Patricia Donoho Hughes (August 18, 1930 – January 20, 2010) was a First Lady of Maryland, married to former Maryland Governor Harry Hughes.
[2] She and Hughes eloped on February 7, 1950, and got a marriage licence in Prince George's county before officially getting married on June 30, 1951.
[2] While serving as first lady in the 1980s, she worked to restore Government House, the governor's mansion.
[6] The Hughes family lived in Denton, Maryland, and have two daughters, Ann and Elizabeth.
[2] Hughes died on January 20, 2010, in Denton, aged 79, after 16 years of battling Parkinson's disease.