Patricia Ann Brewer Lovelady, 79, of Amarillo died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. today in Llano Cemetery. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 3001 Bell St., with the Rev. James Wallace and the Rev. Earl N. Blair both officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Pat was born at home on the family farm outside Floydada on May 27, 1931, to Maude and Sam Brewer. The family moved to Punkin Center, then to Electra in 1936, and to Prairie Grove, Ark., in 1944.
Though she lived on a farm for all of her childhood, Pat always preferred to be in the house, rather than the barn. From an early age she enjoyed cooking, sewing and working around the house.
At age 15, she designed and made a suit for which she won first place in the dress revue at the 4-H Club encampment in Fayetteville, Ark. She later attended college with a scholarship from the Cotton Council, which recognized her sewing skills.
It was no surprise when she chose education as her major at the University of Arkansas with a specialization in homemaking. While attended college she lived in the 4-H house. She graduated in 1953, with a bachelor of science.
Though she lived in Texas for the rest of her life, she never hesitated to claim the University of Arkansas. She was seen and heard "calling the hogs" with her fellow Razorbacks, at a local wedding reception.
In 1953, she moved to Slaton, where she began teaching homemaking. In Slaton, she met and married Jerry Lovelady in 1954. They had three children, Samuel Boyce Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and Janice Lynn Lovelady Blair.
She moved to Amarillo in 1960. For 47 years her home on Sunlite was the reflection of Pat's natural homemaking skills. She served a hearty breakfast to her children each morning before school, sewed party dresses for her daughters, recovered her sofa when it was worn, upholstered the walls of her bedroom when that was the trend, played bridge with her friends in the living room, and made delicious chicken and dumplings.
In 1967, she returned to teaching in the public schools, first at Austin Junior High, then at Tascosa and Caprock high schools. Pat's teaching career spanned more than 25 years. She taught high school football players how to sew, junior high girls how to cook, took bus loads of FHA members to conventions in Dallas, chose the wallpaper and sewed the curtains for the Building Trades house built each year by AISD, and showed students how to cater and work in the commercial food industry.
With a gentle spirit and open heart, she touched the lives of countless students. She seldom spoke of her accomplishments, but it was not uncommon for family members about town to be asked, "Are you related to Mrs. Lovelady? She was my homemaking teacher? She was so nice."
After her retirement from teaching in the public schools, she taught parents how to nurture their children in the Parents as Teachers program at Opportunity School. After her retirement from Parents as Teachers, she continued to reach out to new parents and their babies as a volunteer in the Books for Babies program.
Even when it became difficult for her to walk, she still made the trek from the parking lot, up the elevator and down long halls to carry the message to new parents of the importance of reading to their children.
When her grandchildren began to arrive she rocked babies who cried, sewed pumpkin costumes for Halloween, decorated birthday cakes, baby-sat every time she was asked, cheered for her grandsons when they played baseball, and taught her granddaughters how to cook and use her fancy sewing machine. Each of her seven grandchildren is the proud owner of a hand-pieced quilt "Pat Nana" made, with fabrics she chose especially for that child.
A life-long Presbyterian, she was a founding member of St. Luke Presbyterian Church. She had been a docent at the Amarillo Museum of Art. She was an active member of the Young At Heart group at St. Luke, Kappa Delta Gamma educational sorority, Chapter CM PEO, Retired Teachers, several quilting groups, and numerous bridge clubs.
When it was time to leave her home she moved into the Continental Retirement Center, added new friends to her already large group of friends and enthusiastically embraced the opportunities offered in her new situation. Over the past three years she met each new challenge in her life with grace and a positive attitude, never once complaining. She held fast to her faith, her family and her friends.
The family would like to offer thanks to the angels disguised as nurses at BSA Hospice and to friends who ministered to Pat and her family during recent days.
She is survived by a son, Sam Lovelady and his wife Carol, and their children Patrick Vahue Lovelady and his wife Jennilee and Elizabeth Kate Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and her husband Kirk, their children Aubrey Jacob Thomas, Spencer Owen Thomas and Hannah Louise Thomas, and Jan Lovelady Blair and her husband Greg, and their children Caitlin Sarah Blair and Chandler Ellen Blair; a sister, Charlene Brewer; a brother, James Robert Brewer and his wife Nadine; and a fellow mother-in-law and friend, Helen Vahue.
