Patricia Ann (Goodrich) Murray

Patricia Ann (Goodrich) Murray, 88, a resident of North Attleboro, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 12, at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston surrounded by her loving children. She was the wife of the late John G. “Jack” Murray Jr., Ed.D. Daughter of the late Leo and Katherine B. (Dolan) Goodrich, she was born and proudly raised in Jamaica Plain. She was a Class of 1955 graduate of Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain. Pat resided in Hyde Park for 16 years before living in Stoughton for 19 years, then Rockland for 20 years. She had resided in North Attleboro for the past eight years.

She was a devoted and loving mother who, in addition to running the house, made sure she never missed a match in the Wednesday Morning Bowling League she joined in 1974 in Hyde Park and competed in for 45 years with the same group when it moved to Norwood. She loved going to Foxwoods with her sisters and nieces and she was a fierce Fantasy Football competitor (she was looking forward to her league’s Aug. 17 draft and was planning to pick Josh Allen again). She was a genuinely avid Boston sports fan, but nothing ever matched the joy she had spending time with her adoring family, especially at White Horse Beach. Her other favorite “sport” was shopping for clothes for her entire family, but especially the babies. She always said, “If you ever can’t find me, look in the baby clothes section at Macy’s.” She was the quintessential “gentle woman,” but she was equally fierce in her care and protection of those she loved.

Pat is survived by her children, Katherine B. Schwinden and her husband Michael of Plymouth, Christine T. Canning and her husband Paul of North Attleboro, John G. Murray III and his wife Jane of Norton, Steven E. Murray and his wife Anne of East Northport, NY and Leeann LeClaire and her husband Tom of Norton. She was the beloved grandmother of Ted, Caitlin, Aidan, Bridgit, Fiona, Megan, Thomas, Kevin, Jack, Hope, Katrina and Brian and the great-grandmother of Ember, Smith, Landon, Kit and Bradley. She is also survived by dozens of beloved nieces and nephews. The youngest of nine children, she was the loving sister of Helen Lamb of Canton and the late Leo Goodrich, Edna Jacobs, Eleanor Hayes, Betty Goodrich, William Goodrich, Marion Fitzgerald and Paul Goodrich.

Visiting Hours will be held in the Farley Funeral Home, 358 Park St. (Rt. 27) Stoughton on Thursday, July 17 from 4-7 PM. Funeral will be held from the Funeral Home on Friday, July 18 at 9:45 AM followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Church, Norton at 11 AM. Interment will follow at Knollwood Memorial Park, Canton. In lieu of flowers, donations in Patricia’s name may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Adult Palliative Care Program, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445, www.dana-farber.org