Mercy Newsletter

Remembering Patricia Davis Klingenstein

Mercy Benefactor, Patricia Klingenstein died peacefully on February 11, 2023 Mercy Hospital and the Sisters of Mercy made a lasting impression on Patricia Davis Klingenstein. She never forgot the mutual love and respect between her father, Dr. Harry E. Davis, and Mercy administrator, Sr. Mary Annunciata Quigley. It was Sister Annunciata who hired Dr. Davis in the early 1940s, and he went on to become Mercy’s first chair of pediatrics. When Dr. Davis passed away in 1963, Mrs. Klingenstein remembered “a sea of Mercy nurses in blue capes and caps and so many of the Sisters” when she and her family entered Temple Beth El for his funeral. “I will never forget that sight,” she recalled. Mrs. Klingenstein and her late husband, John, remained dedicated and generous supporters of Mercy Hospital from that day forward. Mrs. Klingenstein, who passed away on February 11, led her children in establishing Mercy’s Harry E. Davis Pediatric Program and was a lead supporter of the One Mercy capital campaign. Mrs. Klingenstein will be remembered by the Mercy family as one who believed dearly in the values of Mercy and was heartfelt and steadfast in her pride and devotion to the hospital until the very end. You may hear Mrs. Klingenstein share her love of Mercy by listening to the Dr. Harry E. Davis exhibit video in the main hospital lobby. The Mercy family honors and celebrates the remarkable life of our beloved friend, Patricia Davis Klingenstein. We extend our deepest condolences to her family.

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