Patricia Pagliuco

Patricia (known as “Pat”) passed away on Jan. 10, 2014. She was born Oct. 28, 1948 in Chicago, Ill. Pat will be forever remembered by her husband Tom Pagliuco and their beloved son, Thomas “Tony”; her mother, Dorothy Drumm (nee Ryan) of St. Joseph, Mich.; siblings, Peter (Fran) Drumm, Debbie (Jeff) Alberts, Bobbi (Dale) Post and Dottie (Randy) Forrester; brother-in-law John Pagliuco, sisters-in-law, Threasa (David) Becker and Alice (Steven) Cheversia; and brother-in-law, Albert (Gloria) Pagliuco.

Pat was preceded in death by her loving father, Peter F. Drumm, who passed away Sept. 24, 2012, and her father-in-law Albert Pagliuco and his wife, Leona. She is also survived by 24 nieces and nephews and 21 great-nieces and nephews.

Pat attended Chicago’s St. Christina Elementary School and graduated from Mother of Sorrows High School. She began work for CNA Chicago in the early ‘70s and after 18 years retired as director of meeting planning.

She and Tom moved to Fountain Hills in 2000 where she joined Sonoran Lifestyle Real Estate as a Realtor in 2003.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Church of the Ascension, 12615 N. Fountain Hills Blvd., Fountain Hills, Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 10:30 a.m. A celebration of Pat’s life was held Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Messinger Mortuary, 12065 N. Saguaro.

Her final resting place will be Green Acres, Scottsdale.

Donations may be made in Pat’s honor to Hospice of the Valley, www.hov.org/donate/ 1510 E. Flower St./ Phoenix AZ 85014 or Arizona Golden Rescue, www.arizonagoldenrescue.org/ 5814 W. Del Lago Cir, Glendale, AZ 85308.