Patricia Ann Fridley Murphy

Visitation will be 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m., on Friday, June 30, at J.E. Foust Funeral Home in Grapevine, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00a.m., Saturday July 1, at Martin United Methodist Church in Bedford, Texas with Pastor Ted McIlvain officiating. Burial will follow at Bluebonnet Hills Cemetery in Colleyville, Texas.

Pat was born in Fayette, Missouri, to Stanley and Ruth Fridley on February 11, 1949. She graduated from Warrenton High School in 1967. She later graduated from Northeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. Pat then received her Master’s Degree from Texas Women’s University in Psychiatric Nursing. She later received her Nurse Practitioner Degree and license from the University of Arlington. Pat worked as a Psychiatric Nurse in the Dallas/ Fort Worth metroplex for over 40 years. She was a Nurse Practitioner for the VA hospital, where she retired in 2018. Early in her career, Pat was a First Lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corp.

Pat was a member of Martin United Methodist Church in Bedford, Texas. Known for her lovely singing voice and love of the arts, she spent much of her life singing solos at church and in the choir. She also performed in plays at local theaters in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for many years. Pat was a loving daughter to her parents and to her sister and three brothers. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and spent much of her time attending countless performances and sporting events, cheering on her grandchildren. She lovingly cared for her own mother during a few years when her mother was ill in Bedford.

Pat is preceded in death by her parents, Stanley Lee Fridley and Ruth Vivian Kirby Fridley.

Her beautiful life will be remembered by her loving family and friends. Pat is survived by her daughters; Rachel Meredith Flores (Juan Ramon), of Arlington, Texas; and Christa Rhea Moore (Michael Shane), of Grapevine, Texas; her sister Janice Jean Fridley Huque (Mohammad), brothers Stanley Dale Fridley (Mary Jane), Daniel Lee Fridley (Susie), and Douglas Ray Fridley (Debbie); devoted grandchildren Aiden James Garrett, Madison Nicole Flores, Andrew Ramon Flores, Tori Silvia Flores, Ashli Erin Moore, and Lincoln Rhett Moore; nephews Jason Fridley, Eric Fridley, Noah Fridley, Jamie Huque, Taj Huque, Cody Harris, and Jason Harris; nieces Nikki Jones, Beth Hodges, Tracy Owens, Heather Donohue, Chelsea Cleek, and Lindsey Skaggs; aunt Judy Cone, along with many cousins and friends.

Pallbearers will be Dale Fridley, Doug Fridley, Eric Fridley, Noah Fridley, Jamie Huque, and Taj Huque.

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13