Patricia Lichvar
Patricia Lichvar

Post Mills, Vt. — Patricia Marie Lichvar (Gerle), 61, passed on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, after a battle with cancer. Born in Ambridge, Pa., on Jan. 5, 1956, she is preceded in death by her mother, Elizabeth Yedgenak (Hricik); step-father, Raymond Yedgenak and her father Thaddeus Gerle and is survived by her husband, Robert W. Lichvar; son, Zachary N. Lichvar; daughter, Dana E. Lichvar; and her brother, Ted Gerle and his wife Nancy.

Patty obtained a degree in fashion design from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pa. She had a lifelong love of weaving, spinning, sewing and a culinary passion. For many years she was a caretaker of a handicapped person who she greatly loved. Patty loved the years she spent as a field assistant on numerous botanical explorations to remote areas of the western United States. Her remains will be returned to Jackson, Wyo. and placed on the mountain where she was married. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name can be made to Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Hanover, N.H.