Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 20, 1993 TAG: 9308200272
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE LENGTH: Medium
OBIT DONALD, DR. PATILLO ELIZABETH
DONALD, Dr. Patillo Elizabeth, of Charlottesville, died Thursday, August
19, 1993, at the University of Virginia Hospital, of Malignant Melanoma, the
deadly form of skin cancer. She was the beloved wife of Joe Tucker, mother of
Grace Patillo Cole and cherished only child of Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Donald of
Lexington, Virginia. Patillo was born September 15, 1950, and grew up at
Meadowview in Rockbridge County. Her great-grandparents immigrated from
Ireland to the area. Patillo attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina and received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Human Nutrition from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University of Blacksburg, Virginia
and the Ph.D. in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, North Carolina. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Endocrinology
at the University of Virginia and in 1980 joined the Nutrition Support Service
of the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia. She continued in
this position and was an Assistant Professor of Surgery. She was a Registered
Dietitian and Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian. Also, she was Assistant
Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia. Patillo was
President-Elect, 1994-1995 of the Virginia Society of Parental and Enteral
Nutrition and in 1992 was elected to membership in three honorary societies:
the American College of Nutrition; the American Society for Clinical
Nutrition, and the American Institute of Nutrition. At the University of
Virginia, she was a member of the Medical Center's Nutrition Committee.
Patillo was an old-time fiddler, square-dance caller and clog-dancer. She
spent most of her non-working hours participating in the activities of the
"old time" music community for which both Albemarle and Rockbridge Counties
are meccas. She held a teacher's certificate in piano from the Sherwood
Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois and gave private piano lessons in her home.
Patillo was a member of the Lexington Presbyterian Church and the Tabor
Presbyterian Church in Crozet. Beside Patillo's husband, daughter and parents,
she is survived by her in-laws, Colonel and Mrs. Earl Tucker, of
Charlottesville, Virginia and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; her former husband
and Grace's father, William M. Cole of Charlottesville, Virginia; her former
parents-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. James Cole Jr., of Charlottesville, Virginia; and
a lifelong friend, Mrs. Sara Deaver O'Hare, formerly of Lexington, Virginia
and presently living in Charlottesville. Memorial services will be Saturday,
August 21, 1993, at 3:00 p.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church,
Charlottesville, Virginia and Sunday, August 22, 1993, at 3:00 p.m. at the
Chapel of the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Lexington. In remembrance of
Patillo, friends are asked to provide emotional support to the family over the
years as they attempt to cope with their devastating loss. A trust for Grace
was established by Patillo. Those wishing to contribute may make checks to the
Patillo E. Donald Trust Fund and mail to 616 Big Oak Road, Charlottesville,
Virginia 22903.
by CNB