KELLY-WHITE, PATRICIA MAUREEN

Patricia Maureen Kelly-White of North Branford, formerly of Branford, died on Sunday, March 14 at Evergreen Woods. She was the wife of Robert I. White, Jr. of North Branford. She was the mother of Shaeleen Bader of Baltimore, MD, Ryan Bader (Austin) of Richmond, VA. Stepmother of Jennifer White of Easton, CT and Robert White (Kerry) of Bethesda, MD. She was the sister of Audrey Brady and Kathleen Annicelli. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Jack, Evelyn, Krista, Joseph, Rob, Patrick, Chase, Peter, Alexandra, and Anthony, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by Marc Boyd, her daughter Shaeleen’s partner, her brother Charles Kelly and her sister Shirley Baker. Patricia was born in Bridgeport on August 18, 1946, a daughter of the late Charles and Myrtle Briggs Kelly.

After attending Yale School of Radiology, she began her career in Baltimore, MD as a Cardiovascular Technologist, rising up to eventually manage the Cardiovascular Diagnostic Lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After 20 years, she moved to Branford, CT, where she taught at Quinnipiac College/University. Later, she pursued a career in Guidance Counseling and earned her Masters Degree from Fairfield University. Services and burial will be private. The W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 244 North Main St. Branford is in care of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Patricia Kelly-White’s name to St. Martin de Porres Academy, 208 Columbus Ave., New Haven, CT 06519, www.saintmartinacademy.org. St. Martin de Porres Academy is a faith based, tuition-free middle school for children who live in poverty in Greater New Haven where Pat volunteered her guidance counseling services for many years. Please see her online memorial at www.wsclancy.com.