Mrs. Patterson, 85, of Toms River, died May 19, 2012, at home. She was born in Little Silver and had lived in Lakewood prior to moving to Toms River 11 years ago. Mrs. Patterson was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Raymond W. Patterson, in 2009; a brother, Harry Gilbert Jr., in 1944; and a sister, Marjorie A. Poppe, in 2001. Surviving are four daughters, Linda Patterson and her longtime companion, David Weeden, of Toms River, Joy Colbert of Toms River, Sharon Hasperg and her husband, Keith, of Cheshire, Mass., and Diane Jackson and her husband, Daniel, of Toms River; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at the Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home, Freehold Township, followed by interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood.
