NORTH MANCHESTER - Linda C. "Bird" Patrick, 61, of Sidney, died at 1:55 a.m. Sept. 11, 2007, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
She was born Oct. 21, 1945, in Rochester, to Kenneth and Martha Ray Starkweather. On Aug. 11, 1969, she married Menifee "Dick" Patrick, who survives.
She was a homemaker. After living in the Rochester area most of her formative years, she moved to North Manchester before her senior year of high school. She was a 1963 Manchester High School graduate and attended two years of cosmetology school.
Also surviving are four sons: Chris (and wife Dawn) Patrick and Rick Patrick, both of North Manchester; Randy (and wife Tracey) Patrick, Warsaw; and Mike Patrick, North Webster; a brother, Roy (and wife Vicki) Starkweather, North Manchester; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Howard, Portage, and Sandy Singleton, North Manchester; 14 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and her mother-in-law, Stella Patrick Sidney; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother.
Services were at 10 a.m. today at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, with Pastor J.P. Freeman officiating. Burial was in Sidney Cemetery.
Memorials to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Sonlight Pre-School, 2943 E. CR 400S, Warsaw, IN 46580.
