Paid Notice: Patricia Matos of East Hampton, NY, passed away on December 15th — three days short of her 66th birthday, at her home in Whalebone Woods.
Born Patricia Gallagher in 1959 in Queens, NY, she was raised in Massapequa Park by her parents, John and Mary, the 5th of 7 siblings.
Patricia lived in and served the community of Montauk for 25 years, working for the NY State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, where she served in sundry roles, including Camp Supervisor at Hither Hills State Park and Operations Supervisor for all East End Parks. She moved from Montauk to East Hampton in 1990, where she raised three sons with her husband, Anthony Matos, also a long serving member of both Montauk and East Hampton through his volunteering for the Montauk Fire Department and East Hampton Ambulance Association. They were married April 30th, 1983, enjoying 42 years of marriage, 17 years of which they have been proud and devoted grandparents.
Patricia, also Pat or Patty, was well-known on the East End from her years working in the local pediatrician’s office, and as one of many matriarchs of the culs-du-sac neighborhood of Whalebone Woods. There, she helped to foster a localism where the youth were allowed the joys allotted in an environment as eclectic and ecologically diverse as the East End of Long Island.
She was a mother to many, and a stalwart friend to any who was awarded her love. She is survived by her husband, three sons, her daughter-in-law, four grand daughters, her six siblings, six step-siblings, her stepmother Joyce, and spanning scores of relationships nurtured over her years of encouraging and promoting the power and pride of a life spent in the fostering of care between loved ones.
In lieu of flowers or common well-wishes, donations can be made in her name online to Sleep in Heavenly Peace North Fork Chapter: “an organization that builds and delivers beds to children in need of a bed and a safe place to sleep for children in need.” at www.shpbeds.org.
