LYNCH, Patricia Ann

Mohave Daily News, Mohave Valley, AZ - Published in Mohave Daily News Online from February 12 to February 19, 2012 - Patricia Ann "Pat" Lynch, age 81, a 5-year resident of Topock/Golden Shores, Ariz., lost her 5-year battle with cancer on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at the Hospice of Havasu Palidori House in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Pat was born on March 17, 1930, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her family moved to Santa Ana, Calif., when she was a young girl. She was a homemaker for most of her life. Pat enjoyed playing cards, visiting with her many friends, reading, baseball and other sports. She was active in the Catholic Church for many years. Before leaving this world, Pat penned a message to us all from the passage of the Samaritan woman: John 4:7-16, "Let us love one another for love is of God." Pat is survived by her two loving children, Cathie Marie (Jeffrey) Nelson of Olympia, Wash., and Robert Allen (Peggy Sue) Gulley of Golden Shores/Topock, Ariz.; two brothers, James O'Hearn and Bill O'Hearn; two sisters, Mary Stickley and Betty Pritchard; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. The family requests that donations in memory of Pat be made to Hospice of Havasu, PO Box 597, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405.