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Pat O’Connor<\/p>\n

March 17, 1923 –November 28, 2007<\/p>\n

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Patricia O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Connor wife, mother, grandmother, traveler, citizen of the world, died peacefully on November 28, 2007 at North Memorial Hospice after suffering a massive <\/span>stroke on November 23, 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

Energetic to the end, Granny Pat, as her grandchildren knew her, was an inspiring figure, telling many stories about her travels to far-flung places including Cambodia, <\/span>Morocco and Australia. She lived for extended times in India and Korea, making friends around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pat was born on March 17, 1923 in Los Angeles, California to Paul and Grace Thuresson. She grew up in Riverside, California, graduated from Stanford University in <\/span>California in 1943. She worked for the Office of War Information in San Francisco and the Kiplinger Magazine in Washington, DC. Pat and Paul were married in Riverside, <\/span>California on June 17, 1948 and then moved to Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pat was an active member of the League of Women Voters. She served on the boards of COMPAS and the Textile Council at the Minnesota Institute of Arts. She was <\/span>president of the St. Anthony Park Arts Forum. She volunteered teaching English to the wives of University of Minnesota foreign students. While in India, she volunteered <\/span>with a team of nurses at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi surveying the surrounding villages to identify health needs in the area. <\/span><\/p>\n

She was an avid and creative knitter, <\/span>loved to meet with “the bookies” and her knitting group. <\/span><\/p>\n

Pat is survived by her husband, Paul; her son, Mike and his wife Marcie; her daughter, Maggie and her partner Linda; four grandchildren, Elliot, Dan, Robert and Richard; <\/span>her niece, Pat; grandniece, Kathleen; grandnephew, Tom; great-grandniece, Devin; and cousin, Gerdi Heath. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Maxine.<\/span><\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held at the Campus Club at the University of Minnesota, December 15 at 3 pm. The Rev. Karla McGray Forsythe will officiate. Relatives and <\/span>friends are welcome to gather at the Campus Club at 2 p.m. Memorials to the Textile Center Pat O’Connor Library Endowment<\/a>, the 1666 Coffman Memorial Fund or a charity <\/span>of your choice are preferred in lieu of flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

We would like to thank the staff of the ER and Station 6A at the University of Minnesota Hospital and North Memorial Hospice for their care and support <\/span><\/p>\n

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