Patricia Blair Ryan Obituary
The world bids farewell to Patricia Blair Ryan of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, born in Newton, Massachusetts, departing on September 5, 2025 at the age of 92. Patricia leaves behind memories cherished by the community. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Margaret Ann Sullivan Blair and Archibald Malcolm Blair; her husbands, Charles Joseph Ryan, Jr. and James Secundy; her sister Nancy Blair Dota; and her son Adam Blair Ryan.
She is survived by: her daughters, Eileen Ryan (Guy Holt) of Watertown, MA, Gillian Ryan (Roger MacDonald) of Monterey, MA and Jessica Ryan Lapinski (Dave Hayes) of Florence, MA; her grandchildren, Giles (Frederica Stahl), Isabelle (Ethan Hotchkiss), Charlotte Holt (Lucia Finney), Edward and Nikolai Lapinski; her great grandchildren, Henrietta and Emmett Stahl Holt; and her son-in-law John Lapinski.
She was a practicing therapist both at her home office and in Pittsfield until 2020 when Covid brought her working career to an end at the age of 87.
Psychotherapist and artist Patricia Ann Blair Ryan, a 42-year resident of Great Barrington, MA, died peacefully at her home on September 5, 2025 of complications from Alzheimer's Disease.
