FARMINGTON – Patricia “Pat” DeRaspe Holland, 70, of Wilton, peacefully left her earthly home on Monday, Jan. 19, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, and was immediately welcomed to her heavenly mansion prepared for her by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

She was born in Mexico, on Sept. 3, 1938, a daughter of Hubert and Mary Helen (Young) DeRaspe, who predeceased her. She was married to Ted Holland for 47 years. He died on Dec. 2, 2002, in Tucson, Ariz.

She is survived by two sons, John Holland and his wife, Cindy, and grandchildren, Christine, Amanda, Brooke, Joshua and Sarah; Jeffrey Holland and his wife, Tracy, and grandchildren, Scott and his wife, Sara, and Tiffany; one daughter, Debbie Joseph and her husband, Richard “Rich” Joseph, and grandson, Jason Joseph; two great-grandsons, Shawn Tyler Holland and Jayden Michael Joseph; and a sister, Evelyn Arbor.

She was predeceased by five brothers, Albert, Eugene, James, John, and infant brother, George; and four sisters, Ella Giroux, Georgina Warner, Louise Perry and Alice McLaughlin.

She will be remembered for her quick, DeRaspe wit.