Patience Osborn was born to Daphne Smart and Charles Hamlin Osborn November 25th 1961, the youngest of eight children, in Whittier California. When she was seven the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Patience grew up on Alva Circle, surrounded by dear neighbors who adored and pampered her and a Church community in Valley View 4th Ward that encouraged and embraced her.
Pacy thrived and graduated from Hartvigson School. She starred as Dorothy in the production of the Wizard of Oz and went to the South Bend Indiana International Special Olympics Finals along with her particular friend, Charles Newsome, where she won a number of Gold Medals in swimming and bowling.
Pacy might well have been the most loyal BYU fan, watching or listening to every game and keeping a notebook of all the game statistics. She also enjoyed extensive travel with her family, especially loving Hawaii. She was often dressed in either Hawaiian muumuus or BYU attire! Pacy’s other love was music. Even as dementia robbed her of many abilities, her music memory remained intact. She loved the hymns, anything by John Denver and all musicals. Even when she could no longer walk she could dance!
Pacy had a special role to play with her many nieces and nephews. She tutored them in reading when they were little and interviewed all their prospective spouses when the time came for marriage. In 1992 Patience served a mission with her parents at the Church College of Samoa where she was a library assistant. Pacy always volunteered in libraries and elementary schools; but more than anything else, she was a big help to her parents in their later years.
Patience was predeceased by her parents, her sister Elizabeth, her brother Charles and brother-in- law Sheldon. She is survived by siblings, Nancy, Diana (Neldon Demke), Rebecca, Daniel (Debbie), and Laurel (Wallace Fetzer). She is also survived and beloved by 46 nieces and nephews.
Funeral services to be held Saturday July 27 at 11:00 am 2125 Evergreen Ave, Millcreek, Utah. Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 Highland Dr, Millcreek, Utah 84106.
