Submitted by: Dan Rich

Patricia Joan Hoban

Aug. 10, 1931 - Jan. 12, 1999

South Bend Tribune 1/14/1999

Patricia Joan Hoban, 67, of 205 N. St. Louis Blvd., South Bend, Ind., passed away following an extended illness the morning of Tuesday, January 12. Patty was born on Aug. 10, 1931 to Marguerite and the late Glen Handshaw in Kalamazoo, Mich. She practiced and taught surgical nursing respectively at St. Joseph's Hospital of South Bend and at the Holy Cross Nursing School until 1958 after receiving her BSN from St. Mary's College. She was also a long time member of St. Joseph's Parish in South Bend and a member of the ladies auxiliary of the South Bend Ancient Order of Hibernians.

On Aug. 24, 1957, as Patricia J. Handshaw, she married Maurice J. Hoban and together they raised six children: Maurice J. Hoban, Jr. of South Bend, Bridget Hoban O'Meara of Indianapolis, Ind., Thomas X. Hoban of Chicago, Ill., Peggy Hoban Halvorsen of Seattle, Wash., John L. Hoban of South Bend and Timothy K. Hoban of South Bend. In addition to her husband, mother and children, she is survived by a sister, Marilyn Andrzejewski of Mishawaka, Ind.; a brother, Bob Handshaw of Benton Harbor, Mich.; and nine grandchildren, Anna, Michael, Maura, Fiora, Sarah, Cody, Lizzy, Isaiah and Connor. Other close surviving relatives include nephews, M. Patrick Hoban and J. Michael Hoban; and a niece, Mary Hoban Ricci.

Visitation will take place from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the McGann Funeral Home, 2313 E. Edison Road, where a Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday at St. Joseph's Church in South Bend with burial following at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame.