TX - Tricia Marie Duryee, our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend passed away Friday, August 30th, 2024 after a long battle with breast cancer.

Tricia lived life to its fullest. While she was taken from us far too young, and she had more living to do, it's best to focus not on the fact that she has died, but instead on how much she lived.

As a young girl, Tricia was always busy. She was a hard worker and avid learner. She attended Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington where her love of journalism began, writing for the school newspaper, The Messenger. She also cherished her many friends, the cultural diversity and fostered a love of 90s hip hop that carried throughout her life, and was central to the music scene at that time.

She was one of the people who always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up, and it was to be a reporter. When it was time to go to college she chose her school based on her love of journalism. She researched and determined that the University of Oregon had the best education she could receive. She graduated with a BA in Journalism and a minor in Business. She had several internships throughout her college career, working every summer to better her craft, interning for the Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon, The Chronicle in Centralia, Washington, and the Seattle PI.

Upon graduating, she applied to work for the Seattle Times, who politely, yet firmly told her that they do not hire new grads. She said "that's ok, I already have offers from the Seattle PI and Register Guard". They asked her to wait for a moment, and upon their return, quickly offered her a job on the spot, which she accepted.

Her career in journalism was illustrious as she wrote during a time of change from traditional print to news blogs. She came to be known as a "digital pioneer", being one of the first people to "blog" that any of us knew personally.

She broke many stories on the technology, mobile device and venture capital beats. Some of her career highlights include working with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, a subsidiary of the Wall Street Journal. She was inducted into the University of Oregon Hall of Achievement and gave the commencement speech to the school of journalism.

She famously interviewed the hard-to-get Jeff Bezos, who during the interview even commented, "wow, you're really good at asking questions!".

Tricia even included her husband, Patrick McCarthy in her fame as a reporter, writing about his stolen cell phone for GeekWire, which became one of the site's most-read articles.

Tricia and Pat's love affair was spurred on the night they met when Pat asked Tricia what she does for work, and she said, "I break big news stories, and you can read one tomorrow on A1". Pat thought to himself, "I guess I better read the paper tomorrow" and he has been her biggest supporter ever since.

Tricia and Pat began their family in Seattle. When given the opportunity to move to Austin, Texas to pursue work opportunities for Pat's career, they jumped at it. Her adventurous and friendly spirit quickly rooted them making many friends and finding the fun things to do as a family of 4 with young children.

Tricia was a devoted and amazing mother. She easily transitioned from hard-charging reporter to room parent. She was the one who would organize a party to celebrate the upcoming occasion or quickly support someone else in their needs. While she was diagnosed with cancer upon moving to Austin, many people never knew she was sick, as she wanted to keep the disease in the background, and never let it define her.

Tricia will be remembered for her sheer tenacity in everything she did. She did not take "no" for an answer. She never gave up or gave in when it meant fighting for what was right or good for her friends, family and community. She was an outstanding member of the community and her legacy lives on in the lives of those she touched.

Tricia is survived by her loving husband, Patrick McCarthy, her children, Dylan and Colin McCarthy, her parents, David and Anne Duryee, her sister, Tracy Bech (Tyler), and her niece and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, and in recognition of Tricia's battle with breast cancer, please consider supporting her family and legacy as follows:

Donations to Casting for Recovery, Wonders and Worries, Inheritance of Hope, Little Pink Houses of Hope, Breast Cancer Resource Center (Austin), and Camp Kesem.

A celebration of life will be held at Mt Baker Community Club, August 10, 2025, 11:00am-1:00pm.