Geneva, Patricia A. Linehan, age 85 of Geneva passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at home.
Family and friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday (Nov 3rd) at the McGuigan & Bero Funeral Home, 45 High St. Geneva. Funeral services will be held on Friday (Nov 4th) at 9:30 a.m. from the funeral home and 10:00 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church. Entombment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery Mausoleum.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Tyler D. Kopp Fund 500 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14607. All contributions collected are used to purchase defibrillators (AED) that are placed in areas where they can best be used to service the public.

Pat was born on Jan 29, 1931. She was the 5th of 8 children born to the late Margaret (Daly) and Harold Ritter. Early in her career, she worked at the American Legion and the New York Telephone Co. She spent the next 15 years working at her most enjoyable job, being a full-time mom. As her children got older, she went to work for Finger Lakes/Keuka Dry Cleaners. She finished her career working for 2 of the most wonderful men in Geneva, Jack and Jason Kipp at Kipp and Son.

Minus the last 3 months when she moved in with family in Rochester, she was a lifelong resident of Geneva. She graduated from St. Stephen's School and DeSales High School. She was a member of St. Stephen’s Church, she was also a member for 60+ years of the AHL Lottery Club and the Uggaboo Club which was comprised of 19 of her best friends from high school. We'd like to give a special thanks to Karen Robideau and all her neighbors at Lyceum Heights. Our parents spent 5 very enjoyable years living there.

She is survived by her daughters Peggy (Patrick) Grace of Fairport, Sheryl (Gregory) Connors of Fayetteville; son, Daniel (Amy) Linehan of Brighton; 4 beloved grandchildren, Tricia and Matthew Switzer, Brett and Bryce Linehan; 6 step grandchildren; 8 step great-grandchildren; her brother Fred Ritter of Boca Raton, FL and sister in laws Dorothy and Jean Ritter.

Patricia was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Joe; siblings: Bud (Dorothy) Ritter, June (Bob) Quigley, Audrey (Don) Washburn, Jim Ritter, Jean (George) Townsend and Bob Ritter; daughter-in-law, Wendy Linehan.

Thank you God for giving my sisters and I and our extended families the gift of such an amazing woman!