Patricia A. (Fisher) Rogers – 79, of Newburyport and formerly of North Reading, passed away on Monday evening, December 9, 2019, at the Port Healthcare Center in Newburyport.
Born in Boston, MA on October 5, 1940. She was the daughter of the late William A. and Irene A. (Ritchie) Fisher. She was a graduate of Saint Augustine’s in Andover, North Reading High School, Middlesex Community College and New Hampshire College. Pat was a former resident of North Reading from 1945 to 1971 and a member of St. Theresa’s Church.
Pat was an Executive Assistant for the Raytheon Service Company in Burlington and was a teacher for Sunset Heights Elementary School in Nashua, NH.
She was dedicated for many years to children with special needs. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and had an undying allegiance to the Boston Red Sox. She enjoyed golf, travel, dancing and volunteer work.
Family members include her loving daughters, Kelly J. Gulla and her husband Peter of Norfolk, Susan Jean Madden and her husband Charles of North Reading, Alison Holt and her husband Timothy of Nashua, NH and Jennifer Guild and her husband Adam of Newburyport; her brother, the late William Fisher; sisters, Irene Smith of Omaha NE and Jean Sharp of Lunenburg; 8 cherished grandchildren, Lauren Elizabeth Gulla, Elizabeth C. and Andrew T. Gulla, William C. Madden, Audrey L. and Patrick F. Holt, Megan P. and Benjamin F. Guild; and 2 great grandchildren; Isabella P. and Eisley R. Madden.
Her funeral will be held on Saturday, December 28 at 10:30 AM at St. Theresa’s Church, 63 Winter Street (Rt.62), North Reading. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 27 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at the Croswell Funeral Home 19 Bow Street, North Reading. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to the Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445-7226.
I was shocked to learn of Pat’a passing. She was a good friend. I will miss her