Patricia Jane Bade

Patricia Jane (Harrington) Bade passed away on August 19th, 2025, at the Clarissa Cook Hospice House after a short illness. She was born in Davenport on June 9, 1946. Her parents were John and Ida (Jehring) Harrington. She is survived by her husband Gerry Bade, a daughter Kimberly Kloss Bixby and husband Tim, a granddaughter Chloe Thompson Crandall and husband Kyle, and a brother Michael Harrington. Nieces and nephews include Heather Martin, husband Richard and daughters Maggie and Abbie; Quinn Harrington, wife Valerie and children Abry, Anden and Ruby; Elaine Roete and husband Jim; Susan Keller; and Becky Salmon; Stepchildren Lisa Kriegel, husband Matt and children Olivia and Allison; Stephen Bade and wife Mary; and Ethan Bade.

Patricia had been employed as an LPN/health aide and homemaker, and as a caseworker for Children and Family Services with the Mahaska County Visiting Nurses Association, Scott County Visiting Nurses Association, and Genesis Visiting Nurses.

Patricia was a vibrant woman who was always ready for a party. She will be sorely missed by all her family and friends. She loved to decorate her home both inside and out for every holiday season. She had impeccable taste in clothes and always stood out as the best-dressed one in the room. She was very enthusiastic about her Irish heritage and never missed a chance to tell someone about it. She took a couple of trips to Ireland and got to meet cousins there. With husband Gerry, they founded the Quad Cities Céilí Club in 1998, an Irish social dancing organization. They taught Irish Social Dancing at St. Ambrose Comm University and Davenport schools adult education programs. She was involved with numerous Celtic events in the area, including Irish Heritage Day, Rock Island Erin Feis, Celtic Highland Games, Peoria Irish Feis, Dubuque Hooley, and the Céilí Club’s monthly dances. She was a member of the B.P.O.E. #298 Davenport, the Catfish Jazz Society, the St. Patrick Society, the American Schleswig-Holstein Historical Society, the German American Heritage Center, and the Eastern Chapter of the Polka Club of Iowa.

A Celebration of Life will be Sunday September 21, 2025, at the Davenport Elks Lodge located at 4400 West Central Park Avenue Davenport, Iowa 52804 at 1:00p.m.