Patricia "Patty" May Dyer

Patricia "Patty" May Dyer August 4, 1954 March 10, 2014 Freeport - Patricia May Dyer, ""Patty"", 59 of Freeport passed away on March 10, 2014 at her home with family by her side. She was born on August 4, 1954 in Portland, a daughter of Calvin Roy Dyer Sr. and Anne (Ellis) Dyer. She grew up in Portland, graduating from Portland High School. After high school, Patty began her first of three careers, being recruited to play professional womens' basketball for the All-American Redheads. After her playing days, she began her work caring for the elderly and dying as an L.P.N. in nursing homes. She later went back to school, completing her undergraduate degree in psychology and master's in social work, both at the University of New England. With that education, she most recently worked as a family therapist, which she practiced with exceptional clarity and cleverness. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Freeport Counseling Center and the Thomas Means Club in Freeport. Patty was a smart, strategic thinker. She was intuitively keen, a person of tremendous courage and selflessness; she was willing to lay her life down for others. She was strong minded and open hearted. Serving others was one of her most deeply felt needs. Patty was a person of many talents. She could sew or quilt anything and had an exquisite sense of color. She also had an excellent mechanical mind and could build or fix anything. Patty was predeceased by her parents and four of her brothers; Calvin R. Dyer, Jr, Wilbert G. Dyer, Jesse J. Dyer and Albert F. Dyer. She is survived by her companion of nearly 20 years, Phoebe Prosky as well as her siblings; Allen Dyer, Marjorie Sirois, Betty Sirois and her husband Albert, Donna Hildreth and her husband John Gibson and Rose Robbins. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends and family are invited to a memorial service to celebrate her life on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 10am at A.T. Hutchins Funeral & Cremation Services, 660 Brighton Ave, Portland. To offer words of condolence and share memories with the family, please go to www.athutchins.com In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in Patty's memory to: Lung Cancer Foundation of America 15 South Franklin Street New Ulm, MN 56073

Patricia "Patty" May Dyer

August 4, 1954 - March 10, 2014

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