Analee (Pat) Patterson Durant died January 28, 2023 in Hanover, NH. She was born Analee Frances to Aldith (Olson) and Barton Montgomery Patterson on August 3, 1922 in Davis, West Virginia. Pat celebrated her 100th birthday last August surrounded by family.

Upon graduation from Davis High School at age sixteen, Pat was recognized for perfect attendance, never absent or tardy during all her school years. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of WVA in 1943 then went directly to Washington, DC for a job in the war effort. She was hired by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), precursor to the CIA, and sent to Calcutta (now Kolkata), India for the duration of the war.

While in Calcutta she first met the love of her life and future husband, Captain William (Bill) B. Durant, USN. After WWII Pat's spirit of adventure led her to employment with the American Red Cross to help repatriate Japanese internees from Shanghai, China back to Japan. While in Shanghai, Pat reconnected with Bill Durant. Her experiences in India, China and Japan were just the beginning of a life of travel and frequent moves.

After returning to the U.S. Pat and Bill began their married life together in Schenectady, NY. For the next eighteen years they were a Navy family, mainly stationed in Arlington, VA between stints in Hawaii, California and Sasebo, Japan. Pat took up golf, bridge, painting, and flower arranging as well as working as a school bus driver while raising their four children.

In 1965 they relocated to Hanover, NH where Pat worked summers for Dartmouth College organizing college conferences. Pat continued her Red Cross work as a volunteer at local bloodmobile drives. Always a lover of the outdoors, she enjoyed skiing, hiking, bird watching, and gardening while also honing her golf and bridge skills. She later took up duplicate bridge and would travel New England for tournaments.

As grandchildren started arriving Pat and Bill began organizing biennial vacations to Cape Cod for the whole family. This tradition continued with only a few missed years until Pat was no longer able to travel. Many of the most treasured memories for the family came from these special times together. "Granny" was famous among the grandchildren for her fabulous family dinners, always delicious if not extravagant, and she made it all seem easy. Not only was she an excellent cook, she was a talented seamstress and prolific knitter.

Pat's beloved husband, Bill, died in 2000 after a long journey with dementia.

She was predeceased by her two sisters, Betty Gooding and Patty Thompson.

She is survived by her four children: William and his wife Susan, of Cornish, NH; Peter and his wife Mary Beth, of Washington, DC; David and his wife Kathy of Woodbine, MD; Judith and her husband Steven Ladd, of Meriden, NH. She will also be missed by her 11 grandchildren and their spouses, 19 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Pat's family greatly appreciates the compassionate care provided by the staff at Wheelock Terrace, Bayada Hospice, and Harvest Hill.

Contributions in memory of Pat can be made to the American Red Cross, the Hanover Conservancy or a charity of one's choice.

A celebration of her life is being planned for a later date.