Patricia Lynn Vivirito

Patricia Lynn Vivirito (Johnson), LaGrange Park, died Oct. 21, 2012, at Oakridge Nursing & Rehab, Hillside.

She was born Aug. 3, 1954, in Memphis to Donald and Joanne Johnson. On Sept. 8, 1984, she married John Vivirito.

She graduated from Woodstock High School in 1972. She attended Concordia University, Chicago, earned a RN degree from Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science from Loyola University, Maywood. 

She worked for Loyola University Hospital for 29 years starting in the recovery room, moving up to the operating room and then the neuroscience department.

Survivors include a son, Paul Vivirito, LaGrange Park; her parents, Woodstock; three sisters, Nancy (Donald) Anders, El Cajon, Calif., Diane Wagner, Dubuque, Iowa, and Ellen (Chris) Dahm, Wonder Lake; a niece, Jennifer (Kyle) Oliver, Crystal Lake; and three nephews, Matt Gummerson, McCullum Lake, Philip (Kristen) Dahm, Woodstock, and Bryan Dahm, Wonder Lake.