Petrina Lee Patti

Petrina Lee Patti, 77, formerly of Wicker Park, retired Chicago Public School teacher, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2026, at the Carrington of Lincolnwood.

Born in Chicago’s Taylor Street neighborhood and raised in the Gage Park neighborhood, Petrina earned her Bachelor’s of Education from the University of Illinois and also her Master’s degree. Petrina taught regular and special education on Chicago’s West Side for thirty years.

Petrina was an excellent dancer, particularly flamenco, and it was at a party that she first met the man who she would marry. She claimed that Don was not at all a good dancer, but that she was a good teacher. She played the cuatro and sang with the Sweet Adelines (an all-female barbershop vocal group), spoke fluent Spanish, and always remained active in her community, undertaking knitting projects with local nuns. Petrina loved animals and was a member of the Wicker Park Garden Club and took great care with the couple’s old Victorian-style house on Bell.

Preceded in death by husband Donald Walter Weber, parents Carmen and Petrina (nee DiBiase) Patti, brothers Carmen (Paulette) Patti and Gary (Donna) Patti, and many cousins. Petrina was the stepmother of Steve (Peggy) Weber and Jessica Weber, cousin of Felice Patti of Chicago and others, aunt of Michael J. Patti of Austin, TX and others, and dear friend of Patricia, Pastor Bruce Moore, and David Schimmel.

Petrina chose to donate her body to science through Anatomical Gift Association. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the Treehouse Animal Shelter: https://treehouseanimals.org/, WTTW: https://www.wttw.com/support, or the Wicker Park Garden Club: mail check to Wicker Park Garden Club (Doug Wood) 1322 N Claremont Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 or zelle: 773-612-1543 (Directed to the Garden Club Account at BMO Harris Bank) Arrangements by Inclusive Funeral Care 773-318-1305 or www.InclusiveFuneralCare.com