Patricia Joan Bridickas

Patricia Joan (Lesko) Bridickas (Pat) 85, of Wilson, passed away on February 25, 2025. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Therese Catholic Church at noon on Friday, February 28, 2025. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Father Fernando Torres will officiate. 

The Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

  Born on October 8th, 1939, in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Stephen Lesko & Ann Marie (Kucan) Lesko. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 64 years, Joseph John Bridickas, and sister, Donna Faye Lesko Tessitore. 

 She was a 1957 graduate of Marian Catholic High school, where she was an academic standout. She retired from Wilson Medical Eye Associates, and then loved spending time with her family, attending her granddaughter’s (Aly) many sporting events, and cooking. She also enjoyed every day with her four-legged companion “great grandchild”, baby Dash, Dalmatian.

 She is survived by her daughter, Lynda Blodwyn Bridickas Jones (Lyn) and husband, William Andrew Jones (Andy); her beloved granddaughter, Bronwyn Alyce Jones (Aly). Additionally, she is a beloved big sister to the surviving Elaine Ann Ingrid Lesko Maholick of Rochester, New York, and her nieces, Leslye Fae Maholick; Morgan Melissa Maholick Dryer, and Gwyneth Ann Tessitore.

 She will be greatly missed as she was greatly loved.

 Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.