Patricia (Pat) Hare Fingado, 59, beloved sister, mother, grandmother, and aunt died peacefully in her home on February 17, 2015, in Countryside, Illinois. Patricia was born in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1955. She was raised in Bethesda, Maryland and later Germantown, Maryland. Pat’s father, Ray Maxey Hare, was a decorated WWII veteran and United States Secret Service agent who worked for the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford administrations. Pat’s mother, Frances Wallace Walsh, published the local gazette. Pat was raised with four loving and devoted siblings, Ray (“Tripp”), Cyndi, Debbie, and James (“Bunky”). Pat graduated from Gaithersburg High School in 1973. She left home at 17 and hiked the Appalachian Trail, finding her way to Key West, Florida and spent nights camped outside of the home of Ernest Hemingway. In the fall of 1974, she enrolled at Shepherd College in West Virginia, where she studied education. In 1976, she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was having trouble with her old VW Beatle and she took it to a local mechanic, where she met a young, bearded gear head who offered to fix her car for free – with the one caveat that she go on a date with him. She fell in love immediately and the two were married in the small, high-country mining town of Silver Plume, Colorado on February 16, 1980. The two shared many adventures together, living all over the southwestern and western US and having two sons, David O’Hare and Dana Matthew, along the way. The family ultimately settled in Hillsboro, New Mexico, an old mining ghost town where Pat and David educated their two boys in the great classroom of nature, spending most of their time outdoors hiking, camping, and swimming in mountain creeks. Her sons remember these as happy and carefree times, with awesome memories including being chased down a mountain by a mother black bear and discovering first-hand about rattlesnakes, scorpions, and cacti. On August 14, 1986, David died, and suddenly widowed, Pat moved with her sons to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Despite her grief, Pat persevered and continued to be an exceptional mom, making sacrifices to ensure that her boys had every opportunity. During this time, she continued her studies in education at New Mexico State University. In 1994, Pat married George R. Seibel and in the winter of 1994, the family moved to Riverside, Illinois, in the western suburbs of Chicago. In 1995, Pat gave birth to her only daughter, Nora Caroline. Nora will always treasure the close bond that she shared with her mom, as they were not only mother and daughter, but more importantly they were friends and confidants. Pat lived for her kids, and worked tirelessly to help them grow into mindful and spiritual adults, looking on proudly as all three graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School. Pat continued her studies at Dominican University and worked as a Montessori teacher for almost twenty years, where her passion was helping young children develop curiosity and a love of nature. Pat was a devoted mother to all three of her children and, within the last few years, had cherished being Nana Pat to her two grandsons. She is preceded in death by her husband, David Henry Fingado and her brother, James (Bunky) Hare. Pat is survived by her siblings Ray (Tripp), Cyndi, and Debbie, her loving children, David (Ellen), Dana (Amanda), and Nora, and her grandsons, Brady Matthew and Henry David, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Sunday, February 22, from 3:00-9:00PM at Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th Street, Countryside, Illinois. There will be memorial remarks at 6:00PM. Flower arrangements can be made with Phillip’s Flowers in La Grange Park, IL (708) 579-2255. Pat’s final resting place will be alongside her first husband in New Mexico.