Patricia “Pat” Chastain Howe, 71, of Raleigh, N.C., died of pancreatic cancer on Friday, Jan.13, at the Hospice of Wake County Home.

Pat was born on March 12, 1940, in Washington, DC to the late Charles Richmond Chastain and Barbara Peavey Chastain. She graduated from The College of William and Mary; obtained a MA in Russian history from the University of Hawaii; and earned a Ph.D. in French history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Howe was a professor of European History at the University of St. Thomas and she previously worked at North Carolina State University and Salem College. She spent a year in Paris on the Georges Lurcy Fellowship conducting research that led to the publication of her book, “Foreign Policy and the French Revolution.”

Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur King Howe, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Kari Howe Stoltz and her husband, Jerry, of Raleigh; two grandchildren, Haley Chastain Stoltz; and Elesa Ann Stoltz; and brother, Peter Chastain, of Greensboro.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home in Raleigh, N.C.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, NC 27607, or the University of St. Thomas History Department Scholarship Fund, attn: Cathy Cory, University of St. Thomas, JRC 432-History, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55101.