Funeral Mass will be Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 11 am at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Davenport. Visitation will be Friday, April 21, 2023 from 4 to 7 pm at The Runge Mortuary and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Her final resting place will be in Mt Calvary Cemetery in West Liberty, IA. Memorials may go to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Online condolences may be left at rungemortuary.com
Patricia was born October 30, 1937 in Detroit, MI. She was the daughter of Joseph E. and Lily Marie Truske.
She was a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1959 where she received her Bachelor and Master’s Degree in education. She taught elementary school in Ann Arbor, MI for a number of years and was an avid Michigan football fan. She moved to Washington D.C. where she taught school from 1963 until 1969. She met the love of her life there, Col. James E. Reier, at a piano bar where he serenaded her with “Moon River” with his velvety voice. They later married on August 15, 1970 in Huntington Woods, MI. He preceded her in death on May 15, 2002.
They relocated to Bettendorf, IA where she was a stay at home mom, focused on her boys, until she went back to teaching for the Bettendorf and Davenport Public School system in the late 1980’s. While teaching, she worked on her PhD at St. Ambrose University. She went on to teach for 23 years until her retirement.
Pat enjoyed going to the family cottage in Lion’s Head Ontario and was an avid sports enthusiast. She enjoyed attending her sons sporting and school events and loved being at home where everyone tended to gather. She was famous for her French toast, dry sense of humor and her love of children. She also enjoyed cars of all kinds, especially sports cars and going to her favorite stores, Walgreens and Starbucks.
Those left to honor her memory include her sons, Michael J. (Jennifer) Reier, Minnestrista, MN and Timothy, Rock Island, IL, grandchildren: Anna, Amelia, Sydney, William, Quinn and Gwendolyn Reier, brother, Thomas (Gail Krause) Truske and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Her parents preceded her in death.
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