Patsy Rowena Patton
Marriages
Forrest Patton
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6A - May 17, 2023
Patsy Patton passed away
at her home in Palisade,
Colorado at the age of 89
after a short illness. Born
in Montrose, Colorado to
Eddie and Effie Hovis.
She graduated from
Olathe High, and married Forrest Patton and moved to
California where Forrest served his time with the Air
Force. During this service they were blessed with two
children, Deborah (Patton) Goddard, and Myron Patton.
After Forrest’s commitment to the Air Force, they
returned to Colorado where Patsy was a homemaker,
and raised two children while Forrest attended Colorado
State University and obtained a degree in accounting.
Patsy and Forrest then moved the family to Phoenix,
Arizona where she began school and earned a degree
in education at Arizona State University. After living in
Phoenix for eight years, Forrest and Patsy began their
careers as teachers. Her and Forrest’s first teaching
position was in Holbrook, Arizona on the Navajo
Nation, where Patsy spoke of her time teaching and
experience on the Navajo Nation with fond memories. It
was during this time she gave birth to their third child,
Scott Patton.
They then moved back to Grand Junction where
Forrest and herself taught in the Grand Valley for
twenty years; she ended her teaching career at Mount
Garfield Middle School.
Patsy was an avid horseback rider and enjoyed riding
side saddle on the precision all-women riding team The
Frontier Bells. She spoke highly of this time claiming it
to be one of the high points of her life. Patsy kept horses
for many years in Palisade CO and she showed Arabian
horses all across America.
Pasty enjoyed travel and after retirement, lived full
time in a motorhome for years. It was after this time
that she and Forrest settled back in the Grand Valley
where they enjoyed fishing, camping and experienced
great joy with friends, and family. She had an active
social life full of playing cards and bingo.
She is survived by her three children, Deborah
(Russell) Goddard, Myron (Becky) Patton, and Scott
(Phoebe) Patton. Five Grandchildren, Kyle, Hannah,
Tyler, Callie, and Benjamin, and one Great Grandchild,
Pierce.
She was greatly loved and will be sadly missed.
Graveside services will be held at Olathe Cemetery,
Olathe, CO on Monday, May 22, 2023 at 11:00 am.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent
to HopeWest of Grand Junction.
