They had two daughters, Dawn Patricia and Phyllis and lived on a ranch in Altadena Ca.She and her husband Ed owned the "Trojan", a beautiful 75 foot yacht and took customer charters from California south down to southern Mexico waters in the 1920's. She was Irish Catholic and nicknamed "Gramma Pat" by her grandchildren. Grandmother of Christopher,Burke and Dana Bruttig and Michael,Shannon and Burton Jr. Yarnell. Upon retirement, they lived in the La Brea Towers condos in the Wilshire Blvd. area of Los Angeles where Ed (a life-long heavy smoker) died in 1963 from lung cancer.
Pat then moved to Lakewood,Ca. to live with her daughter Phyllis and her family. A "no-nonsense" early 20th century lady who liked kids and her grandkids. Died of natural causes at age 90 after a good long life full of fun! She was a demanding but nice lady.
They had two daughters, Dawn Patricia and Phyllis and lived on a ranch in Altadena Ca.She and her husband Ed owned the "Trojan", a beautiful 75 foot yacht and took customer charters from California south down to southern Mexico waters in the 1920's. She was Irish Catholic and nicknamed "Gramma Pat" by her grandchildren. Grandmother of Christopher,Burke and Dana Bruttig and Michael,Shannon and Burton Jr. Yarnell. Upon retirement, they lived in the La Brea Towers condos in the Wilshire Blvd. area of Los Angeles where Ed (a life-long heavy smoker) died in 1963 from lung cancer.
Pat then moved to Lakewood,Ca. to live with her daughter Phyllis and her family. A "no-nonsense" early 20th century lady who liked kids and her grandkids. Died of natural causes at age 90 after a good long life full of fun! She was a demanding but nice lady.
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