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- Patricia Lamb Wylie - Obituary
Patricia Lamb Wylie passed away in her home Tuesday, March 29, 2011, surr ounded by her family.
She was born March 12, 1948 in Gainsboro, Tennessee, the daughter of th e late Sherman Dyer and Lucy Mabrey Lamb .
Patti married Doug Wylie on December 13, 1970, and they shared 40 wonderf ul years together.
They had three children, Mary Lu Bushnell (James) of Phoenix, Arizona ,
Ruth Lorraine Wylie of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania an d
Frank Samuel Wylie III of Tucson, Arizona .
Patti is a proud graduate of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana , where she earned both her bachelor's degree (1970) and master's degre e (1974). She received her doctorate from Northern Arizona University i n 1999. Patti's passion was her love of people. She worked at the Univers ity of Arizona for 23 years and was honored with the Billy Joe Varney Awa rd of Excellence in 1996. She was committed to helping students, especial ly those returning to school and those needing extra support and encourag ement. She truly exemplified her life's motto: "Become the Most Positiv e and Enthusiastic Person You Know. "
She loved photography, studying Spanish, and she never forgot a birthday . She especially treasured spending time with her grandson, Noah. Patti w as a dedicated athlete. She climbed Picacho Peak twice and was frequentl y seen on the tennis court, racquetball court, and in her favorite gym i n town, BodyBasics. Last year she completed the BodyBasics Cardio Star Ch art and walked the equivalent of Route 66 in its entirety from Tucson t o Chicago (2,450 miles!). She was also an avid traveler and always ha d a great sense of adventure. Patti had a goal of visiting all 50 State H ouses and was over half way there, having visited 31. In addition, some o f her favorite travel memories were climbing the Great Wall of China, par asailing in Mexico, hiking Preikestolen in Norway, riding camels in Egypt , and she looked forward each year to spending Christmas with her famil y in Belize where she enjoyed ziplining and cave tubing .
She is survived by her husband and three children ,
three siblings, John Harlen Lamb (Marianne) of Huntington Beach, Californ ia,
Connie Sue Nelson (William) of Austin, Texas an d
Richard Dyer Lamb (Karen) of Fort Myers, Florida ;
grandson, Noah Wylie Bushnell, as well as 15 nieces and nephews .
She was preceded in death by her parents. . . . Arrangements by BIOLOGIC AL RESOURCE CENTER.
Published in the Arizona Daily Star on Apr. 2, 2011 .
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1948 - 2011 (63 years)
