Pattee, Kathleen Mary (Dea) (1947 - 2025)

PATTEE, DEA, SCHMITZ, WOSTOUPAL, JUDD, PAUL

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 3/5/2025 at 18:26:04

Name of deceased: Kathleen Mary Pattee (nee Dea)

Aged: 78 yrs, 1 mo, 7 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: Jan. 19, 1947; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Died: Feb. 26, 2025; Avoca, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Monday, March 3, 2025; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial will be at a later date

Survived by: Husband of 56 years, Tom Pattee; children, William (spouse, Amy) Pattee of Avoca, IA, Mike (spouse, Jenny) Pattee of Hubbard, NE, and Jana (spouse, Jeff) Schmitz of Harlan,IA; grandchildren, Nathan (spouse, Rebecca) Pattee of Lumberton, TX, Ryan Pattee of Minneapolis, MN, Evan Pattee of Waterloo, IA, Jake (spouse, Samantha) Wostoupal of Omaha, NE, Ben (spouse, Michelle) Wostoupal of Lafayette, CO, Abby (spouse, Tanner) Judd of Omaha, NE, Will Pattee of Hubbard, NE, Tommy Pattee of Hubbard, NE, Katy Schmitz of Harlan, IA, Ethan Schmitz of Harlan, IA, and Clara Schmitz of Harlan, IA; 6 great-grandchildren; brother, William (spouse, Sondra) Dea; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Richard William and Esther Margaret (nee Paul) Dea; sister, Donna Dea

Education: Attended Newtown Country School, Newtown, IA (through grade 4), then Hancock (IA) Community School (grade 5 through grade 7), and graduated from AvoHa Community School, Class of 1965. While in school, she was active in girls' basketball, played bass clarinet in the band, and belonged to the 4-H Botna Valley Bluebells club. She lettered in both band and basketball and was a 4-year scholar award winner. Following her high school graduation, Kathleen pursued nursing at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Council Bluffs, IA; she graduated from St. Catherine’s School of Nursing of the Archbishop Bergan Mercy Hospital in Sep. 1968 and became a certified registered nurse in October.

Religious affiliation: Member, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avoca, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Thomas Michael Pattee; Nov. 23, 1968; Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Avoca, IA

Employment: Kathleen’s nursing career included working in clinics and hospitals, but she found fulfillment in her 20 years at REM Leadway, Shelby, IA, where she worked with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and later as a hospice nurse at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: Loved attending her grandchildren’s activities, enjoying musicals at the Orpheum Theatre, quilting, gardening, and traveling to national parks, Colorado, and South Dakota. Member, the Knox Project Club, AHSTW TeamMates Mentoring program and P.E.O. Chapter GC. Kathleen was proud of her Irish roots and visited Ireland 5 times to attend the O’Dea International Clan Gathering and also to Niagara Falls and St. Louis for the USA Clan Reunion. Other travels took her to Germany, Alaska, New Zealand and Scotland. Mostly, she loved time spent with the family that she and Tom built together.

Sources: knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com