Patricia Stanley Baldwin was born in Florence Italy on November 17, 1932 to American parents. She met her husband Nicholas, another American living in Florence, when she was a child and they married in 1954.
Nicholas and Patricia moved to Des Moines in 1956 to start their family, when Nicholas began his career at the Des Moines Register.
In the years that followed Pat raised four children and volunteered countless hours in the community. She was a docent at the Des Moines Art Center, spent 18 years helping out at Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), tutored English to immigrants through Drake University, and housed immigrants from Viet Nam and Poland. She especially enjoyed working with refugees through Lutheran Social Services and it’s Circle of Friends program.
Pat enjoyed learning throughout her life traveling extensively in Europe and the Far East well into her eighties when she visited her granddaughter in South Korea.
Pat lost her husband at the age of fifty and made it her mission to nurture and strengthen the ties between her far flung family throughout the rest of her life. She adored her grandchildren and helped to raise the ones living next door.
Pat was preceded in death by her husband Nicholas, her daughter Celia, and her son Colin. She is survived by her Sister Francesca White, her children, Brian(Sue) Baldwin, and Lisa (Rob Lumbard), grandsons Nate, Alex, and Nicholas, granddaughters Marcella and Alaena. She also leaves behind eight great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held Monday October 14, 2019, at Dunn’s Chapel at 2 pm. Online condolences are welcome at www.IlesCares.com.
Nicholas and Patricia moved to Des Moines in 1956 to start their family, when Nicholas began his career at the Des Moines Register.
In the years that followed Pat raised four children and volunteered countless hours in the community. She was a docent at the Des Moines Art Center, spent 18 years helping out at Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), tutored English to immigrants through Drake University, and housed immigrants from Viet Nam and Poland. She especially enjoyed working with refugees through Lutheran Social Services and it’s Circle of Friends program.
Pat enjoyed learning throughout her life traveling extensively in Europe and the Far East well into her eighties when she visited her granddaughter in South Korea.
Pat lost her husband at the age of fifty and made it her mission to nurture and strengthen the ties between her far flung family throughout the rest of her life. She adored her grandchildren and helped to raise the ones living next door.
Pat was preceded in death by her husband Nicholas, her daughter Celia, and her son Colin. She is survived by her Sister Francesca White, her children, Brian(Sue) Baldwin, and Lisa (Rob Lumbard), grandsons Nate, Alex, and Nicholas, granddaughters Marcella and Alaena. She also leaves behind eight great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held Monday October 14, 2019, at Dunn’s Chapel at 2 pm. Online condolences are welcome at www.IlesCares.com.
Patricia Stanley Baldwin was born in Florence Italy on November 17, 1932 to American parents. She met her husband Nicholas, another American living in Florence, when she was a child and they married in 1954.
Nicholas and Patricia moved to Des Moines in 1956 to start their family, when Nicholas began his career at the Des Moines Register.
In the years that followed Pat raised four children and volunteered countless hours in the community. She was a docent at the Des Moines Art Center, spent 18 years helping out at Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), tutored English to immigrants through Drake University, and housed immigrants from Viet Nam and Poland. She especially enjoyed working with refugees through Lutheran Social Services and it’s Circle of Friends program.
Pat enjoyed learning throughout her life traveling extensively in Europe and the Far East well into her eighties when she visited her granddaughter in South Korea.
Pat lost her husband at the age of fifty and made it her mission to nurture and strengthen the ties between her far flung family throughout the rest of her life. She adored her grandchildren and helped to raise the ones living next door.
Pat was preceded in death by her husband Nicholas, her daughter Celia, and her son Colin. She is survived by her Sister Francesca White, her children, Brian(Sue) Baldwin, and Lisa (Rob Lumbard), grandsons Nate, Alex, and Nicholas, granddaughters Marcella and Alaena. She also leaves behind eight great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held Monday October 14, 2019, at Dunn’s Chapel at 2 pm. Online condolences are welcome at www.IlesCares.com.
Nicholas and Patricia moved to Des Moines in 1956 to start their family, when Nicholas began his career at the Des Moines Register.
In the years that followed Pat raised four children and volunteered countless hours in the community. She was a docent at the Des Moines Art Center, spent 18 years helping out at Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), tutored English to immigrants through Drake University, and housed immigrants from Viet Nam and Poland. She especially enjoyed working with refugees through Lutheran Social Services and it’s Circle of Friends program.
Pat enjoyed learning throughout her life traveling extensively in Europe and the Far East well into her eighties when she visited her granddaughter in South Korea.
Pat lost her husband at the age of fifty and made it her mission to nurture and strengthen the ties between her far flung family throughout the rest of her life. She adored her grandchildren and helped to raise the ones living next door.
Pat was preceded in death by her husband Nicholas, her daughter Celia, and her son Colin. She is survived by her Sister Francesca White, her children, Brian(Sue) Baldwin, and Lisa (Rob Lumbard), grandsons Nate, Alex, and Nicholas, granddaughters Marcella and Alaena. She also leaves behind eight great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held Monday October 14, 2019, at Dunn’s Chapel at 2 pm. Online condolences are welcome at www.IlesCares.com.
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