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On Sept. 27, Patricia J. Read, longtime resident of Guilford and Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away at Ocean Meadows Senior Living and Memory Care in Clinton.

The dedicated wife of Carl A. Read, Jr., Pat was born in New Haven on March 4, 1933, daughter of the late Charles and Theresa Johnson. Pat was a loving mother to Susan Silvia and her husband David Brown of Guilford, her sons (predeceased) Charles Silvia and Brian Silvia, Robin Keating and her husband Jim of Westbrook, Christopher Read and his wife Holly of Hadlyme, Mark Read and his wife Kathy of Manchester, Vermont, Jody MacManus of Elgin, Arizona, and Wendy Cusick and her husband John of Bethany.

She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-, great-grandchildren. She was the sister of Rosalie Driscoll and her husband Jim of Florida, aunt to Richard Chuckery, and great-aunt to Julian Chuckery of Japan.

Pat enjoyed working alongside Carl at Ober-Read and Associates for many years before retirement.

Burial services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301; www.dav.org. Arrangements are in the care of Guilford Funeral Home, 115 Church Street, Guilford.