Patricia A. Tate

Surviving are three sons Bird Tate Jr. & His wife Leslie of Hammond, Charles Tate & his wife Shawnda of Lexington OK and Joseph Tate & his wife Erin Frost-Tate of Hammond; two daughters Rebecca Cummings & her husband Robbie of Sulphur OK and Felicia Krock & her husband Darren of Kenton OH; a brother Roger Ruegsegger & his wife Cindy of Linden CA; three sisters Roni Kennedy & her husband Dennis of Island Park ID, Trina Rubley & her companion Jeff Thomason of Lake Havasu AZ and Dena Wheaton & her companion Gary Moyer of Parker AZ; three nephews Jerry Cunningham of AR, Steve Cunningham of TX and Wesley Cunningham of Alex Bay; a niece Sheila Basinger of OK; 11 grandchildren Donald Frost, Kaitlyn Snow, Shelby Mendelzon & her husband Brant, Colton Tate, Zachary Prater, Brian Tate, Jacob Tate, Brandon Tate, Cheyene Snow, Logan Tate and LJ Krock; two great grandchildren Emma Tate & Michael Mendelzon along with many cousins.

Her husband Bird Sr.; a son Brian and a sister Sam Hamp predeceased her.

Pat was born on August 28, 1949 in Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Gardner & Erva (McLear) Dike. She attended schools in Manteca CA and later married Bird L. Tate Sr. in 1977. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse in California for a period, and later relocated to Hammond NY where she and her husband owned and operated Hammond Propane until 2009.

Pat enjoyed reading, traveling, animals and spending time with her grandchildren. Memorial contributions can be made to the Richard E. Winter Cancer Center or Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley. Condolences can also be shared online at www.foxandmurrayfuneralhome.com.