I. Patricia Mukina, age 83, of Edinboro, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at Edinboro Manor. Born in Meadville on April 27, 1930, she was a the daughter of the late William P. Flynn II and Esther McMullen Flynn. She married Frank P. Mukina on September 28, 1951 and he preceded her in death on September 30, 2001.

Mukina, I. PatriciaPat was primarily a homemaker who along with her husband raised seven boys and operated the family farm. She was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, the Catholic Daughters of Americas Court – Erie #515, and the Shadbush Club. She was a lover of music, arts, and flowers.

In addition to her husband, she is preceded in death by a son, Daniel Mukina, and two brothers, William P. Flynn III and Mickey Flynn.

Her surviving family consists of six sons– Michael Mukina and wife Kerry of Meade, CO, John Mukina and wife Patty of Edinboro, Gary Mukina and wife Anh-Tu of Geneva, OH, Frank Mukina and wife Penny of Mooresville, NC, Thomas Mukina and wife Lynne of Ashtabula, OH, and David Mukina of Conneaut, OH; also, 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Friends will be received by the family at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 128 Sunset Drive, Edinboro on Monday morning from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Father William Sutherland will officiate. Burial will follow at St. James Cemetery in Crossingville.

Memorials may be made to Our Lady of the Lake Church or the Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department, 125 Meadville Street, Edinboro, PA 16412.