Patty K. Watkins

Patricia Jean Heckard Kilfoy Watkins passed away Monday night, July 16, 2012 after undergoing surgery at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. Patricia Jean Heckard was born in Drumright, Oklahoma on April 21, 1922. She was married to Kale Kenneth Kilfoy in 1944, and was a member of Rosie the Riveter during WWII mounting bomb sites on fighter planes. She had stayed active in this organization. In 1981 Patty married Jackson Watkins.

She is survived by her son Barry Kilfoy and his wife Marilyn, and step daughter Christie Robbins of Ft. Worth TX, and two step grandchildren; Daughter Jan Kay Fellers and her husband Dave Fellers of Shawnee Mission, KS; granddaughter Stacia Fellers Wiklund of Leawood, KS; granddaughter Andrea Lyn Fellers of Los Angeles, CA; three beautiful great grandchildren Peyton James Wiklund age 12, Addison Kay Wiklund age 10, and Brian Davison Wiklund “Bo”, age 4 who also reside in Leawood, KS with their parents; Son Kirby Pat Kilfoy and his wife LeAnne of Oklahoma City, OK.

A visitation will be held for Patty on Thursday, July 19, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held for Patty on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Park Historic Cemetery Chapel.

Her family knows she has gone to be with Our Father, watching birds which she so loved.

In lieu of flowers, donations will be appreciated to be given to the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, 4050 W. Memorial Rd Oklahoma City, OK 73120, in Patty J. Watkins name or you may make donations to www.rosietheriveter.org.