BORN APRIL 13, 1937 TO KENNETH AND ELIZABETH (STAIR) SPRAGUE IN PORTLAND, OREGON, PATRICIA S. COMEAU-SHOOK PASSED PEACEFULLY INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD JANUARY 5, 2019 AT THE AGE OF 81. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER THREE SISTERS AND TWO HUSBANDS. SHE WAS MARRIED TO ROLAND COMEAU FOR 36 YEARS AND EDWIN SHOOK FOR 8 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY FIVE CHILDREN, MARK, CALVIN, DAVID, KATHLEEN AND YVETTE, AS WELL AS 20 GRANDCHILDREN AND 43 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
PATRICIA WAS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST AND ATTENDED AWAKENING CHURCH (FORMERLY MOUNTAIN VIEW WESLYAN) FOR MANY YEARS AND MORE RECENTLY GETHSEMANE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RED HAT SOCIETY GROUPS “THE DAZZLING DIVAS” AND "PIKES PEAK TOWERS RED HATS". SHE SERVED AS QUEEN WITH THE "DAZZLING DIVAS" FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. PATRICIA SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM 2005 THROUGH 2018, GENEROUSLY DONATING OVER 4,350 HOURS OF HER PRECIOUS TIME. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, THE HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION.
PATRICIA WAS A KIND AND LOVING PERSON, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SERVE OTHERS AND BECAME MOM, GRANDMA, SISTER AND FRIEND TO COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE SHE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE ENJOYED PLAYING GAMES, COOKING, MUSIC AND MANY TYPES OF CRAFTS.
SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.