Linda Mae Marini of Nashville

September 4, 1949 - September 18, 2022

Linda Mae Marini, 73, of Nashville, Tennessee, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at her home.

She was born Sept. 4, 1949, in Steubenville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Gabriel Marini and Helen Villamagna Marini.

She is survived by two sisters - Nancy L. (Stephen) Felkner of Garden Grove, California, and Janet L. Marini of Daytona Beach, Florida - and one brother, John K. (Shari) Marini of Wintersville, Ohio, along with numerous nieces and nephews.

After graduating from Wintersville High School in 1967, Linda studied architecture at Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus Ohio. She put herself through college working at night and taking classes by day. Linda graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Ohio State University, where she met her late husband, Robert Patchin Jr. of Nashville, where they lived for over 30 years.

After college, Linda worked in finance and banking and was a bank manager before beginning her career at Vanderbilt University in 1998 until she retired in 2014.

She enjoyed her retirement and remained very active, often traveling to visit family in Ohio, California and Florida.

Throughout the years, She rescued numerous stray cats, keeping some and finding homes for others.

Linda was a member of Mensa, loved to dance and take exercise classes and competed in ballroom dancing. She was an accomplished seamstress as well.

Linda loved to share her culinary and baking skills with friends, neighbors, coworkers and the local fire station by her home.  She even became a pastry chef at a Nashville hotel restaurant.

She looked forward to planting her yearly garden and growing many different kinds of flowers around her home.

Linda will be sadly missed by all her family.

A private graveside service will be held at Mt Calvary Cemetery in Steubenville, Ohio.