Patricia O’Neill Wayson

Ocean Pines

Patricia O’Neill Wayson, age 85, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 31, 2021.

Born in Govan, Scotland in February of 1936, Patricia was the daughter of the late Patrick and Ann (McCann) O’Neill.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Deveney, and her sister, Ann Ferguson.

She is survived by her current husband, George Daniel Wayson; son, Brian Deveney (Karen); and daughters, Irene Humphries (Edward) and Pauline Harrington; three grandchildren, Thomas (Jen), Eileen and Patricia Harrington; as well as two great-grandchildren, Kayleigh and Kinsleigh Martin.

Also surviving is her brother, Arthur O’Neill; and sister, Catherine Brannan; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Wayson had worked at the University of Maryland Graduate School in College Park, Maryland, until she retired in 1993.

Upon her retirement, she worked preparing taxes at Peninsula Financial Group in Georgetown, Delaware, for 10 years.

Mrs. Wayson was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Ocean Pines, the Ocean Pines Red Hat Society, and had been a volunteer with the AARP Tax Service for 10 years.

A memorial service will be held at a future date at the Gate of Heaven in Silver Spring, Maryland.

A donation in her memory may be made to: Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733 Salisbury, Maryland 21804. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.