Patricia A. Hamilton, 61, of Bruceville, Ind., passed away at 10:57 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2008, at her residence with her family at her side.  Funeral services at Bruceville Christian Church with Pastor Glenn Turner officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vincennes, Ind.

Mrs. Hamilton was born November 1, 1946, in Richland County, the daughter of William E. and Betty R. (Kutch) Doherty. She married Jack W. Hamilton. He survives.

She was a graduate of East Richland High School and attended Eastern Illinois University. She worked for Wickes Lumber for more than 30 years and continued with Timber Roots Lumber as an Inventory Supervisor. She was a member of Bruceville Christian Church and enjoyed the simple pleasures that life offered her. She was devoted to her family, her husband, her children and grandchildren.

Mrs. Hamilton is survived by her husband, Jack W. Hamilton; her children, Clint Durall and his wife, Beth, of Carlisle, Ind., Jacquelyn Jackie Durall, of Vincennes, Ind., and Jeff Hamilton and his wife, Tauyna, of Salina, Kan.; seven grandchildren, Hallie Durall, Ashley Durall, Levi Hamilton, Khaleb Harris, Lindsey Hamilton, Kyreque Owen and Cierra Hamilton; brothers, William Anthony Doherty, of Vincennes, Ind., and Jeffrey Wayne Doherty and his wife, Barb, of Carbondale; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son, Sean Durall, in 1970; her parents, William E. and Betty R. Doherty; and sister, Mary Lou Roberts.

Memorials may be made in Mrs. Hamilton's memory to Good Samaritan Hospital Lincoln Trail Hospice. 

Published in Vincennes Sun-Commercial (IN) - Monday, April 7, 2008