Patricia L. (Howland) Travis, 88, a longtime Hopkinton and Framingham resident, died Sunday, March 31, 2024 after a period of declining health. Born in Framingham, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. & Adele M. (Homer) Howland, and the beloved wife of the late Robert K. Travis.
Pat was a 1954 graduate of Framingham High School, and married the loved of her life Bob just a year later. Once children came along, Pat stayed home to run the household. As their children got older, she worked at the former Zayres and Mammoth Mart. She and Bob retired and moved to Florida where they enjoyed the sunshine and warmer weather for fifteen years before returning to Massachusetts to help care for her father, Tom. Upon returning from Florida, Pat and Bob were active members of the 1st Baptist Church of Framingham, and lived at Hastings House in Framingham where they met many wonderful and caring people.
Pat was a talented seamstress and loved to knit. She seemed to always have a pair of knitting needles in her hands. Her children, and grandchildren, great grandchildren and many newborns were the beneficiary of her talents in the forms of hats, blankets, sweaters and slippers. For several years she made hats for the Hopkinton High Football teams that her son’s David and Peter played on, that later became affectionately known as “Pat Hat”.
Pat is survived by her children, Donny & his wife Kim of Caroga Lake, NY, David & his wife Maureen of Sanford, NC, Diane Smith & her husband Karl of St. Albans, ME, and Peter & his wife Silvia of Northborough, 10 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, her siblings, Ronald Howland, Alice Bartlett and Cathy Marquell, and many nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband Bob, Pat was predeceased by her siblings, Barbara Antonio, and Thomas “Bud” and Robert Howland.
Family and friends will honor and remember Pat’s life by gathering for a time of visitation in the McCarthy, McKinney & Lawler Funeral Home, 11 Lincoln St. Framingham, on Saturday, April 6th from 9:30 – 11:30AM. Her Funeral service will immediately follow. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made in Pat’s name to: Perkins School for the Blind, https://support.perkins.org/, or to the Callahan Center/Senior Services, 535 Union Ave. Framingham, MA 01702.
To share a memory with the Travis Family, kindly visit www.mccarthyfh.com
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