THORPE, DR. BARBARA PATRICIA
Dr. Barbara Patricia "Pat" Thorpe passed away on September 2nd, 2015 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, surrounded by her family.
Pat is predeceased by her father, John Joseph Thorpe, and her mother, Barbara Robertson Armstrong.
She is survived by her husband, David Oley; her children, Mary, Elizabeth (Kevin), Barbara (Michael), and John (Nick); and her cherished grandchildren, Sophie Boudreau and Patrick Lowe. She is survived by her sister, Catherine (Graeme Fowles); niece, Emily; and special cousins, Elizabeth Rice and Margaret Hogg. Pat also leaves behind her family of in-laws, May Oley, Stephen (Cindy), Joanne (Rick Cochrane), Frank, Margaret (Tom Allen), Stephanie (Terry Moxness), Joseph, Nicholas, Nicole, Ben, Grace, Xavier, and her great-niece, Ana.
Pat was born in Fredericton, NB, in 1947. She attended Marymount Academy in Quebec where she received the Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal for highest academic standing. Pat went to Dalhousie University where she was awarded their highest academic undergraduate scholarship. Pat graduated with honours in biochemistry, and then attended Dalhousie Medical School where she was one of only six female students. Upon graduation Pat chose to open her family practice in Fredericton with the Fredericton Medical Clinic. She met her husband David in Fredericton and started her family.
Dr. Pat, as she as known to many of her patients, was a wonderful, intelligent, selfless, giving and caring woman. She was dedicated to looking after her entire family and large family medical practice. She was a beloved family physician, mother, sister, daughter, grandmother and friend. If she was not working or spending time with family, she was in one of her many gardens or reading. Pat enjoyed travelling the world as a young adult and later, in her recent years, with her adult children.
Pat’s family would like to thank all of her patients and friends who have sent letters, cards, flowers, food, gifts, and supportive prayers which sustained her throughout her extended illness.
Visitation will be held at McAdam’s Funeral Home on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Dunstan’s Catholic Church on Sunday, September 6th at 2:00 pm with Fr. Shawn Daley as celebrant.
For those who wish, donations made to the Canadian Cancer Society, DECH Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society or a charity of the donor’s choice would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences can be made at www.mcadamsfh.com, 458-9170.