SILVERTHORNE, PATRICIA HERRICK – Pat passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at her home in Toronto, Ontario on October 16, 2023, age 90. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Dennis Jr. and Carolina of Toronto; and her grandchildren Oliver and Theodore. She was pre-deceased by her husband Dennis Alfred Silverthorne; her parents Wendell Herrick and Elizabeth Fackler Herrick Cozier; and her brother John F. Herrick.

She was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio and graduated from Hathaway Brown School in 1951. She developed a lifelong passion for figure skating at the Cleveland Skating Club, and was Senior Ladies Champion for 5 years. She earned the USFSA Gold Medal and competed in the 1954 United States Figure Skating Championships. Later she became a figure skating judge and rose to the national level. In 1956, she earned a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. She was a pioneer in computer programming at AT&T for 10 years as a data systems design supervisor. She married Dennis in 1970, and they moved to London, Ontario and together they operated Silverthorne Skating School for figure and power skating.

Friends may call on Thursday, November 2 from 4-6 p.m. at Harris Funeral Home, 220 St. James Street at Richmond, London, where the memorial service will be conducted on Friday, November 3 at 10:30 a.m. Interment Woodland Cemetery.

A Zoom link is available for those who prefer to attend the service virtually on Friday at 10:30 am EST:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89342069915?pwd=EWASDaSqRvLuncS2sJY9ZaAaM5stga.1

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area or the charity of your choice would be gratefully acknowledged.