{"id":45195,"date":"2019-11-03T19:33:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T00:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=45195"},"modified":"2019-11-03T19:33:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T00:33:37","slug":"patricia-a-phelps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/11\/patricia-a-phelps\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia A. Phelps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Patricia A. Phelps, a resident of Lehigh Acres, Florida since 1972, went home to the Lord on Friday, November 1, 2019.&nbsp; She was born in Carthage, New York, on March 14, 1942, to the late Armand Lesperance and Mabel (Labarge) Lesperance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PHELPSpatricia-pic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45196\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia was a devout Catholic, and was a member of St. Raphael Catholic Church in Lehigh Acres, Florida. Before retiring on March 31, 2002, she spent nine years working at Lehigh Elementary School and spent twenty-two years working at the Lehigh Acres Post Office. Some of Patricia\u2019s favorite hobbies were sewing, and bird watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia leaves behind her loving husband of 57 years, James T. Phelps; her children, Diane (Shane) Pledger of Alva, Florida, Barbara Phelps of Lehigh Acres, Florida, and Karen Grace of Lehigh Acres, Florida; her brother, Henry L. Lesperance (Marlys) of Harrisville, NY; her grandchildren, Brian (Ashley), Michael (Jessica), Emily Pledger, Taylor (Nicholas) Bonacolta, Matthew Grace, and Jared Phelps; and her great-grandchildren, Kayden, Karter, Kash, Landon, Ty Pledger and Grace Bonacolta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia is predeceased by her parents, Armand and Mabel Lesperance, her brother Amos J. Lesperance (Evelyn) of Port Lyden, New York, and her sister Ruth M. Lancor (Robert) of Lehigh Acres, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, please contact Dubin Alzheimer\u2019s Resource Center at&nbsp;(239) 437-3007&nbsp;or by email info@alzheimersswfl.org for more information on how to make a donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements for final care have been entrusted to Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida 33907, (239) 936-0555.\u00a0 To share a story or photo, leave a tribute or to offer a condolence at this difficult time please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortmyersmemorial.com\/\">www.fortmyersmemorial.com<\/a>\u00a0and sign the guestbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> VisitationNovember 5, 201912:00 pm- 1:00 pm Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home1589 Colonial Boulevard Fort Myers, FL 33907<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=1589+Colonial+Boulevard+Fort+Myers,+FL+33907\" target=\"_blank\">Get Directions<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funeral Service November 5, 20191:00 pm- 2:00 pm Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home1589 Colonial Boulevard Fort Myers, FL 33907<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia A. Phelps, a resident of Lehigh Acres, Florida since 1972, went home to the Lord on Friday, November 1, 2019.&nbsp; She was born in Carthage, New York, on March&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":45196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}