In Loving Memory of Patricia Hartley Snook `49
SNOOK–Patricia Hartley, 95, of New York, NY, passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 17th, 2023. Daughter of the late Ruth and Lyman Hartley of Washington Heights (Manhattan), she graduated as Valedictorian of the Barnard School for Girls, earned a bachelor’s degree from Wooster College in Wooster, Ohio, (Class of ’49), and two master’s degrees in Early Childhood Education and in Social Work from Columbia University.
She served as a Sunday school teacher for nursery school and kindergarten at The Riverside Church in the early 1960’s, then as Headmistress of the Little Flower Montessori School in the 1970’s, then as a paralegal, and finally as a psychiatric social worker. In her retirement, she was an avid supporter of the New York Historical Society (NYHS), where her husband, John, served as a docent.
She loved going to the theater, to museums, attending Sunday services at The Riverside Church, reading the NY Times, and spending time with her family at Sebec Lake in Maine, and with neighbors at Columbus Park Towers in NYC. Her son John accompanied her for many of these activities, and he was the greatest caretaker one could ask for, always by her side for the last years of her life.
She is survived by her children John, Curtis, and Catherine, daughter-in-law Abigail Snook, son-in-law Steven Branda, her grandchildren Aaron, Sage, Mary, Mel, and Jasmine, nephews Jay and Jim, and nieces Julie, Anne, and Jessica. A memorial service will be held on July 29th, 2023 at 11am in Christ Chapel at The Riverside Church in New York City. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to the NYHS, nyhistory.org.
Posted in on June 22, 2023.
