Patricia Evelyn (Searcy) BERGLUND

BERGLUND, ELWOOD, SEARCY, GINTHER, FREDERICK, MORGAN, FARNSWORTH, ANDREWS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:56

May 27, 1917 --- December 26, 2005

Patricia Evelyn "Pat" Berglund, 88, a resident of Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa passed away on Monday, December 26, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, December 30, at Westover Funeral Home in Des Moines. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Urbandale.

Patricia was born on May 27, 1917 in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was a graduate of Woodside High School. Pat worked with her husband as a bookkeeper and secretary at Berglund Sheet Metal which they owned together. She had lived in Ottumwa, Snooseville, Ankeny, Des Moines and Windsor Heights before moving to Bishop Drumm Care Center. Pat was a member of Westkirk Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed golfing, going to garage sales and the lake home at Lake Cornelia in Clarion, Iowa. Most of all, Pat loved spending time with her family and all of her many friends.

She is survived and lovingly remembered by her daughter, Carlene Elwood and her husband Jerry of Altoona; one grandson, Jim Ginther of Des Moines; four great-grandchildren, Shane Ginther, Shannon Frederick, and Danny and Zach Morgan; one great-great-grandson, Christopher Ginther; two step-grandchildren, Jerry Elwood Jr. and his wife Lisa and Shelly Farnsworth and her husband Scott; four step-great-grandchildren, and a host of many friends. Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Carl W. Berglund; and one granddaughter, Shelly Andrews.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, at Westover Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Mercy Hospice of Johnston. ARRANGEMENTS BY ILES FUNERAL HOMES, WESTOVER CHAPEL.

https://www.ilesfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Patricia-E.-Berglund/Windsor-Heights-IA/274892

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[born Patricia Evelyn Searcy]