Harriet Lee (Patterson) Galida

Harriet Lee (Patterson) Galida, age 72, Uniontown, Pa., passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, September 27, 2014 in her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on Friday August 28, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania daughter of the late Fred Birchall and Katherine Panion Patterson.
Harriet was a member of Saint Therese Roman Catholic Church.
She was a graduate of the Boswell-Jenner High School.
Harriet was employed as the Staff Assistant to the Director of Academic Affairs at Penn State University, the Eberly Campus.
She was an avid reader, loved spending time at the casinos, and playing scratch offs.
Most of all, Harriet loved being a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 49 years, Ronald Galida; loving daughter, Cheri Christine Galida Sanzi and husband Michael of Washington, D.C.; grand children: Ryan and Shannon, whom she loved and adored; sister, Patricia Edwards of Columbia, Maryland; brother, Raymond Patterson of Somerset, Pennsylvania; and many loving friends, especially at Penn State University Fayette Campus.
Friends will be received in KEZMARSKY FUNERAL HOME, 71 Pennsylvania Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., on Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 5 to 8 p.m.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. in Saint Therese Roman Catholic Church, 61 Mill Street, with Monsignor Michael W. Matusak, V.F., Pastor, as Celebrant. Please go directly to church.
Parish Wake Service will be held in the Funeral Home on Thursday at 5:00 p.m.