Patsy R Gargantiel

Patsy was born June 8, 1934, in Longview, Texas. Our angel passed away January 2, 2012. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 6, 2012, at Lakeview Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today, January 5, 2012, at the funeral home.

She was a 1952 graduate of Pine Tree High School. She retired as a telephone operator from Southwestern Bell in 1962. She was a loving mother, wife and homemaker. She loved traveling, painting and reading and spending time with her family.

She leaves behind to cherish her memory her husband of 48 years, Theodore Robert; daughters, Andrea Hutchison and husband, Kenneth, Allison Keoun and Tasha Roebuck and husband, Gary, all of Longview; four precious granddaughters and one grandson, Amanda Boles, Lauren Hutchison, Lainey and Sydney Roebuck, also all of Longview, and Jeff Hutchison and wife, Casey, from Murfreesboro, Tenn.; a special gift and friend of the family, Brittany Seay; her sweet and adoring niece, Kathy Addison; sister, LaV Spector of Orange, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Abel and Olla Ahlstrom; brother, Bill Ahlstrom; sister, Margaret Hart; and brother-in-law, Toby Spector.

Pallbearers will be Robert Blankenship, John Boles, Cory Fopay, Michael Hart, Russell Johnson and Reed Laster

Our family would like to extend our thanks to the wonderful staff and nurses of Beacon House. Special thanks to Tonya Moranto and Catherine Purser; and special thanks and love to Jaime Lewis.