Obituaries

Patricia E. Oster

Patricia E. Oster of Southold died on September 26, 2011. She was 51 years old.

Patti was born on October 8, 1959, at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, Queens, to Loretta Reilly and Harold Schwerdt. On June 26, 1982, she married Nicholas Oster at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Southold.

A resident of the North Fork for the past twenty years, she was a real estate broker associate and a communicant of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church.

She is survived by her husband, Nicholas Oster; two children, Nicholas and Kaitlin Oster; her father, Harold Schwerdt; a sister, Marianne Sawicki; and a niece, Ashley Sawicki, all of Southold. She was predeceased by her mother, Loretta R. Schwerdt, on December 24, 2007.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 29, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, September 30, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church by Father Peter Garry, with the assistance of the Ministry of Consolation. The Rite of Committal will be private.

This is a paid notice.