Patricia (Pat) Froechtenigt, 84, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2021. She was born on December 9, 1936, in Mount Vernon New York where she grew up. Pat later moved to St Louis, MO to pursue her BS-RN at St. Louis University. It is there where she met the love of her life, Joe Froechtenigt Jr., and later married him at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bogota New Jersey on June 24, 1961. Joe got a job at Martin Marietta, and they moved with six of the seven kids (Aimeé was born 3 years later) to Littleton, CO.
Pat had a very successful career as a nurse and later a nursing supervisor for Kaiser Permanente. She worked at many different hospitals as well as a traveling RN in the Denver area including Craig Hospital, Swedish and St. Joseph’s. While she was climbing the ladder to success, she also was raising her seven children – Joe (Margi), Mary Turner (Mike), Jeanne Gabriel (Tom), Julie Sipos (Dave), Jennifer Froechtenigt-Fraikor (Greg), Michele Green (Tom), Aimeé Hodges.
Her loving family expanded to eventually include sixteen grandchildren. Colin, Brooke, Sam (Andy), Lisa, Morgan, Brian (Abby), Stella (Drayton), Emma, Ashley, Jacob, Amber, Jessica, Gabby, Joe, Grant, and Evan, and four great-grandchildren, Hudson, Kelvin, Charlotte, and Michael Theodore.
Pat is also survived by her sister Fran and her brother, Greg (Helene). She was preceded in death by her parents Peter and Mary Hearne, her brothers, James and Peter and her loving husband Joe.
A Rosary and Vigil will be held on June 14 at 7:00pm and a Funeral Mass will be held on June 15 at 11:00 am, all which will occur at St. Francis of Assisi in Castle Rock, CO. Please leave memories, messages, and condolence on Pat’s Tribute Wall on this website for the Froechtenigt family.
In addition, please feel free to donate to the Alzheimer’s society in loving memory of our mom.
With our Love
Joe, Mary, Jeanne, Julie, Jennifer, Michele, Aimeé
