Patricia Ruth Zwick

Services: A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, September 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, MD with Deacon Bill Nickerson officating. Interment will follow in Maryland Veterans Cemetery Cheltenham, MD. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Friday, September 5, 2014 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, MD. Patricia “Patty” Ruth Zwick, 80, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on August 25, 2014 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on August 15, 1934 in Columbus, OH, she was the daughter of the late Doris and James Smith of Columbus, OH. Patty was the loving wife of the late Louis C. Zwick, Sr., whom she married on June 21, 1953 in San Diego, CA, and who preceded her in death after 48 years of marriage on May, 1999. Patty is survived by her children; Victoria Zwick of La Plata, MD, Patricia Hall Marcotrigiano of Oxon Hill, MD, Deborah Sherman (Jeff) of Leonardtown, MD, Joyce Marstaller (Jim) of Lexington Park, MD, Richard Zwick (Brenda) of New Smyrna, FL, 11 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and her brother Kenneth Smith. She was preceded in death by her son Louis C. Zwick, Jr., brothers; James Smith, and Edgar Smith. Patty served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, and worked on the Apollo Missions for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She was the owner of TNT Sports in Charlotte Hall, MD, and helped her husband with the Little League Baseball in Florida and Maryland for 35 years. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 5, 2014 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, MD. A Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 AM with Deacon Bill Nickerson officiating. Interment will follow in Maryland Veterans Cemetery Cheltenham, MD.