Patricia Morin passed away in her home, among family, on May 14, 2022. “Pat, as she was fondly known, was born in St. Louis on July 27, 1927 and was raised by her loving parents, Jean Powers Baxendale and Frank Baxendale. She is predeceased by her brothers, William and Frank and is survived by Frank’s wife, Margie Baxendale and their children. She attended Xavier Academy and St. Louis University before moving to Washington, DC. where she met George R. Morin, Jr. of Springfield, Vermont. They were married on June 26, 1948. After living in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, they settled in Hanover, New Hampshire and then in Keene, New Hampshire, where their children graduated and went on to college. Her husband, to whom she was married for 54 years, predeceased her in December, 2002.
Pat is survived by her eight children and their spouses: Pamela Morin (Navin Sharma), William Morin (Johanna Noonan, dec.), Robert Morin (Deborah Coates), Debra Hickok (Jonathan Hickok), James Morin (Shari Clough), John Morin (Mimi Proko), Patrice Kellogg (Dan D’Aquila), and Thomas Morin (Adam Carroll). She was a proud grandmother and great grandmother to seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, who called her their “Toto”.
Pat was an energetic and engaged community member, including being on the Keene School Board for several years. She spent countless hours attending plays, recitals, sporting and school events, making award winning costumes and celebrating every birthday and holiday with and for her family. She filled her days with cooking, baking, creating, shuttling her children and welcoming others into her home. She was an exceptional bridge and card player, top notch at shorthand, a voracious reader and an avid knitter, known for making sweaters in a single day.
She was vivacious and fun loving, celebratory and inspirational, with a great sense of humor and a contagious laugh. She made friends wherever she went. She will be greatly missed.
She asked that you all celebrate her wonderful journey through acts of kindness, by making others smile, and by forgiving even when it is difficult.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 AM on Thursday, June 23rd at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 256 Eldridge Rd, Wells, ME. with the burial to follow at Ocean View Cemetery, 1485 Post Rd, (Rte 1), Wells, Maine.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in the name of Patricia Morin to the St. Mary’s Ecumenical Food Pantry, Holy Spirit Parish, 256 Eldridge Rd, Wells, ME.
To share a memory or leave a message of condolence please visit Pat’s Book of Memories Page at www.bibberfuneral.com.
Arrangements are in the care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 111 Chapel Rd. Wells, ME 04090.