A loving, caring mother and passionate gardener and artist, Sandra Patrick passed away peacefully on Monday, October 25, 2021. She was 77 and a resident of Baton Rouge. She was born and raised in Napoleonville, and graduated valedictorian of her class at Assumption High. She continued her education at Nicholls State and LSU, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Chemistry. In college she met the love of her life, J.C., whom she married and moved with to Memphis after school. There, she worked as a research chemist at St. Jude Children’s Hospital, a position she was extremely proud of. She and J.C. later moved to Baton Rouge, where they started and ran a landscape company for over 30 years. Her true passion though was art and creating. Art wasn’t just something she did; it was part of her very fiber and she found many ways of expressing it: painting, especially watercolor, as well as printmaking, jewelry making, gardening and writing. She loved creating beauty in everyday life, and especially took great pride in her garden and generously shared her knowledge of horticulture with anyone who asked. Her latest project was a book that she had written chronicling her travels through Italy and France years ago. Her enthusiasm and joie de vivre were contagious. Sandra will be deeply missed by her son, Kelly Patrick, her brother and sister-in-law, Charles, Jr., and Gloria Jumonville, her brother-in-law, Jimmy Patrick, her nieces and nephews, Melissa DesHotels, Casey Blount, Amy Sibley, and Corey Patrick, as well as numerous cousins and friends. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, J.C. Patrick, and her parents, Charles, Sr., and Eloise Jumonville. Sandra's family would like to thank the Neuro ICU staff and nurses at Our Lady of the Lake, as well as Dr. Vincent Cataldo and Dr. Laura Finn for taking such great care of her and providing treatment with such great kindness. Visiting will be held Thursday, Nov. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government Street. Visitation at St. Patrick Catholic Church, on Friday from 11 a.m., until Mass of Christian Burial at noon, with the Rev. Paul Gros. Burial in Oak Lane Memorial Park to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sandra's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. To view and sign the online guestbook, please visit www.rabenhorst.com.
