Patricia Wheelwright Brown Hallett, 70, died Friday, August 23, 2013. Born in Asheville, NC, she had been a Peninsula resident for 65 years. Pat worked at the The Hidenwood Retirement Community on the activities team. She was a former preschool teacher at St. Stephens Episcopal Church and Hidenwood Presbyterian Church. Pat was a member of Maxwell Garden Club, Lee Hall Depot Foundation and former member of the Hilton Junior Womens Club.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents, John Fuller Brown and Ellen Senkler Brown and sister, Ellen B. Kelleher. She is survived by her husband Stuart Hallett Jr; children, Stuart Hallett III and wife Mara of Williamsburg, Charlotte H. Benthall and husband John of Smithfield, John T. Hallett and wife Susan of Henrico; sisters, Daphne B. Robertson and husband Bill of Newport News, Harriett B. DeLong of Savannah, GA; sister-in-law, Patsy B. Hallett of Glen Allen; nine grandchildren, Aaron, Josh, Shelby, John Stuart, Thomas, Conner, James, Mary Beth, Bryn.

A graveside service will be conducted at 10 AM, Friday, August 30, 2013 at Peninsula Memorial Park. A reception will follow at The Hidenwood Retirement Community.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, the American Cancer Society or a favorite charity.

Arrangements by R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home.