Patricia Jocelyn Wolstenholme

Patricia Jocelyn Wolstenholme, age 84, passed away on November 8, 2010. She was born on August 18, 1926, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Cyril and Augusta (Gussie) Baker, longtime residents of Bellingham.  Shortly after her birth the family moved to Bellingham where she graduated from Bellingham High School in 1944. On July 4, 1946, she met Ray Albert Wolstenholme at Birch Bay and they were married on June 27, 1947. Pat and Ray raised four children throughout the western United States but lived for the last 47 years in their home in Mountlake Terrace, WA. She was predeceased by her parents and her brother George Baker also of Bellingham. Pat is survived by her husband Ray, her children Virginia Eldridge and husband Richard of Kirkland, WA; Patrick Wolstenholme and wife Margo of Mill Creek, WA; Robert Wolstenholme and wife Karen of Olympia, WA and Jeffrey Wolstenholme and wife Mary Collins of Alexandria, VA. Pat was the loving grandmother of nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She is also survived in Bellingham by her sister-in-law Helen Baker, her three children and their families.  She loved her home and her gardens and was an active member of the North End Flower Club of Seattle, WA.  A memorial service will be held at the Overlake Christian Church, 9900 Willows Road NE, Redmond, WA 98052, on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 12:00. Remembrances in lieu of flowers to the Salvation Army.