Patricia Devlin Peters, 76, passed away on August 8, 2018, surrounded by loved ones at her daughter’s home in Seattle, WA, following a three-and-a-half-year battle with lung cancer.
Born and raised in Chester, PA, Pat attended grade school at St. Robert’s from 1948-1956, and graduated high school from the School of the Holy Child in Sharon Hill, PA, in 1960. She earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Immaculata College in 1964 and an M.S. in Information Science from Drexel University in 1966.
Pat then took a job at the Franklin Institute Research Laboratories in Philadelphia, where she met the love of her life, Alec M. Peters.
Pat and Alec were married in 1970 and raised their family in their beloved home on Parrish Road in Swarthmore, including children Julie (SHHS Class of 1991), Max (SHHS Class of 1993), and Susie (SHHS Class of 1995), and their dog, Billy.
In 1980, Pat founded Peters Technology Transfer, Inc., a company that created and sold databases on a wide range of scientific and technical topics, where she served as President. Alec retired from the Franklin Institute shortly thereafter and joined her in the business as Vice President. Together, they later founded a second business, J.A.M.E.S. Publications, named after Alec’s four children, Julie, Andrew, Max, et (French for “and”) Susie.
Pat sold the family businesses and the family home in Swarthmore in 1999, and moved to Fort Collins, CO, where she ran NISC-Colorado, a company similar to the one she had founded. Pat retired from NISC in 2011, but continued working as a freelance copy editor of scientific research articles. Following her cancer diagnosis, she relocated to Seattle to live with her daughter, Susie, while undergoing treatment. She continued to work and to travel extensively until entering hospice care in July 2018.
Pat was pre-deceased by her loving parents, Michael and Anne Devlin, both in 1986, by her adoring husband, Alec Peters, in 1994, by her sister and closest confidant, Mary E. Devlin, in 1999, and by her step-grandson, Justin Peters, also in 1999.
Pat is survived by her daughter, Julie Peters, Julie’s husband, Evan Pritchard, and their children, Aidan (13), Anna (11), and Emma (7) Pritchard, of Arlington, VA; her son, Max Peters, his fiancée, Diana Reading, and their son, William Peters (4 months), of Philadelphia, PA; and her daughter, Susie Peters, of Seattle, WA. She is also survived by her step-son, Andrew Peters, his wife Nancy, their son, Ryan, his wife, Deanna, and their four children, McKenzie (11), Zachary (9), Jason (5) and Cody (1), all of Arizona. Last, but never least, she is survived by her best friend of 70 years, Helen Carney Welc, of Boothwyn, PA, with whom she shared many adventures.
Family and friends are invited to a viewing and visitation at the Carr Funeral Home, 935 South Providence Road, Wallingford, PA, 19086, on Friday, August 17th, from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by a luncheon at the Springfield Country Club at 1 p.m. In accordance with Pat’s wishes, there will be no funeral mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat’s memory may be made to the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer disease fund of the Patient Access Network Foundation: panfoundation.org.
Born and raised in Chester, PA, Pat attended grade school at St. Robert’s from 1948-1956, and graduated high school from the School of the Holy Child in Sharon Hill, PA, in 1960. She earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Immaculata College in 1964 and an M.S. in Information Science from Drexel University in 1966.
Pat then took a job at the Franklin Institute Research Laboratories in Philadelphia, where she met the love of her life, Alec M. Peters.
Pat and Alec were married in 1970 and raised their family in their beloved home on Parrish Road in Swarthmore, including children Julie (SHHS Class of 1991), Max (SHHS Class of 1993), and Susie (SHHS Class of 1995), and their dog, Billy.
In 1980, Pat founded Peters Technology Transfer, Inc., a company that created and sold databases on a wide range of scientific and technical topics, where she served as President. Alec retired from the Franklin Institute shortly thereafter and joined her in the business as Vice President. Together, they later founded a second business, J.A.M.E.S. Publications, named after Alec’s four children, Julie, Andrew, Max, et (French for “and”) Susie.
Pat sold the family businesses and the family home in Swarthmore in 1999, and moved to Fort Collins, CO, where she ran NISC-Colorado, a company similar to the one she had founded. Pat retired from NISC in 2011, but continued working as a freelance copy editor of scientific research articles. Following her cancer diagnosis, she relocated to Seattle to live with her daughter, Susie, while undergoing treatment. She continued to work and to travel extensively until entering hospice care in July 2018.
Pat was pre-deceased by her loving parents, Michael and Anne Devlin, both in 1986, by her adoring husband, Alec Peters, in 1994, by her sister and closest confidant, Mary E. Devlin, in 1999, and by her step-grandson, Justin Peters, also in 1999.
Pat is survived by her daughter, Julie Peters, Julie’s husband, Evan Pritchard, and their children, Aidan (13), Anna (11), and Emma (7) Pritchard, of Arlington, VA; her son, Max Peters, his fiancée, Diana Reading, and their son, William Peters (4 months), of Philadelphia, PA; and her daughter, Susie Peters, of Seattle, WA. She is also survived by her step-son, Andrew Peters, his wife Nancy, their son, Ryan, his wife, Deanna, and their four children, McKenzie (11), Zachary (9), Jason (5) and Cody (1), all of Arizona. Last, but never least, she is survived by her best friend of 70 years, Helen Carney Welc, of Boothwyn, PA, with whom she shared many adventures.
Family and friends are invited to a viewing and visitation at the Carr Funeral Home, 935 South Providence Road, Wallingford, PA, 19086, on Friday, August 17th, from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by a luncheon at the Springfield Country Club at 1 p.m. In accordance with Pat’s wishes, there will be no funeral mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat’s memory may be made to the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer disease fund of the Patient Access Network Foundation: panfoundation.org.