Patricia Duthie, age 64 of Van Vleck, passed away Thursday evening, June 20, 2013 in a Bay City hospital following a brief illness.

She was born on July 17, 1948 in Evansville, Ind., a daughter of the late Robert Louis and Laura Malinda Cox Bullard.

Ms. Duthie graduated from Mount Vernon High School in Indiana and attended Vincennes University and Indiana State University in Indiana. She worked in the Accounting department at the South Texas Nuclear Project for many years and TSI Technicoating in Van Vleck for the past several years. She enjoyed her family, listening to music and gardening, especially flowers. Some of her most cherished times were spent with her children and grandchildren, whom she would do anything for. Patricia had an outgoing personality with the ability to empathize with anyone.

Survivors include her son, Shawn Duthie of Wichita Falls, daughters, Heather Maher and husband, John of Wharton, and Jennifer Goodman and husband, Jimmy of Friendswood, sisters, Diane Campbell and Gerry Campbell of Marysville, Calif., Sandra Bullard of Enfield, Ill., Jane Johnson and husband, Fred of Rockford, Ill., Amy McDermott of Claremont, Calif., Tracy Buck of Emerald Isle, N.C., and Megan Bullard of Emerald Isle, N.C., and sister-in-law, Barbara Merz of Columbus, Ohio, brothers, Robert Bullard and wife, Sally of Mount Vernon, Ind., Randy Bullard of Chicago Ill., and Brock Bullard and wife, Therese of Seattle, Wash., and brother-in-law, Robert Duthie and wife Paula ofClearwater, Fla. Her six grandchildren also survive, Lauryn, Gavin, Jackson and Jillian Goodman and J.C. and Noah Maher. She also leaves many cousins and friends to cherish her memory.
Following cremation, memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the chapel of the Wharton Funeral Home with Diane Campbell and Randy Bullard officiating.