Patrice Angelique Starks, 44, of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, passed away on June 1, 2017 at Wellington Regional Medical Center, Wellington, Florida.

Born in Brooklyn, New York she had been a resident of Royal Palm Beach for 16 years coming from Tallahassee, Florida. Prior to that, she lived in Jacksonville, and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

She received her bachelors and masters degrees for Florida State University and doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolutions from Nova University.

She was most recently working for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.

Survivors include her husband Jason Starks; her son Jaden Starks and Jazlyn Starks all of Royal Palm Beach; her mother, Carlene Reddish of Port St. Lucie and her brothers, Monte Reddish and his wife Alicia of West Palm Beach, Florida and Mark Jarman and his wife Lorielle of Las Vegas, Nevada. She was preceded in death by her father Gene Reddish.

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the Forest Hills Funeral Home, Palm City, FL. The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 in the funeral home chapel.

For those who wish, contributions may be made to Autism Speaks, Inc. 1 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016 or on line at https://www.autismspeaks.org/ in Patrice's memory.

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