Memorial services for Skip Bertman's daughter today | Community Spirit

Memorial services for Dr. Lisa Jo Pate, the daughter of former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman, will be held on Wednesday Feb. 8 at Congregation Bnai Israel, 3354 Kleinert Avenue, in Baton Rouge.

Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a memorial service and reception.

Pate who lived in Owings Mills, Maryland died in January from cancer. She was 44.

A loving mother to Samuel and Ezra Pate, Dr. Pate served on the faculty of Harvard University’s OCD Institute and on the faculty of Tulane University’s Medical School (2001-2004).

She graduated from Tulane University’s Newcomb College in 1989 with a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Psychology.  She earned her Ph.D in 1999 from the Louisiana State University in Clinical Psychology.

She is survived by her beloved husband Dr. Drew Pate and sons Samuel and Ezra Pate; loving parents Skip and Sandy Bertman of Baton Rouge; cherished sisters Jan, Jodi and Lori Bertman of New Orleans and Baton Rouge; dear mother-in-law Linda Pate of Shreveport, LA (widow of the late Jerry Pate); and her adoring nieces and nephews Ryan, Joshua, Lauren, Kyle, Sophie and Isaac.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Dr. Lisa Jo Pate to Hope Well Cancer Support Center to:  www.hopewellcancersupport.org. Contributions may also be mailed to:  HopeWell Cancer Support, PO Box 755, Brooklandville, MD 21022.

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