PATCHIN, Margaret E. 1926-2011

PATCHIN, FITZPATRICK, COOKINHAM, HILYARD, STEVENS, GAULKE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/5/2011 at 20:30:44

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, June 26, 2011]

WATERLOO - Margaret Elizabeth "Betty" Patchin, 85, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, June 22, at Covenant Hospital in Waterloo.

She was born March 6, 1926, in Ayrshire, daughter of Ivo and Margaret Fitzpatrick Cookinham. She married John R. Patchin March 24, 1947. He died in 2005.

Mrs. Patchin was a homemaker. She worked during World War II in munition plants in California and Iowa.

Survived by three daughters, Barbara (Scott) Hilyard of Waterloo, Beverly (Jack) Stevens of Cedar Falls and Roberta (the late Craig) Gaulke of Urbandale; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by four sisters; and three brothers.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Waterloo, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Public visitation from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Kearns Huisman Schumacher Funeral Home.

Margaret was a devoted mother.

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