Patricia Ann Sinclair

Patricia Ann Sinclair, 91, a lifelong resident of Oklahoma City, OK, died Thursday, August 4, 2011, surrounded by family. Pat Sinclair was born Patricia Ann Vickers on November 8, 1919, in Wichita, Kansas, to John Aldwrid Vickers and Helen Elizabeth Vickers, the second of eight children. She attended Mount Carmel Academy in Wichita and earned a Bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Oklahoma in 1941. She married Andrew Thomas Sinclair, of Limon, Colorado, on July 4, 1942. The couple lived in Wichita after Tom Sinclair returned from World War II as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Force, and then moved to Oklahoma City in 1948.

She is survived by her five children: Tom, Jr. of Oakland, California; Sally Nixon of Lawrence, Kansas, Jack Sinclair of Oklahoma City, Paula Allen of Oklahoma City, and Tricie Young of Topeka, Kansas. Her 14 grandchildren include Maya Sinclair, Dr. Ned Nixon, Tom Nixon, Keely Patton, Kelsy Schimmel, Coree Stevenson, Barney Sinclair, Sally Hodgson, Porter Berry, Louise Birdsell, Patricia Castoro, Rob Allen, Drew Allen, and Jenny Thompson, as well as 27 great-grandchildren. Her late husband died in 2003. Her beloved grandchild, Jason Thompson, also preceded her in death.

Pat Sinclair was an active member of Christ the King Catholic Church in Oklahoma City for 50 years. She was active in Republican politics and was a delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention. She served as Chairman of the Beaux Arts Ball, was a member the Junior League of Oklahoma City, and instrumental in the development of the Oklahoma City Horse Shows in the 1950s. She was one of the founders of the Fourth of July Parade at Kite Park in Nichols Hills. “She had numerous friends in Oklahoma City and survived most of them,” according to Paula Allen, her daughter. “She was part of the generation that worked hard to build the United States into a world power after the Second World War and was proud of their accomplishments.” Her father, John A. (Jack) Vickers founded the Vickers Petroleum Co. of Wichita, Kansas, and was a colorful figure in the 1920s and 1930s as she was growing up. She will be remembered for her dedication to her children, her faith, and her love and enjoyment of life.

The family has asked that donations in Patricia Sinclair’s memory be made to the nonprofit organization that aided the family through her last hours: Integris Hospice of Oklahoma County, 4334 NW Expressway, Suite 106, Oklahoma City, OK 73116.

The service for Patricia Sinclair will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Christ the King Catholic Church, 8005 Dorset Drive, Oklahoma City. There will be a Rosary at 7 p.m. on Friday evening at Hahn Cook, 6600 Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City.

Arrangements under the direction of Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Directors, Oklahoma City, OK.