Patricia J. Birch

Funeral service for Patricia J. Birch, 82, of Richville, will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 4:00 PM at the O'Leary Funeral Home, 5821 US Hwy 11; Canton, with Rev. Michael Tomford, officiating. Burial in North Russell Cemetery will be in the spring. Pat died on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at the home of her daughter Christine, surrounded by family and under the care of Hospice and Palliative Care of the St. Lawrence Valley.
Friends may call at the O'Leary Funeral Home, on Sunday from 1:00 PM until the time of the service.
Surviving Pat are her husband Joseph Birch of Richville; two sons, Michael and Cathy Carr of Richville; Randy and Dawn Carr of Ogdensburg; four daughters, Pam Gotham of Hermon; Lena and Rick Gollinger of Pierrepont; Christine Carr of Hermon and Shari Carr of Hermon; a step-son Michael Birch of Canton; 50 grandchildren, 88 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, John Coffey of Pyrites and James and Joanne Coffey of Pyrites; three sisters; Shirley Coffey of Pyrites; Jeanette Reil of Fulton and Madeline Coffey of Hermon.
She is predeceased by two sons, Cleo and Terry Carr; five grandchildren; by a daughter-in-law Karen Carr, a son-in-law Leo Gotham, by five brothers, Frederick, Norval, Dick, Sherman "PG" Coffey, Bernard "Bud" Coffey.
Pat was born January 27, 1931 in Russell, the daughter of the late Maitland and Lena (Thompson) Coffey. She married the father of her children, Arthur Carr and later Charles Lewis; both predecease her. She married Joseph Birch on August 25, 1990 in Gloversville, NY. Pat worked at the General Electric Plant in Syracuse, and then became a homemaker raising eight children.
She had a green thumb and loved church and family and was a special person to many.
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