Norway – Patty A. Minnerly, 50, of Norway passed away early Saturday, Sept. 2, with her family by her side.

She was born in Norway, March 12, 1956, the daughter of Ivan S. and Virginia Woodworth Estes. She graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1974. She was a member of the Grace Fellowship Church in Oxford.

Patty married Robert C. Minnerly II, on Feb. 10, 1983. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many.

She has made the journey to a place where there is no pain, sickness or sorrow. However her “spirit” and “special laughter” will forever live on in our hearts.

She leaves her beloved family; her husband; sons, Jeremy Ivan Minnerly and Jesse Issac Minnerly; stepson, Eric Minnerly and his longtime companion, Michell Rand; two granddaughters, Jade and Alana Minnerly; six sisters, Carolyn Proctor of Oxford, Nancy Bedard of Norway, Peggy Masse of Rumford, Penny Breton and her husband, Leo, of Sarasota, Fla., Pamela Durgin and her longtime companion, Ron Durgin, of Norway, Betsey Williams and her husband, David, of Rumford; one brother, Wayne Carro and his wife, Brenda, of West Paris; many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles in the Oxford Hills area; and her close friends, Holly and Bob Morse, Kathy Herney and Marcia Libby.