Patricia R Bushnell

Patricia "Pat" Bushnell lost her brave battle with Parkinson's Disease early Saturday morning January 30, 2016 at home with her loving family. Her physical body had been failing her since around Thanksgiving in 2015, and she had most likely suffered at stroke on New Year's Eve. Her doctor had recommended we consider calling in hospice a few days prior to that due to pulmonary problems from the Parkinson's Disease. The Hospice team proved to be a valuable part of her in-home care this past month, and they will continue to provide us caring support and consolation in the months to come. We have scheduled visitation and viewings for this Thursday, February 4th, 2016 at Taylor and Modeen Funeral Home at 250 Center Street, Jupiter, Florida with a memorial service on Saturday March 5th, 2016 at 11 am at First Christian Church, 215 S. Congress Ave, Florida 33409 so out of town family can be here. The visitation hours are from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm on February 4th. Pat was a native of Kentucky, hailing from a small city near Lexington in central Kentucky. She was born in early 1943 at the height of World War II. She brought great joy and delight to her loving parents, Russell and Lucinda. She and her husband, Dennis, met in high school and became friends and sweethearts as they played the flute and the trombone in their high school band. After college, she and Denny married in 1966 and packed up and relocated to south Florida where Denny had accepted a job at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Pat settled in to life as a "domestic engineer", keeping my dad looking great and managing their little apartment overlooking the then two lane Northlake Boulevard. Pat's career and lifelong legacy began in 1970 when she gave birth to her daughter, Susan. Pat devoted herself to being the most loving, wonderful mother, and she nursed Susan through so many colds, fevers, asthmatic bronchitis, pneumonia as a child. From the time Susan started school to the time she graduated at the top of her high school class, Pat volunteered in the school libraries, to the point that Susan's friends usually thought that Pat worked there! In lieu of flowers, her family asks friends to consider donations to either Parkinson's disease research, First Christian Church of West Palm Beach, Hospice of Palm Beach County, or the charity of their choice.

Patricia R Bushnell

April 2, 1943 - January 30, 2016