Patricia Hally Mohlere of Sag Harbor, a former president of the Bridgehampton Association, died of lung cancer on Nov. 5 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She was 73.
Known to friends as Patsy, she was born on March 3, 1946, in Montclair, N.J., to William Hally and the former Elizabeth Dinkel. She grew up in Swarthmore, Pa., where she graduated from public high school there before earning an associate’s degree at Centenary Junior College in Hackettstown, N.J., and a B.A. in history from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. At Dickinson she met Richard Mohlere, her husband of 49 years. He survives.
After their wedding in 1969, the couple moved to the Army base at Fort Benning, Ga., where Mr. Mohlere was stationed. The first of their three daughters, Lisabeth, was born there.
Her husband was sent to Vietnam, and while he was away she and the baby went back to her family home in Swarthmore. He returned after a year, and they moved to Summit, N.J., where their daughters Gretchen and Lee were born. She volunteered for civic and charitable organizations during that time.
The family had spent summers on Shelter Island, and in 1999, with their children grown, the couple moved to the East End, living on Shelter Island in the summer and Bridgehampton in the winter, before winterizing their Shelter Island house and moving there full time.
In 2012, they made Sag Harbor their home.
Mrs. Mohlere volunteered for many years at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church Thrift Shop in Bridgehampton, where her keen sense of fashion proved helpful to many shoppers. She was also skilled at home decorating and gardening.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by their daughters, Lisabeth Harris of Oyster Bay, Gretchen Brown of Wellesley, Mass., and Lee Mohlere of Southampton, as well as a brother, Carl Hally of Folly Beach, S.C., and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton.
Memorial donations have been suggested for the Bridgehampton Association, P.O. Box 507, Bridgehampton 11932, or the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at giving.mskcc.org.
