Patsy 'Pat' Ann Yeager

OBITUARY PATSY ANN 'PAT' YEAGER Patsy Ann 'Pat' Yeager, age 69 of Bolivar, MO passed away at 10:25 PM Thursday, August 24, 2006 at her home after a lingering illness. She was born November 25, 1936 in Wheatland, MO the daughter of Fred Melton Carpenter and Elizabeth Lovett Carpenter. Pat was the first to attend the new Wheatland High School and attended all 12 years of school in the same building. She also played basketball for the Wheatland Mules. Upon graduating from high school, she worked for the Frank Paxton Lumber Co. in Kansas City, MO and attended Burrows Business College. In 1968 Ed and Pat purchased the Western Auto Store in Wamego, KS, where she and Ed worked side by side until retirement in 1990. She enjoyed life on the farm where they raised and sold several Black Angus bulls to cattlemen. Pat enjoyed traveling and made trips to Australia for 5 weeks, United Kingdom and Europe. She also traveled on a Caribbean Cruise with Charles Stanley along with trips to Washington, D.C. Pat and Ed loved journeying in their motor home to Florida, Arizona, and Texas, where they spent their winters. She was an ardent Kansas City Chiefs fan and a season ticket holder from the 1970's to the present. After her retirement, she became an avid golfer. She was a member of many organizations including the Kansas-Missouri R.V. Club, the Bolivar Ladies Golf Club, and past president of the G.F.W.C. Wamego Study Club at Wamego, KS. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Bolivar. She enjoyed entertaining guests in her home and had the gift of hospitality. Surviving is her husband Edwin D. 'Ed' Yeager of the home in Bolivar; an aunt, Icel Nance of Wheatland, MO and a sister-in-law Bobbie Jean Ash of Lees Summit, MO. Also nieces, Connie Clark and husband Chuck of Orlando, FL; Tammie Collins of St. Joseph, MO; Rhonda Hughes of Lees Summit, MO; and Ruby Downs of Wildwood, MO. Funeral services were held on Monday, August 28, 2006 at 1:30 PM in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Tony Mattia and Billy Russell officiating. Musical solos were Amazing Grace and The Old Rugged Cross. Burial was in the Flemington Cemetery at Flemington, MO under the direction of the Butler Funeral Home of Bolivar. Casketbearers were: Shandy Jordan, Lewis Stutesman, Warren Keller, Jackie Sawyer, Lance Hutton, Kent Parson and Chuck Clark. Memorials in memory of Patsy Yeager may be given to the donor's choice. Friends may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com PDF Printable Version

Patsy 'Pat' Ann Yeager

November 25, 1936 - August 24, 2006