Patricia C. Moldawsky

Patricia Corcoran Moldawsky, 91, of Livingston died Oct. 28, 2015. She was born in Cicero, Ill. 

A professional clinical psychologist, Dr. Moldawsky worked as a school psychologist in the Randolph Township and Montclair school districts. Later, she trained to be a marriage and family therapist at the Family Institute of Westchester and maintained a practice in family therapy until shortly before her death. She was an adjunct faculty member at Kean University and Rutgers Graduate School of Applied Psychology and was a supervisor of trainees at the Institute for Family Studies. 

She received her PhD from University of Iowa in 1953. 

With a love of nature and the outdoors, she was a gardener and had a collection of bonsai trees, a few of which are currently 55 years old. She was an avid swimmer and a jazz dancer. 

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She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Stanley; two daughters, Barbara (Leonard) Stern of New Haven, Conn., and Laurel (Jeffrey) Silber of Wynnewood, Pa.; two sons, Brian (Theresa) of Towaco and Douglas (Linda) of Boulder, Colo.; a brother, Jack (Beth) Corcoran of Downers Grove, Ill.; and 10 grandchildren. 

A memorial service will be held Nov. 27 at Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Livingston. Memorial contributions may be made to Heifer International.