Patricia "Trish" Jean Sarver

She had fought a courageous battle against liver failure, congestive heart failure and diabetes for several months, until she could no longer keep up the strength.

She was under care provided by the dedicated and compassionate staff of St. Luke’s Home Hospice, especially nurses Donna and Alice. They made her final journey more comfortable, as Trish chose to spend her last days at home.

A memorial service, including Catholic blessing, will be Monday, April 28th at Floral Hills Funeral Home at 7000 Blue Ridge in Raytown, Missouri. A visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery at 11:15 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, Trish requested that donations be made to Give Kids the World, which provides vacations to Disney World for critically ill children and their families. Donations in her name can be made at gktw.org.

Trish was born in Tinley Park, Illinois to parents Joseph A. Falat and Frances I. (Schwappach) Falat. They lived in Glenview, Illinois until Trish was in the 7th grade. At that time, they moved to Kansas City where she attended Our Lady of Peace Elementary School and Archbishop O’Hara High School, graduating in 1971.

She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Business at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, graduating in 1975. She was a member of Phi Mu Sorority.

It may come as no surprise to those who knew her well that her nicknames in college were both “Patty Perfect” for her minute attention to detail with her hair and makeup and “Rowdy” for her enthusiastic enjoyment of college weekends!

Immediately after graduation she began her lifetime career in the insurance industry, the last twenty years of which she spent as a State Farm agent, managing the George Loundes State Farm agency until she retired in 2018.

In April of 1977 she met her future husband, Craig Sarver, at a gathering of her roommate’s fellow teachers at their apartment. They began dating and married on November 12, 1977. Michael, their only child, was born in September, 1980.

Trish had many passions, the first of which was family, especially after the births of grandsons Owen and Lincoln.

Baking was definitely her greatest talent. Each Christmas she would bake nearly 200 dozen cookies of various kinds to pass out to family and friends who were all most appreciative! Her expertise in pie making was unsurpassed.

Craig once said that on one of their first dates he had her over to his apartment for a dinner he had cooked. She brought a pecan pie, she had baked for the occasion. He said that after one bite he knew he would marry her!

Trish and Craig were avid Royals fans, rarely missing a game on TV. She loved board games, especially SCRABBLE which they played almost every day until she could no longer hold the tiles. She also loved playing card games like Spades and OH Hell whenever her family came to visit.

She also loved to travel with Vail, Colorado and Disneyworld, their most frequent destinations. Through Craig’s KCPD assignment to Crime Stoppers she got to accompany him to the annual Crime Stoppers International Conferences. They visited Melbourne, Australia, Bermuda, and numerous location in Canada and the U.S. She wanted so badly to see Rome, but her illness put a stop to that dream. We only hope she can see it now.

She reveled in having her grandsons come. They always requested her cinnamon rolls and bacon for breakfast every time they stayed over. One of the most poignant things about her death was that on Easter Sunday the boys came to hunt eggs. She watched but was obviously struggling. As they left, she said. “I love you” to them and those were the last words she would ever say as she soon lapsed into unresponsiveness after they left.

Family sat vigil with her until her death the next day.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Frances Falat and by her sister, Connie and nephew, Matthew Falat.

She is survived by her husband of nearly 48 years, Craig, and son Michael, his wife, Tessa and grandsons Owen and Lincoln, sister-in-law Linda Goodwin, brother-in-law, Dan Sarver and wife, Cathy, all of Kansas City and by her brother, Richard Falat, and sister-in-law, Linda Falat, of Carbondale Illinois, and nieces Amanda Mitchell, Mary Jarvis and Amy Askren and nephews, Zachary Goodwin, Brad Sarver and Mitchell Falat.