Judith   Diane Clower Patterson

January   31, 1952 – July 27, 2012

Garden   City, Kansas

Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m. on Saturday,   August 04, 2012 at Garnand Funeral Home with Rev. Scott Schurle officiating.

Interment:   Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kansas.

The family request memorials   given to the American Cancer Society in care of Garnand Funeral Home of   Garden City, Kansas.

Judith D (Clower) Patterson,   60, of Garden City, KS, passed away Friday, July 27, 2012 at the Good   Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. Judy Patterson was born in   Trinidad, Colorado on January 31, 1952 the daughter of Elaine (Van Matre)   Clower Carlson of Manhattan, KS and the late Robert J Clower. Judy graduated   from high school in Deerfield, Kansas in 1970. In December 11, 1971 Judy   married the love of her life, the late Charles Andrew Patterson.

Judy and Charlie lived in   Garden City until 1984 when they moved to Mahaska, Kansas which became their   home for many years. Judy was mayor of Mahaska, Kansas for several years. She   also worked for Region 5 in Nebraska with the mentally challenged for several   years. She returned to Garden City in 2007 where she worked as an office   manager for Wallace Electric and Underground Specialist. In 2011 she started   her dream job as Deerfield City Clerk and was there briefly until her illness   forced her to stop. Judy attended First Christian Church in Garden City and   enjoyed playing in the bell choir.

Judy was preceded in death by her husband Charles Patterson,   her father Robert Clower, and step-father Harold Carlson, and is survived by   her son Steven Patterson his wife Kelli, and their son Gabriel, of Loveland,   Colorado, her mother Elaine Carlson of Manhattan, Kansas, sister Janie Claar   of Manhattan, Kansas, brother Rodney Clower and his wife Glenda of Salina,   Kansas, brother Andrew Clower and his wife Diane of Salina, Kansas, her   sister Ellen Mangan and her husband Russ Mangan of Garden City, Kansas,   step-brother Mark Carlson and his wife Velma of Hutchinson, Kansas, and   step-sister Carolyn Carlson of Larned, Kansas. Also surviving are numerous   nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.