WALTHAM, Mass. – Our beloved sister and “Family angel” born in Framingham, Mass. on April 2, 1953, went home to Jesus on Nov. 17, 2003. A longtime resident of The Fernald Center, she will be sadly missed by her friends and care-givers who have become her extended family as well. Patti was predeceased by her parents, Louis W. and Dorothy A. (Rodak) Talon, and a sister, Tracy Marie. Surviving are three brothers, Mark of Otis, David of Portland, Philip of Lancaster, Calif.; three sisters, Kathleen Lay of Veazie, Paula Canapa of Minturn, Colo., Luann Koehne of Haltom City, Texas as well as her sister and brothers-in-law, many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Interment will be held at Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery, 449 Ohio St., Bangor, at a time to be determined later. Those who wish to remember Patti and lend support in not closing Fernald, may donate to the Fernald League for the Retarded, Inc., P.O. Box 85, Belmont, MA 02478-0002.


