.

Karen Salisbury
from her condolence card 

We will remember Pat as an intelligent caring woman with a dry sense of humor. Conservations with Pat were always interesting. She will be very much missed at our future Wine & Dine gatherings.

Ray and Carol Jakobovits
from their condolence card

We will truly miss her.

Alan & Mitzi Balma
from their condolence card

We are so saddened at learning of Pat's passing. I thoroughly enjoyed gabbing with Pat at the aerobics classes, Friends & Neighbors, and other Ford's Colony activities. Pat was a delightful person and she will be missed greatly.

Know that she will be in my prayers, as well as you and your family

Marge & Bill Loscalzo
from their condolence card

Eileen & Ed Mandable provided a spiritual gift for Pat's remembrance by the Montfort Community of Missionaries. 

I knew Pat and Bob from Ford’s Colony. Looking at Pat’s picture collage gave me the big picture of her life that I knew nothing of previously. I wish I had known Pat prior to her and Bob’s move to Ford’s Colony. She had a life well lived. Previously I had told Bob what always attracted me about Pat was her smile and how genuinely you felt that she was happy to see you. She will be missed and water aerobics will not be the same without her.

We are so saddened to learn of Pat's passing. She was so genuine in her interest in people. We always appreciated her sincere interest in our big dogs, too! Last night some us on Luffness New raised a toast to her at our weekly cul-de-sac-socially-distanced outside happy hour. Many of us were part of the Fourth Saturday BYOB. I toasted using Diet Coke in memory of Pat. We will all miss her, too.

Margaret Ann & Ron Martin
from their condolence note card

A few reminiscences from Jean Holwell about my friend Pat:
I met Pat in 1965 when we were freshmen @ Russell Sage, but we didn’t become friends until sophomore year. I believe we were introduced by Selma Kelly Reinovsky, whom I knew from several classes we shared freshman year.
I loved Pat’s sharp wit, her hearty laugh & her wry sense of humor. With most of our close friends being elementary ed. majors, Pat & I often commiserated over our perception that she (as a nursing major - - affectionately known as “Nursie Wonder”) & I (as a history major), seemed to have more work to do than they did. In our junior & senior year Pat had a huge number of nursing papers to do & I was constantly adding to my shoe box full of notecards for 100+ page research papers. Meanwhile, our el. ed. Pals were busy making paper snakes in “methods” class for a kiddie art project. Over the years, “paper snakes” became something Pat & I laughed about, even if it might have slightly annoyed those el. ed. majors.
   When we graduated, Jerry & I appreciated that Pat & Bob made the trip to Long Island for our August wedding. And we were always grateful for their hospitality over the years when we visited them in Poughkeepsie & much later in Williamsburg.
It was our privilege, & my mother’s delight, to babysit Anne-Marie as a toddler while Pat & Bob attended a family wedding on LI. It was then that the devoted “dog people,” the Lunds, met & were charmed by our sweet, gentle & super-friendly cat, Clawdine. For years afterward, Pat & Anne-Marie would ask about our feline friend whenever they saw us.
Our daughter honed her beginning swimming skills in the Lund’s pool at their James St. house. And, I will always remember a visit to the Lunds when we took a “field trip” to an art show - - @ Greenhaven State Prison! A few years ago, when we “recycled” the landscape we bought there by donating it to a church “Chinese Auction,” the people who won it loved the provenance that it was painted by a convicted murderer! Pat always was a great tour guide with an interesting itinerary for every visit.
Jerry & I, w/ Amanda, our daughter, were some of the crazy people who braved an ice storm to attend Anne-Marie’s wedding. We were honored to have been invited & to have gotten home safely!
I will miss those long conversations w/ Pat on history, politics, medicine, teaching (she at the college level & I in a high school), family & friends. We didn’t see each other often, but each time we got together it was as if we’d never been apart.
It has been such a blessing for the 5 couples - - the Lunds, the Fowlers, the Schmidts, the Reinovskys & us - - to get together occasionally. The last time on beautiful Green Bay w/ all of us present was extra-special & so poignant.

