Patricia Peterson

Patricia also know as Pat or Patty, Peterson was born in Denver, Colorado on August 23, 1934 to parents Beulah and Eugene Rupp. She passed away July 14, 2014. She was the third child born to them, following two brothers, Richard and Eugene. Her father passed away before she was two years old an dafter her mother's remarriage, Pat's family grew larger to include three more bothers, Michael, Dennis and Jeffrey.

She attended Wyatt Elementary, Cole Junior High, and graduated from Manual High School in 1952. She worked at the Orpheum Theater and Mountain Bell Telephone Company before she met and married Robert Peterson. they were married for 57 years at the time of his death. They made their home in the suburbs outside Denver for almost 30 years before making a move to Sedalia, Colorado.

She had two children and was a homemaker for the majority of her life. She worked outside the home for the Rocky Mountain Tariff Bureau part time for a number of years and then went on to work full time at Information Handling Service at the Denver Tech Center.

She loved nature and being outdoors. She was an avid gardener, did embroidery, worked puzzles and loved her job in the mail room at IHS where she was an excellent employee until her retirement in 1999.

She lived the last 7 1/2 years at Clare Bridge of Highlands Ranch, a facility that specializes in memory care disorders.

She is survived by two children, Cindi (Ken) Herrera of Palmdale, CA and Michael (Janet) Peterson of Thornton, CO; 6 grandchildren, Stephanie A.(Alberto) Herrera, Anthony R. (Rebecca) Herrera, Samantha (James) Gardiner, Craig J. (Nikki) Herrera, Danielle (Grant) Piernot and Andrea Peterson; 6 great grandchildren, Kole, Devyn, Garvin, Sofia, Camden and Hollis; two brothers, Richard (Carol) Rupp of Cole Camp, Missouri and Dennis (Lolitta) Hedrick of Smithville, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her husband Robert "Bob" Peterson, three brothers, Eugene Rupp, Michael Hedrick and Jeffrey Hedrick and her parents Beulah and Eugene Rupp.