Patricia Lee Doran

life story

Our mom was loving, mother, grandmother, aunt and wife

A memorial service will be held on Sat Oct 22nd at 2pm at St Johns United Methodist church on Deal Island.

We will also be having a memorial service on Oct 29 th at South Vineland in New Jersey.

Wife, Mother, Sister and friend

Born in Philadelphia, Pa she was the one of 2 daughters to Richard and Daisy Coffee. They moved to NJ during childhood where she spent the rest of her childhood in Woodbury Heights, NJ. She enjoyed riding horses and being involved in her church.

As a young woman she was a secretary, fell in love and married at 21. She then began her life long calling as the wife of a minister. She used her skills as a secretary to help her husband and she began her life as a mother bearing 4 children. Kathleen, Jennifer, Pamela and David.

Their life together was spent mostly in NJ until retirement which landing her and her husband in Maryland.

They were very involved in Malaga Camp, going to camp meeting, being house parents and even dean of several weeks. Vacations ranged several places along the eastern seaboard visiting several historical locations.

She loved her children and was always available to listen, give advice or correct behavior. She was always a lady and followed decorum. She was fair and generous to friends, and her children.

She loved her family and was the glue and historian of our family. She was predeceased by her husband James Edward Doran and her sister Joan Tropiano. She leaves behind her children Kathleen Jaconi (Robert), Jennifer Lee Shinn (Michael), Pamela Doran and David Doran (Lisa). She also leaves behind 6 grand children; Aaron Welch, Amber Welch, Miranda Shinn-Garcia (Michael), Kristina Cossel (Mark), Madison Monzo and Elijah Doran. She had 4 great grand children; Taylor Welch, Kayleb Everham, Logan DeSantos, and Mateo Garcia.

memorial service

Memorial Service

October 29, 2022

There will also be a memorial service in South Vineland Methodist Church on Oct 29th. at 10-11 am