Deceased Name: PATTY BORIE NALLE
PATTY BORIE NALLE, 95, a former society volunteer, died Sunday at Catherdral Village in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
For many years, Mrs. Nalle was active in the Pennsylvania Children's Aid Society and Philadelphia Housing Association. She also was a volunteer at the Philadelphia Art Museum, which was designed by her uncle Louis Borie.
Another uncle, Adolph Borie, served as secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant. Mrs. Nalle was asked to christen two U.S. Navy destroyers named for her uncle, one during each of the world wars.
The ship named for her uncle during World War II was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean near the U.S. coast during a battle with a German submarine, said her son, Beauveau B. Nalle.
Born in Jenkintown, Mrs. Nalle grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from a boarding school in Baltimore.
Survivors include two other sons, Jesse and Peter B.; nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services: funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, Church Road and Bethlehem Pike, Whitemarsh; burial, the church yard.
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)
Date: May 19, 1993
Edition: FINAL
Page: D08
Record Number: 9301110109
Copyright (c) 1993 The Philadelphia Inquirer
Deceased Name: PATTY BORIE NALLE
PATTY BORIE NALLE, 95, a former society volunteer, died Sunday at Catherdral Village in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
For many years, Mrs. Nalle was active in the Pennsylvania Children's Aid Society and Philadelphia Housing Association. She also was a volunteer at the Philadelphia Art Museum, which was designed by her uncle Louis Borie.
Another uncle, Adolph Borie, served as secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant. Mrs. Nalle was asked to christen two U.S. Navy destroyers named for her uncle, one during each of the world wars.
The ship named for her uncle during World War II was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean near the U.S. coast during a battle with a German submarine, said her son, Beauveau B. Nalle.
Born in Jenkintown, Mrs. Nalle grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from a boarding school in Baltimore.
Survivors include two other sons, Jesse and Peter B.; nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services: funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, Church Road and Bethlehem Pike, Whitemarsh; burial, the church yard.
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)
Date: May 19, 1993
Edition: FINAL
Page: D08
Record Number: 9301110109
Copyright (c) 1993 The Philadelphia Inquirer
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