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Agnes Prevuznak

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Alice (Patterson) Patience, 85, of Loomis Street, Wilkes-Barre, died
Wednesday at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born July 23, 1916 in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late James A.
and Vilinda (Phoenix) Patterson. She was a 1935 graduate of GAR High School
and a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Business College. She earned her bachelor's
degree from Bennett College, Greensboro, N.C., and master's degree from the
University of Scranton. Before retiring in 1980, she was active with the
Little Theater and worked for Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania for 24
years. Upon retirement, she was the manager of the Customer Information
Center. She wrote ``Bittersweet Memories of Home'' and ``Continuing
Bittersweet Memories of Home.'' She was a U.S. Army Medical Corps veteran of
World War II, serving for three years. She was a member for over 40 years of
the Wilkes-Barre West Jehovah's Witnesses. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edgar, a coal sculptor
who sculpted the altars at St. Peter's Lutheran Church and King's College; and
brothers, Louis, James and Harold; and sister, Rosalie. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are her stepdaughter, Juanita Patience Moss, Alexandria, Va.; two
grandchildren, two great-grandsons, and several cousins, nieces and nephews. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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 Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday from the Kniffen O'Malley
Funeral Home Inc., 465 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Alice Patterson
Patience Scholarship Fund, c/o Mellon Bank, 8 W. Market St., Wilkes-Barre,
18702. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Alice Patience