I will miss Pat. She was a great asset to the Water Aerobics Interest Group.

With Sincere Sympathy

Noreen Bowen
from her condolence card

Pat was an amazing woman whom I had privilege of knowing through the Ladies Lunch group.

Val Vanzetta
from her condolence card

Pat and I taught senior level nursing courses together at Mt. St. Mary College in Newburgh NY. We always had a good time together: Pat never ran out of stories and could find the humor in almost anything that came up. We shared many a laugh as we helped launch our students in their nursing careers. I will miss sharing stories with her.

I have known Pat for several years while enjoying the swimming pool in Ford's Colony, and conversations following water aerobics classes. We shared, laughed, and complained about things academic (I taught at SUNY Cortland for 25 years), as well as our time living in Upstate New York (through long, cold and snowy winters). I will miss hearing about her activities, places she visited, and people in her life. She will be missed by many.

Pat was a wonderful leader for water aerobics. She will be missed especially her diplomacy.

Prayers,

Brenda Beebe Duncan
from her condolence card 

I only met Pat a few times, but I just looked through her timeline, and what a full life she led. I am sorry you don't have more time to enjoy with her in retirement. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

July 19, 2020

so sorry for your loss. She was a true force of nature. Her joy was infectious as was her awesome sense of humor. She will be sorely missed by us all. I remember stories about Holly the collie so much fun

Mimi Braniff
Classmate

From https://www.legacy.com/obituaries

To Bob and Anne-Marie,
Pat was a colleague and friend while we were both working at WCSU. She was the consummate professional at all times but she was also a hell of a lot of fun to work with! One of my fondest memories of her was her referring to herself as the "Wicked Witch riding her broom" when she had the unfortunate occasion where she needed to hold a student accountable for their less-than-stellar performance. In the event someone else in the department found themselves in a similar situation, she would kindly offer to "lend us her broom"! Fortunately, Pat was such an excellent teacher she only needed to use the broom on very RARE occasions!
Pat will be missed by her family, her former students, her colleagues and friends, myself included! May she rest in peace on the big cruise ship in the sky!
Love,
Pat Geraci

July 17, 2020

I was a student of Dr. Lunds at Western Connecticut State University, Graduating class 1997. My name is Beth Schoenmann-Ayoub. I will never forget the kindness Dr. Lund showed me many times as a student nurse. She was one of the smartest individuals I have ever had the honor to get to know. Her words of encouragement will forever echo in my heart. I can only hope that I honor her memory by passing on her kindness to others.

Beth Schoenmann-Ayoub
Student

Poughkeepsie Journal & Danbury News Times Obituary Memory

July 17, 2020 - To the Family and Friends of Dr. Patricia Lund,

I remember Dr. Lund as a strong instructor. I loved clinical with her. She had knowledge far beyond what words can explain. Dr. Lund had the ability to see the kindness in others. Dr. Lund was kind herself. I wish that the world can see some of the kindness in each other the way Dr. Lund presented to all of us even those who were less deserving of that kindness. I am so sorry for the loss of Dr. Patricia Lund. The world is a bit darker without you. Sincerely, Mary Rose Beauvais, RN, BSN

Mary Rose Beauvais
Student

Poughkeepsie Journal & Danbury News Times Obituary Memory

Dear Bob and Anne-Marie,

My heart goes out to you with your loss of Pat. She has been in my prayers since her January diagnosis, and her memory will surely stay in my heart. I am grateful for such a genuine friend. She is loved and will be missed. May your treasured memories, and knowing those her friends hold, sustain you in your grief.

With love and sympathy,

Pat McCartney
from her condolence card

Pat,
You are missed! We've been friends since Bob and you retired to Ford's Colony. We shared many good times: our monthly wine and dine outings with your favorite always being Le Yaca, water aerobics, Ford's Colony clubs and numerous good conversations. We seemed to be able to talk about most any topic; we especially enjoyed conversations about all our travels to interesting parts of the world and about the younger generation: your nieces and nephews whom you loved dearly and my grandchildren. We miss your smile, your conversations and most of all we miss your friendship. Rest in peace, dear friend. Brenda and Carl Bass

Mike & I are so very sorry that Pat lost her valiant fight to recover from a most difficult surgery. You worked so very hard to support her. We are so glad that you were able to see her in recent days.

