Sang on ‘Bill Stulla’s Parlor Party’ : Radio, TV Performer Patricia Lynn Dies

Patricia Lynn, a veteran radio and television performer best known locally as the featured singer on “Bill Stulla’s Parlor Party” in the mid-1950s, has died of cancer at her Sherman Oaks home.

Miss Lynn, who died Sunday, was believed to be in her 60s. She started her career on the National Broadcasting Corp. staff in San Francisco in the 1930s, a period when that city was better known for its radio productions than was Los Angeles. She also was a featured singer at the Fairmont Hotel there.

She moved to New York, sang in nightclubs and appeared in the formative days of Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town” variety show on television. She then returned to Los Angeles for some stage work before joining the Stulla program, televised weekday afternoons on Channel 4 when it was known as KNBH.

During the Korean War she performed on military bases with shows featuring Johnny Grant and Forrest Tucker. She met her husband, Loyd Sigmon, a retired radio executive, on a tour of Alaska bases. He survives her.

Miss Lynn was on the Board of the Muses of the Los Angeles County Museum of Science and Industry and headed the museum’s Youth Education Fund. She also served on the board and executive committee of Caltech and the board of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, an organization of seasoned radio performers.

A memorial service will be held at noon today at The Little Brown Church in the Valley in Studio City. In lieu of flowers, donations are asked to the Muses Youth Education Fund, Museum of Science and Industry, 700 State Drive, Los Angeles, 90037.