Mary “Annette” Patterson
June 21, 2017 at 3:03 p.m.
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BOURBON — Mary “Annette” Patterson, Pullman Wash., passed away Saturday morning, June 17, 2017, at Regency Senior Living. She was 92.
Annette was born May 3, 1925, in Warsaw, to Paul and Dorothy Rizer Patterson. She grew up in Bourbon and graduated from high school there in 1943.
Annette was a very gifted and talented musician and she played clarinet and piano and sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the Bourbon High School marching band. She went on to attend Indiana University on a city service scholarship and performed in the Indiana University marching band there as well.
She married her high school sweetheart, Max E. Patterson, on July 11, 1943, and they held each other’s hands until her passing. During the war years, Annette and Max lived apart sometimes, but together in Jacksonville, Fla., and San Diego, Calif. Later, on the GI bill, while Max was at Purdue University, they made their home in Lafayette, where Annette worked as a secretary in the Department of Horticulture. In 1949 they moved to Geneva, N.Y., and she worked at the Ag Experiment Station for Cornell University, while Max earned a Master of Science degree.
Max and Annette returned to Lafayette and Purdue for five years while Max pursued his Ph.D. before moving to Pullman in 1958. They’ve lived in Pullman for the last 60 years.
Annette worked as a statistician for the USDA Wheat Breeding Laboratory in Pullman for nearly 20 years, retiring in 1984. She continued her passion for music learning and performing the recorder and cello, sang in the choir and was an avid reader of books. She enjoyed sewing and knitting, and Annette and Max traveled extensively together and with friends. She was an active member of the Pullman Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Women’s Circle, DAR, PEO and the Ingleside Book Club.
Annette is survived by her husband of 73 years, Max Patterson, Pullman; two children, Celeste Shaw (and husband John), Moscow, Idaho, and Paul Patterson (and wife Nüket), State College, Pa.; two grandchildren, Kevin Patterson, Santa Monica, Calif., and Cameron Patterson, State College; and by her sister, C. Pauline Becknell, Bourbon.
She was a devoted daughter, sister, wife,
A gathering of friends and family and a time of remembrance was held Wednesday, June 21, at Kimball Funeral Home, Pullman.
Concluding services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Bourbon First United Methodist Church, 204 N. Washington St., Bourbon, and she will be laid to rest in the Sandridge Cemetery there.
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An online guest book is at deatonclemensfh.com.
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BOURBON — Mary “Annette” Patterson, Pullman Wash., passed away Saturday morning, June 17, 2017, at Regency Senior Living. She was 92.
Annette was born May 3, 1925, in Warsaw, to Paul and Dorothy Rizer Patterson. She grew up in Bourbon and graduated from high school there in 1943.
Annette was a very gifted and talented musician and she played clarinet and piano and sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the Bourbon High School marching band. She went on to attend Indiana University on a city service scholarship and performed in the Indiana University marching band there as well.
She married her high school sweetheart, Max E. Patterson, on July 11, 1943, and they held each other’s hands until her passing. During the war years, Annette and Max lived apart sometimes, but together in Jacksonville, Fla., and San Diego, Calif. Later, on the GI bill, while Max was at Purdue University, they made their home in Lafayette, where Annette worked as a secretary in the Department of Horticulture. In 1949 they moved to Geneva, N.Y., and she worked at the Ag Experiment Station for Cornell University, while Max earned a Master of Science degree.
Max and Annette returned to Lafayette and Purdue for five years while Max pursued his Ph.D. before moving to Pullman in 1958. They’ve lived in Pullman for the last 60 years.
Annette worked as a statistician for the USDA Wheat Breeding Laboratory in Pullman for nearly 20 years, retiring in 1984. She continued her passion for music learning and performing the recorder and cello, sang in the choir and was an avid reader of books. She enjoyed sewing and knitting, and Annette and Max traveled extensively together and with friends. She was an active member of the Pullman Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Women’s Circle, DAR, PEO and the Ingleside Book Club.
Annette is survived by her husband of 73 years, Max Patterson, Pullman; two children, Celeste Shaw (and husband John), Moscow, Idaho, and Paul Patterson (and wife Nüket), State College, Pa.; two grandchildren, Kevin Patterson, Santa Monica, Calif., and Cameron Patterson, State College; and by her sister, C. Pauline Becknell, Bourbon.
She was a devoted daughter, sister, wife,
A gathering of friends and family and a time of remembrance was held Wednesday, June 21, at Kimball Funeral Home, Pullman.
Concluding services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Bourbon First United Methodist Church, 204 N. Washington St., Bourbon, and she will be laid to rest in the Sandridge Cemetery there.
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An online guest book is at deatonclemensfh.com.
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