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This is Pat’s father, Thomas Jefferson Shealy.  The picture was taken in 1929, about two years before Pat was born.  Can you see the gleam in his eye?

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Miss Charlotte Ann Shealy, 1934.  This is Patricia Scot at 3 years old.  Her father made that marble pedestal and she has it to this day!

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The four musketeers!  Pat (front left) and her friends, ready for some mischief.  That’s Pat’s aunt Gladys in the background, c. 1937.

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Close friends for over 70 years!  Pat with Georgette in downtown Milwaukee, 1948.

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Pat & Georgette, good friends for over 50 years, on the occasion of their 50th high school reunion.

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With her mother, Eleanore Shealy, in 1951.  Pat was home from Chicago for the weekend.

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With her sister Dauthette at The Cloister Inn, Chicago, 1951.

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With brothers Clyne Shealy and Kingsley Colton, at The Mocambo, Hollywood, 1955.

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Mommy’s little man, about 1965.

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With son, Adam, in Akron OH, 1965.

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Pat and Adam, 1965.

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With her second husband and Adam’s father, acclaimed pianist Pat Pace (who has his own website, by the way: www.patpace.com).

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Pat’s parents, Jeff & Eleanore, 1965.

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All dressed up for the White House, 1970.  Pat and her 3rd husband, James Dickerson, attended a State dinner with President Nixon.

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Irene Ryan (Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies) with Pat’s brothers, King Colton (on Granny’s left) and Clyne Shealy.  King was Irene’s agent.

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All dressed up for Halloween at the bank where she worked in 1984.  Banks today are much scarier!

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With Adam before a National Honor Society awards dinner, 1978.

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National Honor Society awards night.

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Adam’s high school graduation (and 18th birthday), May 9th, 1980.  Santa Fe high school, Lakeland FL.

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Pat’s mother, Eleanore, on her 82nd birthday, 1974.

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With 3rd husband, James Dickerson, April 17, 1990.

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With Adam and Jim, April 17, 1990 (Pat was a notary, and performed the wedding ceremony for her son!)

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With son Adam and brother Clyne, in Winter Haven FL, 1986.

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Happy Birthday Pat.  1987.

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Retirement Day!  October 31st, 1996 - 20 years with Bank of America.

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Pat, Adam, and Colleen on their wedding day, October 10, 1998.

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Wedding day 1998.

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Mother - Son dance, 1998.

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An emotional moment for Pat & Adam, 1998.

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With sone Adam and Adam’s father, pianist Pat Pace, at Adam’s wedding.  October 10, 1998.

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With daughter-in-law Colleen in Washington DC, 1998.

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With Kingsley Colton, Adam, and Clyne Shealy in Washington DC.  They were attending the Irene Ryan scholarship competition at the Kennedy Center.  Kingsley was the head of the Irene Ryan foundation until his death in 2009.

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With Dan Kerrigan (Colleen’s father), Colleen, and brother Clyne at the Irene Ryan awards dinner at the Kennedy Center.

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Monkeying around in DC, 1998.

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Beseeching congress?  On the steps of the US Capitol overlooking the mall.

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Clowning around at The Smithsonian, 1998.

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Pat visited her elementary school in West Allis during her ’03 trip.

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Pat was actually born in this house, which her Dad built in the 1920s.  After this picture was taken in 2003, Pat and her son Adam knocked on the door, introduced themselves, and were welcomed in to take a look around!

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Adam Pace and mom - Pat, on October 21st, 2000.

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Wedding day 2000.  Pat’s son Adam on the left, and daughter-in-law Colleen on the right.

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Halloween party, 2000.  Pat as an angel (fallen) and devil Jack.

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Hijinks at the Halloween Party.  Watch that pitchfork!

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Presenting the Yortons!  Pat and Jack are married October 21st, 2000!

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Pat and Jack with lifelong friend Sue Corley and her husband Mark.  Pat and Sue met in 1961 and were good friends for nearly half a century.  Sue passed away in 2007.

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Another shot of Pat & Sue clowning around.

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Pat with granddaughter Kerri on Kerri’s first birthday, 2003.

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Pat, Kerri, and Papa Jack.

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Pat and proud papa Adam, holding new born Kerri, 9/15/02.

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Pat and Kerri, 2003.

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Christmas 2003.

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Pat and Kerri.

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Pat with Grandchildren Danny and PJ (Pat Joseph).

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Pat and Danny

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With Danny in the pool

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Pat with daughter-in-law Colleen and PJ

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Pat and her oldest brother, Jeff Shealy in Phenix City AL, 1998.  Old man mountain!

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Adam, Jack, and Pat at Shepard’s beach resort in Clearwater, FL in 2004.  Adam was playing drums with the band “Sequel".

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Pat’s sister-in-law, Betty White (really!), brother-in-law Jim Yorton, step-son-in-law Bruce Benhoff, step-daughter Jill Benhoff, sister-in-law Mary Yorton, and a white-haired broad who ran out of Nice ’n Easy.

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Pat & Jack jamming at Al’s Place, Christmas 2001.

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Love Happens!  Pat & Jack in Milwaukee in 2004.

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Pat & Jack, out on the town…somewhere!

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Faith, Hope, and Clarity

One perfect, long-stemmed ruby rose
He carries proudly in his hand.
A fragrant symbol, I propose,
of budding love, unbid, unplanned.
A fragile flame is boldly fanned.

Naysayers, quick to interfere:
"How can you know so soon - so fast?
Impossible! She's there! You're here!
What makes you think this thing will last?"
Oh gloomy heav'ns...all overcast!

With Ma Bell firmly on their side,
The lovers hot-wire their romance,
And, like a NASA rocket ride,
Ignite the age-old mating dance,
Defying all the gods of chance.

It's more than serendipity...
Are leprechauns upon the scene?
With magical alacrity,
The world turns forty shades of green
In honor of this fair colleen.

No need, now, to procrastinate.
The road ahead lies smooth and sure.
They joyfully collaborate
In a mutual fund of faith, secure
That happiness will long endure.

And now they vow to blend their souls.
To trust and honor and believe
In all the dreams and wondrous goals
That God has tucked up in His sleeve
To bless this Adam and his Eve.


By Patricia Scot, to celebrate the wedding of her son, Adam Pace, to Colleen R. Kerrigan, 10/10/1998. Pat read the poem during the ceremony.

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