Ann Patricia, “Pat,” deLadurantaye, a parishioner of St. John
the Baptist Church in Front Royal and mother of Father Paul
F. deLadurantaye, diocesan secretary for religious education
and sacred liturgy, died April 2 of lung cancer. She was 81
years old. Her husband of 57 years, Deacon Robert E.
deLadurantaye, died in February.
A wake will be held April 8 at Murphy Funeral Home in
Arlington from 7 to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7:30 p.m. The
funeral Mass will be offered April 9 at the Cathedral of St.
Thomas More in Arlington at 10 a.m., and burial will be at
Fairfax Memorial Park at 1:30 p.m.
Father deLadurantaye said the date of his mother’s death
carries special meaning as it is the same day Blessed John
Paul II died. He was ordained in 1988 by John Paul II and his
mother received Communion from the pope at her son’s
ordination Mass in Rome.
Pat was born Jan. 23, 1932, in Patterson, N.J., to Patrick
and Ann McManus, one of three children. She moved with her
family to Washington when she was about 6 years old and
graduated from Scared Heart Academy in Washington. Following
graduation she worked as a secretary for a congressman on
Capitol Hill.
After a brief courtship, she married Robert deLadurantaye May
14, 1955.
Pat stayed home to raise her two sons while they were young
and provided them with “a very loving” childhood, said Father
deLadurantaye. He said his mother had a strong faith and
always was involved in the church. “She made sure we knew our
prayers and learned the faith,” he said.
Once her children were in high school, Pat briefly worked at
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington as secretary to the
chaplain and then for more than 15 years in the school
cafeteria.
With her devotion to the church, Father deLadurantaye said it
was an especially joyful experience for his mother when he
celebrated his first Mass at St. Mary Major in Rome following
ordination and his father served as deacon.
Father deLadurantaye said his mother was easygoing, generous
and charitable, as well as very sociable and outgoing. “She
loved a good party,” he said.
In addition to Father deLadurantaye, Pat is survived by her
son Thomas J. deLadurantaye and her brother Lawrence J.
McManus. She is predeceased by her parents and brother John
P. McManus.
Contributions in her name may be made to the diocesan
Vocations Office or the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in
Front Royal.
