Patricia Dey was elected to The Lambs in 2008 as a Patron member.
Patricia retired as a New York City Public school teacher who worked for over 20 years in urban schools, from Harlem to Staten Island. Her roots are in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where her mother, Alice Douglas Kelly, was a successful writer and member of the original art colony. With that background, it was not surprising that a lifelong interest in all the arts emerged.
After a ten-year career in film, television, and theatre, she married and had children. The theatre was never far away and, while raising the children, she still managed to do dinner theatre tours and work in children’s theatre, most notably the Children’s Dance Theatre in Manhattan. She earned three degrees from Fordham University.
While working in the NYC public school system, “Writing Process” was introduced; a method of teaching kindergarten children how to express themselves through writing. Dey introduced the process into the classroom, the success was overwhelming and her proudest accomplishment.
Patricia Dey died April 18, 2019, from injuries suffered in a car accident on Staten Island. She died after an apparent medical episode. She was 79.