Patricia McGowan

Published July 27, 2017

PATRICIA McGowan, 59, of Baden, passed Wednesday evening, July 26, 2017, surrounded by family at Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver.

Born March 5, 1958, in Pittsburgh, she was the beloved daughter of Belia (Sixtos) Martinez of Clinton and the late Peter Martinez. Patricia was a seamstress by trade, being the owner and operator of Pat McGowan’s Bridal Alterations of Baden. She had also worked at the Giant Eagle in Leetsdale in their bakery department.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Martinez.

Surviving, in addition to her mother, are her children, Amanda (Josh) Beneviat, Ga.; Eric (Jennifer) McGowan, Ga.; Christopher (Jennifer Pringle) Gahagan, Ambridge; Jeffrey (Jenna) McGowan, Hopewell Twp.; and Maria (Mark Archer) Potts, Latrobe; her brothers, Michael Martinez, Canonsburg; Albert Martinez, III.; and Raymond Martinez, Fla.; and a sister, Linda (Angelo Crivelli) Hyde, Clinton. Beloved grandmother of 11, she is also survived by her former husbands and friends, William Gahagan of Lancaster and Thomas McGowan of Hopewell Twp., and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.

Friends will be received Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. in the MOODY FUNERAL HOME, 1227 Route 30, Clinton. Services are private. Cremation will follow. Entombment will be in Hopewell Hebron Cemetery Columbarium.