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PATON, Ducille (Lewis) 1916-2003

PATTON, LEWIS, TATGE, NULL

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner (email)
Date: 3/29/2003 at 17:53:51

Ducille Patton, 86, of Rock Rapids died unexpectedly Sunday, March 16, 2003, at Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital, Rock Rapids.

Services were Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Rock Rapids, with interment in Riverview Cemetery.

Ducille Lewis was born Nov. 29, 1916, at Larchwood, the daughter of Ben and Ethel (Tatge) Lewis. The family moved to Magnolia, Minn. She grew up in Luverne, Minn., and graduated from Luverne High School in 1936.

On June 2, 1936, she married Kenneth Patton in Sioux Falls, S.D. They lived near Luverne for a short time before moving to Rock Rapids. She worked as a cleaning person at Rapids Theater before becoming a clerk at Red Owl grocery store. They owned and operated Home Plate Cafe during the 1950s. She was a clerk at JCPenney Store from 1960 until retiring at age 65.

Her husband died Feb. 3, 1992. She recently became a resident of Rock Rapids Health Centre.
At United Methodist Church, she belonged to UMW and the quilters group.

Survivors include two sons, Bob of Lincoln, Neb., and Don of Hardwick, Minn.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one great-grandson, Lawrence Null.


 

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