Patricia Ann Glaude

Patricia Ann Glaude was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi on August 24th, 1948. She was

the daughter of Mrs. Bernice Christine (Watson) Glaude and Mr. Herman Peter Glaude,

Sr., the fifth of their ten children. She was predeceased by her beloved parents, her

brothers Herman Glaude, Jr., Charles Glaude, Gerald Glaude, Sr., and Adrian Glaude.

She is survived by her sisters Dolores Glaude-Ashford, Cathy Glaude-Williams (Malcolm),

Carol Glaude-Taite, and brothers Eddie S. Glaude, Sr. (Juanita) and Thomas Michael

England as well as a host of precious nieces and nephews. She passed peacefully in the

presence of her steadfast friend, Martha J. (Marty) Dunham on January 9th, 2020 due to

complications from late stage Alzheimer’s disease.

As a child, she proudly attended elementary & middle school at St. Peter the Apostle

Catholic Church in Pascagoula. She thrived under the tutelage of the strict and dedicated

nuns and enjoyed the close-knit community, the carnival balls and other special events

frequently held there.

Patricia attended Magnolia High School, a part of the now defunct Moss Point (MS)

Municipal Separate School District. In 1966, she graduated with distinction as

Salutatorian of her class. She was runner-up for Homecoming Queen.

After graduation, Patricia spent a few months in New Orleans, LA where she quickly

discovered that the lifestyle there did not suit her. Emulating her elder brother Eddie who

enlisted in the Navy several years prior, Patricia enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1966 and

served until 1969 during the height of the Vietnam War. Patricia completed her basic

training at the Naval Station Great Lakes which she remembered more for the severe

weather conditions during that very cold winter than for the rigorous training she no doubt

received.

Patricia continued training in Bethesda, MD in the Hospital Corps “A” School which

included Firefighting School, Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons School, and

Damage Control/Political Warfare School. Ultimately, she served as a Corpsman at

Marine Base Camp Pendleton in California where she provided hands-on medical care

to wounded Marines returning from battle, including time spent in the Surgical Intensive

Care Unit and the Emergency Room. After two years of performing hands-on care, she

elected to become an X-ray Technician in part because seeing so many wounded and

dying young men, many of whom were teenagers as she herself was, had taken its toll.

Patricia was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1969, but she went on to serve in the

U. S. Naval Reserves for an additional eighteen years.

Never having been one to be intimidated particularly when there was an opportunity to

compete with men and earn good, comparable money in non-traditional work, Patricia

pursued a career in law enforcement. She studied at Chabot College in Hayward where

she was repeatedly on the Honor’s List from 1971 to 1974 while working full time for the

Oakland Police Department. She earned her Peace Officers Standard for Training

(POST) in 1974.

From 1974 to 1978, Patricia was a Deputy Sheriff with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Dept.

She supervised inmates in the County Jail, performed patrol duty, and spent a year as a

Marshall in the Oakland Municipal Court. Concurrently, Patricia worked as the Affirmative

Action Recruitment Officer with a secondary function as a background investigator. In

the jail, she fingerprinted & searched inmates, maintained order between them, and

specialized in CORPUS, a state-of-the-art computer system unique to Alameda County.

At the same time, Patricia returned to college, attending the University of San Francisco,

and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 which was a pre-requisite for her ultimate

goal of “earning the big bucks” in Federal Law Enforcement.

In 1978, Patricia left Alameda County for a stint with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

Police Department where she was responsible for arresting burglars, vandals, and auto

thieves, as well as protecting the trains and BART property.

Later in 1978 with her laser focus on her goal, she left BART and was hired as a Federal

Postal Inspector with the United States Postal Service, initially working in Los Angeles,

Baldwin Park, Denver, Oakland, and San Francisco. Her storied career included work on

the Fraud Team, undercover assignments, covert surveillance, interviewing suspects,

executing search warrants, and working with U.S. Attorneys. Throughout her service,

she was responsible for meeting Obstacle Course/Physical Fitness Training and

Marksmanship Goals on a monthly basis. She was an expert marksman and went to the

shooting range twice a week throughout her career and beyond. After countless awards

during her Federal Law Enforcement career from 1978 to 2001, Patricia retired in 2001.

Once retired, Patricia was free to invest her energy full time into her extra-curricular

passions including RVing, golfing (she could drive the ball 250 yards!), attending music

concerts, gardening, cooking, and traveling which included cruises to Alaska, the Mexican

Riviera, and the Caribbean, often with family members. Above all, her love of her family

shone through every day in all aspects of her life. Her visits with her dear cousin Edward

Glaude and his family in California brought her great joy. Frequent and sometimes lengthy

trips back to Pascagoula, Mississippi from California to visit, care for her mother, and

enjoy time with her precious loved ones sustained her. She truly had a heart of gold and

her generosity had no limit. We are all privileged to have known her, to have shared in

her life and to have stood proudly beside her wherever she went. She was loved beyond

measure. May she rest in peace in the arms of the angels with a smile on her beautiful

face.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that a tax-deductible donation be made to the

Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org.