Patricia Marie (Pat) Durkee of Pinehurst, N.C., died on Thursday, Dec. 8, at the FirstHealth of the Carolinas Hospice House in Pinehurst. She was 71.

Mrs. Durkee was born June 21, 1940, in Worcester, to the late Bartholomew J. Brennan and Delia Agnes Flaherty Brennan.

She is survived by her husband of 30 years, John W. (Jack) Durkee of Pinehurst; three stepsons, Peter Durkee of Plainfield, Conn., Daniel Durkee and his wife Lisa of Orange, Conn., and Stephen Durkee and his wife Liz of Oak Bluffs; four grandchildren, Andrew, Tyler, Kevin and Stephanie Durkee of Orange, Conn. ; 10 nieces and nephews, many great-nieces and nephews, and a few great-great-nieces and nephews, most of whom are in the Worcester area. Mrs. Durkee was predeceased in death by her brothers Bartholomew Brennan Jr. and Thomas Brennan and sisters Mary Ellen Brennan SSJ and Nora Kathleen Joyce.

A funeral mass was held on Dec. 13 at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Pinehurst, with the Rev. Edward J. Burch officiating. Interment followed in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Cemetery in Southern Pines.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in memory of Patricia to FirstHealth Hospice, House 251, Campground Road, Pinehurst, N.C. 28374 or The Alzheimer’s Association 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28215. Online condolences can be made at bolesfuneralhome.com

Arrangements are under the care of Boles Funeral Home in Pinehurst.