Patricia Sherwood

PATRICIA RUNKLE SHERWOOD, THE YOUNGEST OF THREE DAUGHTERS BORN TO WILLIAM AND MARJORIE RUNKLE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. ON JULY 17, 1929, AND PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 1, 2025. SHE WAS RAISED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THEN SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND. SHE GRADUATED FROM MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1947.  HER PARENTS AND SISTERS BARBARA BROWN AND JACQUELINE PETTIT PREDECEASED HER.

PATTY MARRIED CLARKSON R. SHERWOOD ON MARCH 29, 1948, AND THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN, DEBBY (STEVE), SUSIE (JIM), POGO (CINDY), NANCY (ROGER) AND FRANNIE. THEY MOVED THEIR FAMILY TO OLNEY IN 1961 AND SHE HAS LIVED THERE IN THE SAME HOME EVER SINCE THAT TIME.  SHE SPENT MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS WITH HER SWEETHEART CLIFTON (HONEY) HUNT.  CLARK AND HONEY BOTH PREDECEASED HER.

PATTY IS SURVIVED BY HER FIVE CHILDREN, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY-TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHT STEP GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR STEP GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MANY BELOVED NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.  AND INNUMERABLE GRAND ANIMALS OF ALL TYPES.  ALSO, MANY MORE NOT ATTACHED THROUGH LAW OR BIOLOGY THAT SHE EMBRACED AS HER OWN.  HER NIECE PATTY ANN AND GRANDDAUGHTER MARIJKE PREDECEASED HER.   WHAT A LEGACY!!

ONE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN WROTE THE FOLLOWING WORDS WHICH TRULY SUM UP THE EFFECT SHE HAD ON SO MANY:

“OUR CHERISHED GRANDMA HONEY LEFT THIS EARTH AFTER 95 FULL YEARS OF LIFE. SHE WAS THE MATRIARCH OF THE SHERWOOD CLAN. SHE RULED WITH SO MUCH LOVE, ADMIRATION AND COMPASSION FOR HER FAMILY. SHE TAUGHT US HOW TO LISTEN WITHOUT JUDGMENT, THE IMPORTANCE OF A SLOW MORNING AND A LONG COUNTRY DRIVE.

SHE WAS THE ORIGINAL COASTAL GRANDMOTHER. HER FAVORITE PLACE WAS BY THE OCEAN. SHE HAD A CASUAL ELEGANCE THAT WAS UNIQUELY HERS. A WHITE BUTTON-UP, A SILK SCARF, BANGLE BRACELETS, A CHOP-STICK BUN, A FUNKY BELT AND SOME FRYE BOOTS, WAS HER ICONIC STYLE.

I WILL MISS HER SIGNATURE, “YOOHOO” GREETING. THE WAY SHE HELD MY HANDS AND LOOKED INTO MY EYES WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND CONNECTION. SHE DIDN’T JUST LOOK AT YOU, SHE SAW YOU. HER SOUL CONNECTED TO YOURS. NO WORDS WERE NEEDED. HER LOVE ALWAYS RADIATED THROUGH. I KNOW SHE IS NOW AT PEACE IN HEAVEN WITH SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE SHE LOVED SO DEARLY. MAY WE ALL REFLECT ON HER LIFE AND GO FORWARD SPREADING THE LOVE AND SWEETNESS OF GRANDMA HONEY.”

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM, GRANDMA HONEY, PATTY, AND WILL MISS YOU FOREVER.

ARRANGEMENTS BY BARBER FUNERAL HOME LAYTONSVILLE, MD.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE SILO FALLS RESTAURANT BROOKEVILLE, MARYLAND

SUNDAY MARCH 16, 2025 2PM – 5PM

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