Patty Duke memorial service
The memorial service for longtime Coeur d'Alene resident Patty Duke, an Academy Award-winning actress, author and mental health advocate, was held Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Coeur d'Alene. Hundreds gathered at Lake City Church to pay their respects to Duke, who died March 29 at 69.
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A portrait of the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce is displayed at her memorial service, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene. The Academy Award winning actress died at age 69 on March 29, 2016.
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Mike Pearce, husband of the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce, greets people attending a memorial service for Duke, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene.
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Mike Pearce, husband of the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce, is consoled by Mother Kathryn Joseph, S.M.M.C., left, and Sister Mary Eucharista, S.M.M.C., before a memorial service for Duke, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene.
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Makenzie Astin, son of the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce, speaks during a memorial service for Duke, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene. Astin said Duke had an incredible ability to connect with people. It was perhaps her greatest gift to the world, to make people feel included, he said. The Academy Award winning actress died at age 69 on March 29, 2016.
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Personal messages are written in the guest book at Anna Patty Duke Pearce’s memorial service.
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Actress Melissa Gilbert, center, honors the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce, during a memorial service for Duke, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene.
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Actress Melissa Gilbert pauses with tears as she honors the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce, during a memorial service for Duke, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene. Gilbert said to the gathering about Duke, “We were thick as thieves.”
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Mike Pearce, husband of the late Patty Duke, embraces his nephew Mike Kennedy during a memorial service for Duke on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Lake City Church in Coeur d’Alene. Kennedy told a humorous story about when Duke was his landlord.
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Brian Shiplett plays and parades his bagpipes out of the Lake City Church to end the memorial service for the late Anna Patty Duke Pearce, April 16, 2016, in Coeur d’Alene. The Academy Award winning actress died at age 69 on March 29, 2016.
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