Patricia Lorraine Dignacco

DURHAM - PATRICIA L. DIGNACCO PASSED AWAY ON MAY 11, 2023 AT SOUTHPOINT REHAB CENTER IN DURHAM,NC. SHE WAS 68 YEARS OLD.

PAT WAS BORN ON JULY 1, 1954 IN ENGLEWOOD, NJ. DAUGHTER OF JOAN IVERSEN DIGNACCO AND THE LATE

THOMAS A. DIGNACCO.

PAT GRADUATED FROM PASCACK HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, MONTVALE, NJ AND BRYAN INSTITUTE, BOSTON, MA. SHE HAD A LONG CAREER ADMINISTRATING CLINICAL TRIALS AT AMGEN BIO-TECHNOLOGY, THOUSAND OAKS, CA. BEFORE MOVING TO DURHAM TO WORK AT DUKE CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (DCRI) UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2021.

PAT WAS AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER OF BIRDS & FLOWERS. SHE LOVED GARDENING & FEEDING THE BIRDS & DEER ON HER PROPERTY. SHE TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AROUND THE WORLD WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOURS & ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHING BEAUTIFUL SCENERY & PEOPLE.

PAT IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER JOAN DIGNACCO OF BANTAM CT.; SISTERS LINDA YALEN OF HEBRON CT.; CARYL REEVES (MICHAEL) OF WARWICK NY.;BROTHER MICHAEL DIGNACCO (KAREN) OF BERRYVILLE VA.; NEPHEWS THOMAS DIGNACCO (MORGAN) & SON WESLEY; NICHOLAS DIGNACCO (GINA) & DAUGHTER NATALIE.; MARK DIGNACCO (CHRISTIAN); SCOTT DIGNACCO (FIANCEE CHLOE); NIECES CHELSEA YALEN STEFANSKA (MARK) & COURTNEY YALEN.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY HALL-WYNNE FUNERAL SERVICE, DURHAM, NC.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE FAMILY.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO DONATE IN PAT’S MEMORY PLEASE CONSIDER PARKINSON’S RESEARCH (WWW.PARKINSON.ORG) OR WEST POINT ATHLETICS (WWW.WESTPOINTAOG.ORG)