Ruth Pauline (Woods) Patterson (2007)

PATTERSON, WOODS, HALTOM, COCHRAN, MILLER, MULLEN, NEWKIRK, GRANDFIELD, LEWIS, BOHLE, LOWE, REIS, DUTTON

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 7/14/2007 at 17:39:37

Kale Funeral Homes of Truro & Osceola, July 2, 2007
Osceola, Iowa

Pauline Patterson

Ruth Pauline Patterson, daughter of Bert E. Woods and Viola Mae Haltom Woods, was born April 15, 1913 in Clarke County, Iowa. She passed away June 28, 2007 at Osceola Nursing and Rehab in Osceola, Iowa at the age of 94.

Pauline attended Clarke County schools and was united in marriage to Robert Claude Patterson on October 30, 1932 in Leon, Iowa. Their marriage was blessed with two children, Merle and Myrna. Pauline lived her whole fife in Clarke County with the exception of 5 years spent in Council Bluffs while Claude was a Railway mail clerk. She was a member of Ophir Chapter #267 O.E.S. and First Christian church in Osceola where she was very active in her younger years.

Pauline enjoyed crocheting, sewing (made many of her kid’s clothes), and gardening. She especially enjoyed family gatherings where she could be with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Pauline was preceded in death by her parents; son, Merle; husband, Claude; brothers, Laurel Woods, Lester Woods, Alvin Woods; and sisters, Nellie Cochran, Lillie Miller, Lucille Mullen.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Myrna Newkirk and husband James L. of Manchester Township, NJ; grandchildren, Shelly (Rick)Grandfield of Lorimor, Susan (Bryan) Lewis of Colts Neck, NJ, Melanie (Keith) Bohle of Kinsley, Jim Newkirk of Chicago, Il, Stacy (Clay) Lowe of Winterset; great grandchildren, Jessica Reis (Brandon) of Ames, Christopher & Nicholas Grandfield of Lorimor, Keegan & Cailey Lewis of Colts Neck, NJ, Sydney and Aaron Lowe of Winterset; sister, Nota Dutton of Des Moines; brothers, Ross Woods of Mesa, Az and Roy Woods of Creston; other relatives and many friends.

Note: Interment in Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa