Pam is survived by her husband Kenneth Gilbert of Brattleboro, her mother Verna Perkins of Marshfield, MA, and her late father Paul Perkins. She leaves behind her sister, Paula Sombronsky and her husband Don of Marshfield, her brothers Robert Perkins and his wife Susan of Billerica, and Kenneth Perkins-Gough and wife Deborah of Alexandria,VA and 7 nieces and nephews.
She graduated from Lynnfield High School and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. She was a legal assistant for Testa Hurtwitz law firm in Boston for 11 years.
She and her husband have their own business, Scentastics. She loved animals, especially her cats and her chickens which she nursed back to health when they were ill. She was an avid organic gardener who canned peaches, pears, and tomatoes.
Pam was passionate about her causes and wanted to leave the world a better place.
Service information: A celebration of life will be held on her 60th birthday on June 17th.
Donations may be made to National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation.