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Averill Park - Patricia “Trisha” A. Meharg Edelman, 70, died Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Albany Medical Center Hospital New Scotland Avenue Albany after a brief illness.
Born in Troy, she was daughter of the late James W. Meharg and Clara Jane Lane Meharg and wife for 33 years of Peter S. Edelman. She was a lifelong resident of Troy and Averill Park and was a graduate of School 16, Catholic Central High School and nursing school in St. Petersburg, FL.
Trisha was a Licensed Practical Nurse at the Samuel Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany and for the past 7 years at Eddy Village Green in Cohoes.
Trisha was an exemplary cook, a movie buff and enjoyed Live Musical Theater. She loved reading and traveling, especially to Ogunquit, Maine “her happy place”. She adored her cats Minnie and Daisy and was a communicant of St. Henry's Church in Averill Park.
Survivors in addition to her husband include her siblings, Dr. Michael Patrick (Corinne)Meharg, Delmar, Dr. John J. (Chris) Meharg, San Francisco, CA and Catherine “Kitty” M. (William) Hammond, San Anselmo, CA and her nieces and nephews, Jesse (Colleen) Meharg, Erin (Carlton) Harris, Emily, Phoebe, Zoe and Livia Meharg, Finn and Beck Weldon and Theo, Sophia and Alivia Hammond
Relatives and friends may call at the Bryce Funeral Home, Inc. 276 Pawling Avenue Troy on Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 4-6 PM with a Celebration of Life to follow at 6PM.
Interment will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery Watervliet.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in memory of Patricia A. Edelman to the American Lung Association 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60601, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or Mohawk Hudson Humane Society 3 Oakland Avenue Menands, NY 12204. We recommend using the brycefuneralhome.com website to share or send condolences, light a candle, view videos or for service directions.
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American Lung Association
55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago IL 60601
Web: https://action.lung.org/site/Donation2?df_id=37359&mfc_pref=T&37359.donation=form1&s_src=PaidSearch&
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105
Tel: 1-800-805-5856
Web: http://www.stjude.org/
Mohawk Hudson Humane Society
3 Oakland Avenue, Menands NY 12204
Web: http://www.mohawkhumanesociety.org