Patricia Ann Long

June 20, 1940 - June 5, 2022

Patricia Ann (Thiel) Long passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 5, 2022 a few weeks shy of her 82nd birthday. Pat was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 20, 1940 to James and Florence Thiel and was the third of ten children. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education at Marygrove College, a Masters in Special Education at Wayne State University and a Certificate in Elementary Administration at the University of Detroit – Mercy. Her forty-plus year career in education included years as an elementary and substitute teacher in Dearborn and other cities, teaching psychology at the Detroit College of Business and over twenty years running Tutoring Services of Dearborn providing private tutoring to students of all ages. Pat married Albert Paul Long, Sr. of Dearborn on September 28, 1974. They welcomed two children, Mary and Albert Jr. and enjoyed 40 years together before Albert Sr.’s passing in 2014. Pat enjoyed being a grandmother to Alexander Joseph (AJ) and Andrew Paul Long. She also had many friends and was a well-loved member of the Dearborn community with years of volunteer work and membership in many organizations. She often volunteered as a catechist in religious education programs at local Catholic Churches and participated in many bible study groups through St. Anselm Catholic Church and other churches including Sacred Heart, St. Albert the Great and St. Sebastian Parish in the Dearborn area. She claimed all four parishes in her thoughts and prayers. She was a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, belonging to the Secular Franciscans of St. Bonaventure Fraternity in Detroit since April 1979. Other activities included being part of the St. Anselm Pentecostal Prayer Group since 2003. Besides many faith-based activities, her hobbies included photography, gardening, creative cooking, and reading spiritual books and romances. She served in various leadership roles within the Garden Club of Dearborn and loved attending the Holly Berry Brunch each December with a table of friends. She was a Dearborn resident for 51 years. She was predeceased by her father, James Thiel and her brother Charles and sister Geraldine. She is survived by her mother, Florence Thiel, her siblings Bob (Jeannie), Denny (Jan), Mike (Diane), Tom, Kathy (Mark), Barbara (Joe), Teresa (Marty), her children Mary (Erik) and Albert Jr and grandchildren AJ, Andrew and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews, and Godchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Right to Life of Michigan or Angela Hospice. Visitation will be on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Hackett Metcalf Funeral Home from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. There will be a Rosary 5:00 p.m. Instate 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 10, 2022 at St. Anselm Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights, MI until the time of Mass at 12:00 p.m.