She was born February 11, 1935 in Stickney, Illinois. She is preceded in death by her husband, Donald A. Kaufhold, Sr. and sons, Jeffrey A. Kaufhold and Steven M. Kaufhold.
Patricia graduated from Nazareth Academy in LaGrange, Illinois in 1953 where she was highly active in the life of the school: Business Staff, the Nazareth Announcer (newspaper); Editor, the Alexine (yearbook); and Vice President, Senior Class of 1953. She always spoke fondly of her years at Nazareth, which was a formative period for her life and faith. She married her husband Donald in 1959. They raised their five children in Naperville, Illinois before she entered the workforce in the mid 1970’s at Naperville Savings and Loan. She then moved to Charlotte, NC with her husband and three of their five children in 1981 while Donald was employed by Alcoa as a building product manager. Patricia became a certified florist in the late 1980s with Harris Teeter Supermarkets. She lived out her final years at the Clear Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mint Hill, NC.
Surviving are her daughter, Andrea L. Walton and husband David of Ponte Vedra, FL; sons, Scott J. Kaufhold and his wife Kimberly, and Donald A. Kaufhold, Jr. of Charlotte; as well as seven granddaughters and five great grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, June 26th at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church, 3028 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn East where she will be laid next to her husband. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, Charlotte Region.
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