OBITUARY
Patty passed away peacefully at our home in Santa Cruz on the evening of August 31 surrounded by family after a short bout with Pancreatic Cancer. She is survived by her husband Brian L. Smith of Santa Cruz, her son John Griffin-Leggit and his partner Shanae Dhooge of Missoula, Mt., her stepdaughter Jessica Smith and husband Rory Cox of Ben Lomond, her stepson Kyle and wife Rebecka Smith and Patty’s 2 granddaughters Kennedy and Hannah Smith all from Clifton Park, NY, her brother John Griffin and wife Victoria of Monterey and her sister Sally and husband Don Carpenter of Charmichael, Ca. She was preceded in death by her father John Joseph Griffin and her mother Sally Judd Griffin who founded the first Meals on Wheels program on the Monterey Peninsula. The Sally Griffin Senior Center in Pacific Grove bears her name.
Patty was born in the Richmond District of San Francisco and moved to Pacific Grove when she was 8 with her family. She graduated in 1972 from Santa Catalina High School in Monterey and received a BA in Art History from UCSC in 1976…