Obit: Carpenter, Patricia B. (1924 - 2011)

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Surnames: Carpenter, Tamborino, Weix, Lee, Kilty, Dittner, Schnabel, Klimeck, Weis

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 12/16/2011

Carpenter, Patricia B. (10 OCT 1924 - 14 DEC 2011)

Patricia B. Carpenter, 87, of Colby, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Colby. Father Daniel Hackel will officiate. 

A visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Maurina Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford and again Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the church.

Burial will follow the service at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Colby. 

Patricia was born Oct. 10, 1924, to Martin and Mary (Tamborino) Weix. She graduated from the Colby High School in 1942. Patricia was united in marriage to Frank Carpenter on Oct. 1, 1946, at the St. Mary's Rectory in Colby. 

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and was a member of St. Mary's Christian Mothers Association. Patricia enjoyed playing bingo and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Patricia is survived by her son, Mark (Gloria) Carpenter; her grandchildren, Neal (Melissa) Carpenter, Deanna (Harold) Lee and Ryan Carpenter; her great-grandchildren, Allison and Nathan, and Kashin, Kassandra and Takoda; her step-great-grandchildren, Erik, Dakota and Logan. She is further survived by her brothers and sisters, Irma Kilty, Alphonse (Jean) Weix, Leo (Marilyn) Weix, Marry Ellen (Norbert) Dittner, Laura Riese, and Rita (Donald) Schnabel; her brother-in-law, Pat Weis; and sisters-in-law, Mary Weix, Bonnie Weix and Doris Carpenter; her friend, Adrian "Smokey" Klimeck; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Patricia was preceded in death by her husband; her brothers, Henry Weix, Leonard Weix and Paul Weix; and her sister, Mary Ann Weis