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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Patricia Anne de Hilster
| image = Patricia Anne de Hilster 769.jpg
| alt = Patricia Anne de Hilster
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|12|07|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date|2017|02|18|mf=y}}
| fields = Dissident science supporter, Homemaker
| residence = Boca Raton, FL, United States
| nationality = USA
| known_for = [[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]], [[Gravity]], [[Relativity]], [[Autodynamics]]
}}

'''Patricia Anne "Pat" de Hilster''' (''née'' Darby; 7 December 1936 &ndash; 18 February 2017) was a supporter of critical thinkers and scientists who worked outside the mainstream and is best known for her staring role in the feature-length documentary "[[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]]". She also helped at [[NPA]] and later [[CNPS]] conferences often hosted by her son [[David de Hilster]] and attended by her husband [[Bob de Hilster|Robert de Hilster]].

==Early Life==

Patricia was born Patricia Anne Darby in Wyandotte, Michigan on 7 December 1936, to Joe and Helen Darby. She met [[Bob de Hilster|Robert "Bob" de Hilster]] in their junior year of high school, and graduated from Wyandotte High School in June 1955 &mdash; walking directly in front of Bob at the ceremony. The two married on 7 September 1957, and Patricia worked to support Bob through college, having her first child David in 1959 at the University of Michigan where her husband was studying. They moved around the country in the early 1960s, finally settling down in Ohio during the 1960s to the 1980s. In 1966, the couple adopted two little girls, Karan and Laurie and the family moved to Worthington Ohio in 1970. There Pat gave birth to another boy Michael in 1974. During these years, Patricia often worked in her church community.

After their first three children left, Pat, Michael, and Robert moved to Huntsville Alabama where Patricia volunteered at church and at the local schools working with troubled children. She really loved to work with kids.

==Working life==
Before her children were born, Patricia worked as a secretary to the manager of a sales office in Detroit, Michigan, and then as a laboratory assistant to a metallurgist at a ball bearing company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After David was born she became a full-time homemaker.

==Involvement in Dissident Science==
[[File:Pat de Hilster 39.jpg|thumb|right|220px|alt=Patricia de Hilster|Patricia de Hilster]]
In 2004 upon retiring, the couple moved to Long Beach California to be close to David and his Family. There she starred in the feature-length documentary film [[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]], produced and directed by her son [[David de Hilster]], travelling around the country to meet scientists working outside mainstream science who were challenging Einstein's theory of relativity. Filming began in 2005 and finished in 2013, and the film premiered in December 2013 at the Art Theatre in Long Beach, California. During the filming, her granddaughter Luanda was born and Patricia spent much of her time doting on her grandchild. Patricia also could be found helping out in the local Brazilian community with son David and Brazilian daughter-in-law Doris where she made life-long friends.

==Personal==
In 2014, she moved with husband Robert following David’s family including her granddaughter Luanda to Boca Raton Florida where life was much more calm, green, and peaceful compared to the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles.

Although Patricia was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 30 which crippled many of her joints and limited her movement, Pat always had a smile on her face and love in her heart. She never complained even when she was diagnosed with cancer.

She was always happy and full of boundless energy and as son Mike put it: “…was a tank in human form” always moving forward despite a life of pain.

Patricia de Hilster was survived by her husband Robert, her children [[David de Hilster|David]], Karan, Laurie and Michael, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

==Education==
* 1955 &mdash; graduate of Wyandotte High School, Wyandotte, Michigan (commercial course)

==Societies and Associations==
Patricia was a past member of:
* [http://www.autodynamics.org/ Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics]
* [[Natural Philosophy Alliance]]
* [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]]

==Abstracts==

* 2007 - "[[NeWiki: An Encylopedia for a New World ]]" 

==See also==
* [[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]]
* [[Bob de Hilster|Robert de Hilster]] &mdash; her husband
* [[David de Hilster]] &mdash; her son

[[Category:Scientist|de Hilster Patricia]]
[[Category:Relativity|de Hilster Patricia]]
[[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]