Letter from Joan Dall Patton
Cornellians, Class of 1947 Notes, May/June 2023
'We received a wonderful letter from Joan Dall Patton, who fondly reflected on her life with husband Ed “Pat” Patton, BArch ’49. “After being married, we spent a year in Seattle and returned to Ithaca, as Pat needed one more term to get his degree. We then returned to the West Coast and lived for 18 years in Sacramento, where our daughter Gail and son Tom were born.
“My Alpha Phi roommate, June Johnson Reynolds, and her husband, Hugh, lived in Sunnyvale, not too far away. Another roommate, Rosemary Williamson Colgate, and her husband, Stirling ’48, PhD ’52, lived in Livermore, also close.
“We later moved to Foster City and Pat opened his architectural office in San Mateo. In 1988 he retired, and we spent 21 years in Sonoma until he died in 2009. During those years we took many cruises, as well as golfing and fishing trips.
“When Pat died, I moved to an active adult community in Chico, CA, where my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter live. He is a professor at the University of California, Chico. Daughter Gail lives in Ashland, OR. I still play golf and keep busy with bridge, etc.” ...'