Patricia Marie Dickinson<\/p>\n
Patricia Marie Dickinson, 91,of Renton, WA, passed away November 25, 2013 at Valley General Medical Center. God was kind to Pat.\u00a0 She received last rites and passed peacefully in the presence of family.<\/p>\n
Pat was born in Cimarron, New Mexico,\u00a0 April 11, 1922, the oldest daughter of the late Gertrude (Hoodie) Sitzberger and Edward F. Sitzberger.\u00a0 She attended Raton High School in Raton, New Mexico where she was the band Majorette. After graduating she attended nursing training in Denver, Colorado graduating in 1945. She met her husband Bob in Denver where they married and enjoyed dancing to the many big bands of the era that toured through Denver.\u00a0 Pat moved to Washington with Bob and built the family home with him in 1955 where they raised five children.\u00a0 Her lengthy and lively life was full of family and extensive travels with her husband after his retirement.\u00a0 Pat was active throughout the community with Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, and the PTA.\u00a0 After her children were grown she resumed her nursing career working at Renton Hospital, Libby Foods, and King County Public Health.\u00a0 She continued to be active in the community volunteering her time\u00a0with CASA and\u00a0most recently, the Renton Senior Center until October 2013.\u00a0 Pat was a faithful member of the St. Anthony Catholic church since 1953 where she was an active volunteer and co-founded \u2018Moms in Touch\u2019 a support group for mothers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Surviving are her children\u00a0 R. John Dickinson, Monument, CO, Barbara M. Burnett, Howard, CO, Patricia C. (Sande) Meinert,\u00a0\u00a0Enumclaw, WA, Thomas E. Dickinson, Kent, WA,\u00a0and Nance A. Dickinson, Kirkland, WA and their families. Also surviving are sisters Marjory Martin of Cimarron NM, Joan Hart of Walnut Creek, CA, and brother Edward Sitzberger, Cimarron, NM, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Robert C. Dickinson, and brother James Sitzberger, Cimarron NM.\u00a0 Pat cherished her seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and the numerous family members and friends who loved her.<\/p>\n
A memorial mass will be held for Pat Friday, December 13 at 11 AM at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Renton.<\/p>\n
Following the mass, a reception will be held to celebrate Pat\u2019s life at Merrill Gardens, 104 Burnett Ave S, Renton for friends and family.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Pat\u2019s name to the Renton Senior Center or St Anthony Catholic Church.<\/p>\n
Online condolences may be sent to the family at\u00a0www.dignitymemorial.com\/greenwood-memorial-park-funeral-home\/en-us\/index.page\u00a0under Dickinson, Patricia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Patricia Marie Dickinson Patricia Marie Dickinson, 91,of Renton, WA, passed away November 25, 2013 at Valley General Medical Center. God was kind to Pat.\u00a0 She received last rites and passed peacefully in the presence of family. Pat was born in Cimarron, New Mexico,\u00a0 April 11, 1922, the oldest daughter of the late Gertrude (Hoodie) Sitzberger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-24228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24228"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=24228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}