1925 – 2017

WINTHROP — Pauline Patten Botka, 91, of Wayne, died Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center in Winthrop.

Pauline was born in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Dr. Warren and Ferne (Worthley) Patten. She married Edward Botka in 1947. They made their home in Maine and Connecticut for the next 60 years.

Pauline was proud to be a graduate of the nursing program at Maine General Hospital in Portland and a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. She worked weekend shifts at Henrietta D. Goodall Hospital in Sanford while raising her children.

During the years she and Ed lived in Connecticut, Pauline volunteered for several organizations. These included 4-H, Girl Scouts and the Literacy Volunteer Program. She most enjoyed her many years as a teacher’s aide in the third-grade class at her youngest daughter’s elementary school. Pauline had a great love of books and passed this love along to her family and students.

Pauline was predeceased by her husband, Edward, in 2007.

She is survived by her daughter Christine Barden and her husband, Thomas, of Wayne; her son, Eric Botka and his wife, Mayumi, of Japan; and her daughter Edith Smith and her husband, Moody, of Florida; and her grandchildren, Benjamin, Heather and Autumn. She is also survived by her brother, Otis Patten and his wife, Marion; her sister, Norma Gilbert and her husband, Harold; two sisters-in-law, Betty Cook and her husband, Cleon, and Arlene Hallman; and a brother-in-law, John Botka; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Condolences can be shared with the family on the obituary page of the website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com.