" Arial; age 76, of ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:City w:st="on"st1:PersonName w:st="on"Waterford/st1:PersonName/st1:City, st1:State w:st="on"Michigan/st1:State and st1:place w:st="on"st1:City w:st="on"st1:PlaceType w:st="on"Lake/st1:PlaceType st1:PlaceName w:st="on"Shickshinny/st1:PlaceName/st1:City, st1:State w:st="on"Pennsylvania/st1:State/st1:place, died peacefully August 3, 2012. " Arial; "She leaves to celebrate her life three children, Jan Thomas Jonas of st1:City w:st="on"st1:PersonName w:st="on"Waterford/st1:PersonName/st1:City, Timothy (Lisa) Jonas of " Arial; Pepperell, st1:State w:st="on"Massachusetts/st1:State and Stephenie (Timothy Sullivan) Anne Jonas-Sullivan of st1:place w:st="on"st1:City w:st="on"Wiesbaden/st1:City, st1:country-region w:st="on"Germany/st1:country-region/st1:place. " Arial; "She also leaves behind 4 grandchildren, Lauren and Matthew Sullivan, Natia and Nick Jonas, her dearest friends Donna Lignon and Paulette Kovach, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and treasured friends who will all miss her effervescent presence and ready laughter. " Arial; "Patti was raised in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania. " Arial; "She traveled the world with her late husband Stephen while he served his career in the Air Force. " Arial; "Upon his retirement and raising their children, they both began working for the st1:place w:st="on"st1:PlaceType w:st="on"Commonwealth/st1:PlaceType of st1:State w:st="on"st1:PlaceName w:st="on"Pennsylvania/st1:PlaceName/st1:State/st1:place, Department of Corrections until their retirement in 2001.