Individual Record 43

Name}   Duhig, Patricia Jane (Patty)		Family History} Hancock
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Exa    3 Apr 1947	Place} St. Helena Sanitarium, Dear Park, Napa, California
Marr.: Date} Fam 27 Jul   1968	Place} Napa, Napa, California      (Link)
Marr.: Date} Exa 14 May 1977	Place} Reno, Washoe, Nevada     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa   8 Apr  2004	Place} 1147 Hardman Avenue, Napa, California
Burial: Date} Exa 14 Apr  2004	Place} Cremated:  Urn given to Jennifer Bunker
	Grave Marker} No	Source 1} 848 = Birth record Source 2} 1586=1950 USA cen Source 3} 701 = Photograph Source 4} 1798=Yearbook Source 5} 1595=Marriage rec Source 6} 1601=Voter record Source 7} 1004=Divorce rec Source 8} 408 = Marriage rec Source 9} 1727=Marriage rec Source 10} 1801=Newspaper Source 11} 289 = Cookbook Source 12} 836 = Photograph Source 13} 415 = Address list Source 14} 930 = Public rec Source 15} 1164=Letter Source 16} 538 = Letter Source 18} 593 = Letter Source 19} 1093=Death certif Source 10} 1599=S.S. record Source 20} 681 = Obituary
Parents: } Stewart Morton Duhig & Viola Clide Williams    Relationship No.}   11
1st Household No.}   39 = 1206 Banks Avenue, Napa, California
Occupation 1} Housewife        Occupation 2} Secretary
Religion/Church}
Spouses:    First} Dahlen, Alan               Second} Bunker, Walter Garth  Total Number of} 2
Notes:  Patricia Jane Duhig was born 3 Apr 1947 in the St. Helena Sanitarium, in Deer Park, located 2.5 miles north of Saint Helena, Napa County, California.  Her parents were Stewart Duhig and Viola Williams.  She had one older brother, James. In the 1950 U.S. census, Patricia J. Duhig, 3, was living with her parents, Stewart M. Duhig, 42, and Viola C., 30, at 1206 Banks Ave, Napa, California.  Her father was the proprietor of the Duhig Tire Shop.  Her brother James M., was 6.  It was shortly after the census that the family moved to 1147 Hardman Ave., Napa.
The photo at the right shows Patty at about age 8.  She attended Napa High School, and graduated in 1965. Patricia J. Bunker, 20, married Alan Dahlen, 29, on 27 Jul 1968, in Napa, Napa, California.  They moved to Orange County, California  The marriage did not last, and it was dissolved in Oct 1968 in Orange County. Patricia Jane Duhig, 30, married Walter Garth Bunker, 34, on 14 May 1977 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.  They had both been living in San Francisco.  For many years they lived at 546 San Anselmo Ct., Concord while Garth worked as a senior member of an accounting firm.  They both enjoyed bowling in their leisure time.  In 1979 she did the art work for her mother's cookbook Vi's Vittles.  The photo below shows Patty at Katharine Hancock's funeral in Westminster, California, on 14 Mar 1987.  It was about 1987 when Patty and Garth moved to Reno, Nevada, where they were listed at 7939 Oak Creek Dr., Reno.  About 1991 they moved to Plano, Texas, living at 1804 Huron Trail, Plano. Garth's first wife, Toni Walker, died suddenly on 12 Sep 1997, and Patty traveled to Southern California from Texas to help with the details, and the packing and moving of Toni's stuff. About this time, Garth was beginning an 18 month battle with colon cancer.  He spent his last seven months at home with the help of hospice, and died peacefully on 25 Sep 2000 with Patty and his daughters present. Patty returned to Napa following the death of her husband Garth.  Here she had her own 18 month battle with anal cancer, and died of respiratory failure at age 57 on 8 Apr 2004.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death} 10:56 A.M.	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date} Fam 1948	Place} Methodist Church, Napa
Confirm. Date}	Photo} Patty in 1987
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade} High school diploma
Military: Service} None
Health Condition} Metastatic Anal Cancer   Cause of Death} Respiratory failure	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 16 Aug 2025 Date Created}  17 Jun 1994
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