Pat and her family moved to Hoopa California where she attended Hoopa Valley High School. After graduating High School in 1966 Pat moved to Tacoma Washington to live with her grandmother Aagot Solheim.
Pat went to Tacoma Bates Vocational School and began working for the city of Tacoma. Pat met her husband, Henry MacDonald and they married on June 20, 1970. Pat and Henry raised four children, Paul, Steven, Chris, and Tricia. Pat had a love for animals and enjoyed crocheting, knitting, gardening, canning, and restoring old cars and travel with her husband.
Pat is survived by her husband Henry, her four children Paul, Steven, Chris and Tricia. Pat had eleven grandchildren, four great grandchildren, with two more on the way. Pat is survived by her siblings; Kath Colegrove, Carol Pease, Kenny Lucas, and Christine Nix.