Mrs. Patricia F. (Woods) Forbes Halligan of Melrose died Thursday evening, March 9, 2006 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Mrs. Halligan was born in Stoneham, daughter of the late Harry Woods and Wilma (Trahey) Woods.
Mrs. Halligan and her husband shared nearly 26 years of marriage. Pat was a graduate of Stoneham High School and Merrimack College. She had worked for 15 years as the Personnel Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Before working for the Symphony, she had worked in the personnel office of Spaulding Rehab in Boston.
She was the beloved wife of James S. Halligan. Loving mother of Kenneth Forbes of Haverhill, Gary Forbes and his wife, Jackie of Methuen, Ronald Forbes of Middlebury, VT and Dana Forbes and his wife, Colleen of Reading.Sister of the late Donald Woods.Stepmother of Faith Halligan of Melrose and Daniel Halligan of Stoneham. Grandmother of Jonathan, Fallon, Megan, Alexandra, Ryan and Devin.