PATTEN, Betty Ann 1926-2019

PATTEN, SUAREZ, VEIGEL, DEMRO, FISHER, MONSON, KRAUT

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Date: 6/4/2019 at 09:11:48

Betty Patten

June 23, 1926 - May 16, 2019

Betty Ann Patten, 92, of West St. Paul, Minnesota, formally of Charles City, Iowa, passed peacefully to be with the Lord on May 16 in West St. Paul.

Funeral Services 11:00 a.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church 601 Milwaukee St., Charles City, Iowa. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Memorials may be directed to Trinity United Methodist Church.

Preceded in death by parents, Florence and Charles Patten; brother Robert Patten; sisters Jeane Veigel, Ruth Demro, Mary Fisher, Patricia Suarez, and Joan Patten.

Betty is survived by sisters Janice Monson of Charles City, and Katherine (Chuck) Kraut of North Richland Hills, TX; brothers Wendell (Donna) Patten, Charles City and Kenneth (Joyce) Patten of West St. Paul, MN; also special friends Marvin and Chris Vietmeier McDonald of Rainier, Oregon.

Betty graduated from Charles City High School and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from the University of Idaho. She taught school at the elementary level for a brief time in Iowa and Idaho followed by a long career in the San Ramon School District in California. After her retirement, she resided in Lodi, CA for thirty years, and in 2012 moved to West St. Paul, MN.

SOURCE: Hauser Weishaar Funeral Home