Patricia Augustine

Patricia Augustine, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, 89, of 235 West Fifth Street, Mt. Carmel passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Born in Mt. Carmel on May 15, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Catherine (Petruskevich) Yuskoski.

She was a 1954 graduate of Catholic High in Mt. Carmel and the Ashland State Hospital School of Nursing where she received her Registered Nurse (RN) training.

Following nursing school, she was employed for many years as a Registered Nurse at Shamokin State Hospital, Ashland State Hospital and Danville State Hospital.

Patricia was married on July 5, 1958 in the former Holy Cross Church to Philip Augustine who survives.

She was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish.

Patricia will be remembered for her love of family, Sunday and holiday dinners, trips to the beach, knitting and quilting and her devotion to the rosary.

Surviving in addition to her husband of almost sixty-seven years, Philip are her son, David Augustine and his wife Marie of Den-Mar Gardens and their children Kaila Roy and her husband Michael and Justin Augustine and his wife Haley; daughter, Kathy Castellano and her husband Edward of Pottsville and their children Katie Castellano and Kyle Castellano; daughter-in-law, Ann Marie Augustine of Shamokin wife of the late Jeffrey Augustine and their children Heather Augustine and her significant other Chris Jones and Celeste Dutko and her husband Michael; great-grandchildren, Nadia, Aly, Ashyr, Maddex, Kinslee and Macklin; two sisters, Loretta Fantanarosa and Kathy Golden and her husband Jim; sister-in-law, Janet Yuskoski; numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Jeffery Augustine; a sister, Alice Concini; and a brother Vincent Yuskoski.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:00 am in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church with Very Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Karwacki as the celebrant. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mt. Carmel Township. A visitation will held on Friday from 9:00 am until 10:45 am at the Joseph J. Stutz, Inc. Funeral Home, 40 South Market Street Mt. Carmel, Joseph J. Stutz, III Supervisor. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 47 South Market Street, Mt. Carmel, PA 17851. To offer a condolence to Patricia’s family please sig the guestbook at www.stutzfuneralhome.com.