In Memory of

Joan

Urbach

(Patterson)

Obituary for Joan Urbach (Patterson)

Joan Urbach, of Annapolis, Maryland, passed away on Monday, September 5th, 2022 at the age of 93. She is survived by her loving children, Jonathan Urbach (Lenard Diggins) and Jacqueline (late James) Robertson; and granddaughter, Victoria Robertson. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Herman B. Urbach; and parents, Elizabeth and Frank Patterson. She was an organic chemist, a musician, and an artist. She was a former member of the American Guild of Organists, a volunteer organist, and a former board member at Temple Beth Shalom in Arnold Maryland.

Services at Owen Brown Community Center, 6800 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, Maryland 21045, on Friday, September 9th, 2022 at 1:00 pm. Interment Har Sinai Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be sent to Doctors Without Borders USA, (doctorswithoutborders.org), P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030 or Maryland Public Television (mpt.org), 11767 Owings Mills Blvd, Owings Mills, MD 21117, or BrightFocus (brightfocus.org), 22512 Gateway Center Drive Clarksburg, MD 20871.