Patricia Summerill Gionet

April 19, 2020

Patricia (Robinson) Summerill Gionet Summerill Gionet, 83, a resident of Friends Village at Woodstown, passed away on April 19th, 2020. Patricia was a victim of the Covid-19 virus. Born in Penns Grove, Patricia or “Patsy” as her friends called her, graduated from Salem High School Class of 1956. She was a first generation college graduate, earning her BA from Rutgers University. After marrying her high school sweetheart, Thomas C. Summerill, she started her family and a teaching career. She later acquired her MA from Glassboro State College and spent her career as a learning disabilities specialist. . Patricia loved her family, teaching, nature, genealogy, travel and Cape May, NJ. She was a woman of strong faith and had great respect and compassion for others. Patricia was an active member of: NJEA, AAUW, SJ Nature Club, Presbyterian and Unity churches and the National Audubon Society. At age 55, Patricia camped and hiked her way across the Pennine Way national trail in England. She was an avid reader, and admirer of Emmerson and Blake. The true blessing of her life was being a Nannie to her two granddaughters Christina (her “sunshine”) and Jessica (her “musica”) Patricia was predeceased by her parents, Louise and Ellsworth Robinson, her biological father Hobart Paynter, her sister Phyllis Gionet, her first husband Thomas C. Summerill and her second husband Captain Laurence Gionet Jr. (USN Ret.) Patricia is survived by her daughters Lynn Summerill of Malden, MA and Amy Summerill Allen of Carneys Point, NJ. Also her granddaughters Christina Holladay of Carneys Point and Jessica Holladay of Pennsville, as well as her siblings, Lynn Makransky of Penns Grove, NJ, Barbara Mitchell of Bremerton, WA. and Pam Paynter of Shelter Island, NY, Due to the Covid-19 quarantine, a memorial services to be arranged by Ashcraft Funeral Homes in Penns Grove, NJ, will be announced and held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue at PO Box 471, Deepwater, NJ 08023 or donate a library book to the Salem County Library Book Mobile, 900 Route 45, Ste 4, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098 in Patricia’s memory