Patricia Fix, 58, nurse who grew up here
Patricia Florence Lawrynovicz Fix of Copperas Cove, Texas, a nurse who grew up in Ridgefield and whose parents have lived here more than 50 years, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, from injuries sustained when she was struck by a hit-and-run car while walking across a parking lot in Copperas Cove.
The driver of the car was later captured and arrested for intoxication and manslaughter.
“She was one of the original dispensers of TLC — tender, loving care,” said her father, Stanley Lawrynovicz of 58 Soundview Road. “Everyone loved her.”
Mrs. Fix was born on March 20, 1942, at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital in New York, and came to Ridgefield as a first grader. She graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1960 and from St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing in Bridgeport.
Soon after, Mrs. Fix went to work in a hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., and in 1967, she married Randall Ross Fix, a career Army sergeant. She worked in hospitals in this country and in Germany as she followed her husband’s assignments, and the couple eventually settled in Copperas Cove some years ago.
Mrs. Fix had been a surgical nurse at Coryell Memorial Hospital in Gatesville until arthritis forced her to take administrative nursing posts at the hospital.
Mrs. Fix enjoyed painting, flower gardening, and her family. “She was devoted to her three daughters and three grandchildren,” said her mother, Florence Horan Lawrynovicz.
Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. Fix is survived by three daughters, Cynthia Tull of Issaquah, Wash., and Karen Wootten and Kristen Watson, both of Austin, Texas; a brother, S.L. Lawrynovicz of Hartland, Wisc.; and three grandchildren.
The Rev. Charlie Van Winkle conducted services Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Copperas Cove. Burial was in Copperas Cove City Cemetery.