Patricia Duo

Patricia (Dunne) Duo, 90 years old and a longtime resident of Shelter Island, died June 16, 2016. 

Mrs. Duo is survived by her son, John (Jack) Duo, her nieces, Gale Elrod of Cleveland, Ga., Laura Travis of Washington, D.C., Jody Davison of Buford, Ga., and nephew, Jamie Davison of Conyers, Ga. She is predeceased by her husband J. Edward Duo and sister Joan (Dunne) Davison.

A memorial service was held June 19 at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church.

After retiring from Allegheny Airlines, she volunteered for 22 years at Eastern Long Island Hospital and was instrumental in establishing and maintaining the hospital gift shop. She was the recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award in 2004 to honor her outstanding volunteerism and her outstanding commitment to her community hospital. In addition, she received the ELIH Auxiliary Lifetime of Service Award in 2006 from then New York Senator Kenneth P. LaValle. At that time she held the record in volunteer hours of over 12,000 hours.

Pat was born and raised in New York City and worked for Allegheny Airlines at LaGuardia Airport for nine years. She retired on Shelter Island with her husband, Eddie and son, Jack.

This is a paid notice.