Obituaries

Patricia Ann (VanDyke) Holmes

Jan 8th, 2017

  Patricia Ann (Van Dyke) Holmes of South Yarmouth, MA passed away on January 8, 2017 at the age of 87.  She was the wife of the late Walter E. Holmes who passed away recently on December 31, 2016. 
 
Patricia Ann (Van Dyke) Holmes, born October 13, 1929 in West Bridgewater, was one of four children of Harold D. Van Dyke and Eileen J. (Dearth) Van Dyke.
 
She helped form the first cheerleading squad at Howard High School, attending the Class of 1947.  She owned the "The Fabric Shop" during the late 60's and early 70's in South Yarmouth, MA and was an excellent seamstress and quilt maker.  One of her quilts won a 1st place ribbon at the Barnstable County Fair and several were displayed in craft shows at the Cape Cod Tech as well as several fabric shops throughout the Cape.   She developed her own “heart smart recipes” and baked breakfast cakes and muffins for local hotels and B&Bs.  She also enjoyed buying and selling antiques with her husband at an antique shop in Dennis, MA. Pat also had a mail order antique doll and doll dress pattern business.
 
Pat served as a caring and clever Den Mother to Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. She was a fun and loving “NEIGHBORHOOD MOM.”
Pat was a champion golfer at Bass River and an unbelievably lucky card player.
 
She leaves behind her children Christine (Holmes) Clark and her husband, Robert, of Texas; Craig E. Holmes and his wife, Patricia of Yarmouth Port, MA and Vicki Holmes of Mashpee, MA. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Jessica Pratt, and her husband, Daniel; Amanda Smith and her husband, Benjamin; Chad Miller and Joshua Miller and his wife, Stephanie; two great grandchildren, Logan and Riley Miller; several nieces and nephews. Her loving and strong presence in this family will be forever missed. She was and is the most caring and devoted mother any child could ask for and her love of her children and grandchildren will live on. If you looked up the term “mother” her life and actions would surpass that by far.
 
Friends and relatives are invited to call at the Hallett Funeral Home, 273 Station Ave., South Yarmouth, MA on Monday Jan 23,2017 for a double visitation for Walter and Patricia from 10:00 a.m. to12:00 noon followed by a graveside service at the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Connery Avenue, Bourne, MA at 1:15 p.m.

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Sally Boudreau
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Saturday - Jan 21, 2017 12:00 am

So sorry for your loss, may they both rest in peace.

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