Patricia Anne Collins

Patricia Anne Collins, aged seventy-three, left this life due to pancreatic cancer on June 15, 2025. Patty enjoyed a happy, successful and good life. She was an exceptionally kind and caring person with a great sense of humor. Everyone who enjoyed the pleasure of her intellect, company and friendship will miss her dearly. At the end of Patty’s life, the extraordinary staff of Calvary Hospital in the Bronx provided her with deep compassion and superb care. For more than 40 years Patty was a proud New Yorker, and she enjoyed a lifetime of summers on Indian Neck. Patty was born in New Haven, the daughter of William H. and Dorothy M. Collins. She is survived by her brother Hobart and his wife Mary and by dear and stalwart friends: Sandy Fiebelkorn, Joan Lambe, Susan MacDonald and Gary Beeman. She is missed dearly by her beloved companion Bird. Patty graduated from Lee High School in New Haven, Dartmouth College, (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude) and the Yale School of Management. She also studied at Mount Holyoke College for two years. Patty enjoyed a diverse career in New York with Doubleday Publishing and the New York Times before retirement from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In retirement she enjoyed immensely her work as a docent at the Yale Center for British Art, was a dedicated volunteer at the Ferguson Library in Stamford and enjoyed tutoring in the “For the Birds” program at the NYC Audubon Society. Patty was an avid gardener, an excellent birder and a life-long lover of Long Island Sound and Indian Neck. She adored her Tuxedo cats Benny and Bird. If you went with Patty to a museum or gallery you needed to be prepared to see everything in every room and read every plaque. She had an affinity for all that is good in the world. Patty found joy, inspiration and wisdom in her lifelong study of the classics She was as comfortable in ancient Rome as in a cottage on Indian Neck. She enjoyed a wonderful group of loyal friends in New York and Connecticut, who had great fun over the years and supported her with love and care to the end. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Aedan Church. Burial in St. Lawrence Cemetery. Memorial donations are suggested to the Connecticut Audubon Society or the Ferguson Library. Sisk Brothers Funeral Home 3105 Whitney Ave. Hamden in care of arrangements. To leave an online condolence please visit www.siskbrothers.com

Patricia Anne Collins

September 19, 1951 - June 15, 2025