Obituary of Patricia M. Beers

Patricia M. Beers, age 58, died Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Born in Queens, New York on May 12, 1946, she was a daughter of Raymond Byrd of Little River, South Carolina and the late Eileen Higgins Byrd. A Monroe resident for 41 years before recently moving to Milford, Mrs. Beers was a self-employed real estate appraiser, as well as a very active parishioner of St. Stephens Church, Trumbull and a dedicated volunteer in the community. Patricia will always be remembered as a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, daughter and sister and was an inspiration to all who knew her.

Survivors include her devoted husband of 39 years, Rudolph C. Beers, III, four loving daughters, Patricia B. Gordon and her husband, Jim of Brandon, Vermont, Michele B. Wyatt and her husband, Thomas of Southbury, Melissa B. Smith and her husband, Mike of Trumbull and Meredith B. Marcello and her husband, Marc of New Haven, one brother, Michael Byrd of Colorado, three sisters, Jeanne Skinner of Pennsylvania, Theresa Humphreys of Florida and Betsi Byrd of Arizona, three cherished grandchildren, Sydney Shea Wyatt, Tristan Michael Smith and Mikayla Renee Smith as well as several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will take place on Monday, November 22, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. from the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, and at 10:00 a.m. in St. Stephen Church, Trumbull for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Friends may call on Sunday from 3-7 p.m. 

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, P. O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309.