Judith A. Patuto

December 5, 1941 - November 9, 2020

PITTSBURG – Judith A. Patuto, 78, of Pittsburg, passed away on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown after a long period of declining health. She was born in Lynn, Mass., on Dec. 5, 1941, a daughter to the late George and Laura (Matheson) Cunningham. Judy’s career was as a caring registered nurse, working for many years at the Hale Hospital in Haverhill, Mass. In retirement, she and her husband moved to the north country of New Hampshire where they enjoyed more than twenty years. She loved animals, especially dogs. She was a beautiful and kind person, a devoted wife, mother, sister, and grandmother, and nurse to so many over the years. No one could ever say anything negative about Judy. She was a communicant at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in Stewartstown. She leaves behind her beloved husband of more than 25 years, John Patuto of Pittsburg; four sons, Christopher Pearson and wife Kimberlyn of Orange, Tex., Stephen Pearson and partner Sue Plouffe of Georgetown, Mass., Douglas Pearson and wife Erika of Salem, NH, and Donald Pearson of NH; four grandchildren, Adam Pearson and wife Caitlyn of Salem, NH, Erik Pearson of Georgetown, Mass., Holly Pearson and fiancé Rick MacLeod of Salem, NH, Heather Pearson of Haverhill, Mass., two great-grandchildren, Daniel and Braden Pearson of Salem, NH; and two brothers, Glen and Ronald Cunningham of Naples, Fla. Calling hours will be on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH, with COVID-19 small group and social distancing guidelines being observed (masks or face coverings required). A graveside interment service will immediately follow at Noon at the Indian Stream Cemetery on Tabor Road in Pittsburg, NH. Memorial donations in Judy’s memory may be made to the Coös Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 345, Colebrook, NH 03576. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.