I will miss Pat's straight-forward and sensible manner and her very sound advice. I always knew I could trust what she said and use her input to guide my own actions. That is a very rare quality.

We know how much you will miss her and we want you to know we share in your sorrow.

Pat & Mike Collmeyer
from their condolence card

I met Pat at the Ford’s Colony Water Aerobics/Exercise sessions held at the Swim and Tennis Pool in 2012. During these sessions, I always enjoyed hearing stories about her professional career and the wonderful trips she and Bob took.
For the last few years she took on the responsibility of organizing the group with sign-in sheets, recruiting volunteers to help with the end-of-the season pot-luck brunch and as a leader of the Tuesday, Thursday sessions. She also attended the Activities Committee meetings and wrote the blurb for the Talk of the Colony each month.
In February, after Pat advised the volunteer Water Aerobics leaders that she would not be able to participate this summer, I took over Pat’s responsibilities. Under her able direction via a series of emails and the help of the other leaders, the Water Aerobics/Exercise program continues at Ford’s Colony.
I am saddened by Pat’s death and will miss her smiling face, her stories and her guidance.

Dear Bob and Anne-Marie
As so many others have said Pat always had a welcoming smile. It was a pleasure to work with her on the neighborhood party. She clearly was comfortable with organizing. We enjoyed seeing you both at Friend's and Neighbors and Pat always had a kind word. She will be missed in the neighborhood and Jim and I send our condolences to you both!
Mandy & Jim Baldridge

I first was introduced to Pat at a Ford's Colony Friends and Neighbors meeting. My first impression was -- What a smile!

Most of my memories of Pat are from water aerobics. That smile and laughter never quit. Her willingness to take charge when needed so the group wouldn't be disappointed was always appreciated. 

Pat was obviously an accomplished professional but she was also quite a lovely lady.

Rest in peace Pat. You were taken from us way too soon.

Marge Loscalzo

Pat was a wonderful women and we count it a blessing that we knew her as friend for so many years.

Tom and Marybeth Thompson
from their condolence card

Dear Anne-Marie,

I am so sorry for your loss - please give my sincere condolences to your father as well.

Your mother wrote a loving and helpful note to me after [son-in-law] John Moore's death - I have treasured and saved it.

I am thinking of you both at this sad time - and I hope that memories of happier times will sustain you.

Sincerely,
Margaret Nichols
from her condolence card

Anne-Marie

All who knew and loved your Mom share in your sorrow. You and your Dad are in our thoughts and prayers.

Love,
Jean and Jerry Howell
from their condolence card

Dear Bob and Anne-Marie,
We wanted to extend our deepest sympathy to you, both.
We have many happy memories of Anne-Marie and Eric going back and forth to each other's homes on James Street. Eric always said:
"Mrs. Lund makes the best mac and cheese."
Sometimes it's the 'smallest' memories that endear someone to us.
Peace and Love to you both.

The Hedinger Family
from their condolence note left on the Poughkeepsie Journal Legacy site

Yes, Eric, she really did make the best mac and cheese. - AML

Rest in peace, dear Pat. Your days of illness are over. Remembering your infectious laugh, silliness riding our swim noodles in water aerobics, and always looking for an excuse to have lunch at Le Yaca. Even though you were facing major surgery you took the time to give me guidance on a career path in nursing for Elizabeth - no matter the circumstances you were always there for a friend. Lastly, the courage you showed when loved ones could not be with you during surgery and the long VCU stay. I hope you felt the warmth of all our positive thoughts to comfort you. 
You will be missed.

With loving thoughts to comfort you during this time of sorrow.

from the note accompanying the flowers sent by the Nursing Department Faculty and Staff at Western Connecticut State University