PATRICIA ANN CRAVEN AUCOTT (1948-1995)

Pat Craven was born in Abington on Dec 11, 1948.

In high school her activities were prom key committee, yearbook committee and bowling team. She is remembered for her bright smile and contagious laugh.

On May 23, 1969, she married Ron Aucott (N. Penn ’64)

At the time of our 20-year reunion in 1986, she had worked for PECO for ten years, and had moved on to Newtown Heating in Delaware County. Her two daughters, Stacy and Stephanie had been born in 1976 and 1979.

Pat loved her family time. They went skiing in the winter, and camping in the summer. Many happy hours were also spent on the beach in Seaside Heights, NJ.

Both Pat and Ron were people of faith, and their family were active members of the First Baptist Church in Newtown Square. Ron was a deacon, Pat a deaconess. She taught elementary age Sunday School.

Always enjoying children and teaching, in the 1990’s she was working in the main office of Rose Tree Media School district, followed by the job of special education teacher’s aide at Springton Lake Middle School in Media.

In 1989, she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was in remission for a time, but the cancer eventually returned and she died on July 8, 1995. At the time of her passing, the family had lived in Glen Mills for many years. Besides her husband and daughters, she is survived by her sister, Shirley of Horsham, PA.

Services were held at their home church in Newtown Square followed by burial in Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery in Colmar, PA.

At the time of this writing (2016), Stephanie is married and the mother of 4-year old Gabe. Stacy is married and the mother of Charlie, age 7, and Leah, age 6.

Many thanks to daughter Stephanie, who supplied facts and photos for this story. We understand she has inherited Pat’s sweet, contagious laugh… which is a blessing indeed.