DAVID CITY — Patricia Lammers, 84, of David City, formerly of Lewellen and Kearney, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at her home. Private graveside services will be at later.
Chermok Funeral Home in David City is in charge of arrangements.

Patricia was born on May 14, 1932, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha to Margaret (Walford) and S. Pierce Allen of rural Fort Calhoun. A dependable, practical oldest sibling to three more outgoing sisters, “Patsy” was her mother’s tomboy and her father’s helper on the farm.

She attended Wranch rural District 7 School. Venturing from the two-room school to Blair High School and living with relatives in town was a shock to the shy bookworm. She graduated as salutatorian of Blair High School class of 1949. In 1953, she went on to earn her degree as a registered nurse from Methodist School of Nursing, the same school her mother, aunt and roommate (soon-to-be sister-in-law) had attended.

It was in 1953 that the self-proclaimed “career girl” fell head over heels in love for the handsome airman Robert D. Lammers. They were married Oct. 25, 1953, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Blair. Thus began a romance that would burn brightly for the next 58 years.

“Pat” was a wonderful, devoted mother, who was adored and respected by her husband and five children. While her children were young, Pat was a feature writer for the Callaway Courier under the pseudonym “Prairie Scooter Writes” and a published author in the Omaha World-Herald.

Always a proponent of education, after getting all five children in school, Pat went back to school and graduated from Kearney State College in 1977 with her oldest daughter, both receiving their bachelor’s degrees, Pat’s in sociology, a feat not easily accomplished with three children and a husband in college at the same time and children in junior high and grade school.

Pat was active in her church and community donating her time and talents to the Red Cross Bloodmobile and working 16 years as a nurse at the Butler County Detention Center. She had a passion for reading, a love of gardening and a kind word for everyone. She will be greatly missed.

Patricia is survived by her children and their spouses, Bob and Marilyn Lammers of Kearney, Candace and Bryan Niemann of Rising City, Mike and Kerri Lammers of Chandler, Ariz., Pat and Cindy Lammers of Shenandoah, Iowa, and Maggie Schnuelle, of Oceanside, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bob in 2011; and one sister.