Visitation with the family will be from 10 a.m. until noon today at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
The family suggests memorials be to Patricia Brewer Lovelady Homemakers Scholarship with the Amarillo College Foundation, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178; or St. Luke Presbyterian Memorial Fund, 3001 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 17, 2010
Burial will be at 2 p.m. today in Llano Cemetery. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 3001 Bell St., with the Rev. James Wallace and the Rev. Earl N. Blair both officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Pat was born at home on the family farm outside Floydada on May 27, 1931, to Maude and Sam Brewer. The family moved to Punkin Center, then to Electra in 1936, and to Prairie Grove, Ark., in 1944.
Though she lived on a farm for all of her childhood, Pat always preferred to be in the house, rather than the barn. From an early age she enjoyed cooking, sewing and working around the house.
At age 15, she designed and made a suit for which she won first place in the dress revue at the 4-H Club encampment in Fayetteville, Ark. She later attended college with a scholarship from the Cotton Council, which recognized her sewing skills.
It was no surprise when she chose education as her major at the University of Arkansas with a specialization in homemaking. While attended college she lived in the 4-H house. She graduated in 1953, with a bachelor of science.
Though she lived in Texas for the rest of her life, she never hesitated to claim the University of Arkansas. She was seen and heard "calling the hogs" with her fellow Razorbacks, at a local wedding reception.
In 1953, she moved to Slaton, where she began teaching homemaking. In Slaton, she met and married Jerry Lovelady in 1954. They had three children, Samuel Boyce Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and Janice Lynn Lovelady Blair.
She moved to Amarillo in 1960. For 47 years her home on Sunlite was the reflection of Pat's natural homemaking skills. She served a hearty breakfast to her children each morning before school, sewed party dresses for her daughters, recovered her sofa when it was worn, upholstered the walls of her bedroom when that was the trend, played bridge with her friends in the living room, and made delicious chicken and dumplings.
In 1967, she returned to teaching in the public schools, first at Austin Junior High, then at Tascosa and Caprock high schools. Pat's teaching career spanned more than 25 years. She taught high school football players how to sew, junior high girls how to cook, took bus loads of FHA members to conventions in Dallas, chose the wallpaper and sewed the curtains for the Building Trades house built each year by AISD, and showed students how to cater and work in the commercial food industry.
With a gentle spirit and open heart, she touched the lives of countless students. She seldom spoke of her accomplishments, but it was not uncommon for family members about town to be asked, "Are you related to Mrs. Lovelady? She was my homemaking teacher? She was so nice."
After her retirement from teaching in the public schools, she taught parents how to nurture their children in the Parents as Teachers program at Opportunity School. After her retirement from Parents as Teachers, she continued to reach out to new parents and their babies as a volunteer in the Books for Babies program.
Even when it became difficult for her to walk, she still made the trek from the parking lot, up the elevator and down long halls to carry the message to new parents of the importance of reading to their children.
When her grandchildren began to arrive she rocked babies who cried, sewed pumpkin costumes for Halloween, decorated birthday cakes, baby-sat every time she was asked, cheered for her grandsons when they played baseball, and taught her granddaughters how to cook and use her fancy sewing machine. Each of her seven grandchildren is the proud owner of a hand-pieced quilt "Pat Nana" made, with fabrics she chose especially for that child.
A life-long Presbyterian, she was a founding member of St. Luke Presbyterian Church. She had been a docent at the Amarillo Museum of Art. She was an active member of the Young At Heart group at St. Luke, Kappa Delta Gamma educational sorority, Chapter CM PEO, Retired Teachers, several quilting groups, and numerous bridge clubs.
When it was time to leave her home she moved into the Continental Retirement Center, added new friends to her already large group of friends and enthusiastically embraced the opportunities offered in her new situation. Over the past three years she met each new challenge in her life with grace and a positive attitude, never once complaining. She held fast to her faith, her family and her friends.
The family would like to offer thanks to the angels disguised as nurses at BSA Hospice and to friends who ministered to Pat and her family during recent days.
She is survived by a son, Sam Lovelady and his wife Carol, and their children Patrick Vahue Lovelady and his wife Jennilee and Elizabeth Kate Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and her husband Kirk, their children Aubrey Jacob Thomas, Spencer Owen Thomas and Hannah Louise Thomas, and Jan Lovelady Blair and her husband Greg, and their children Caitlin Sarah Blair and Chandler Ellen Blair; a sister, Charlene Brewer; a brother, James Robert Brewer and his wife Nadine; and a fellow mother-in-law and friend, Helen Vahue.
Visitation with the family will be from 10 a.m. until noon today at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
The family suggests memorials be to Patricia Brewer Lovelady Homemakers Scholarship with the Amarillo College Foundation, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178; or St. Luke Presbyterian Memorial Fund, 3001 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 17, 2010
Patricia Ann Brewer Lovelady, 79, of Amarillo died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. today in Llano Cemetery. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 3001 Bell St., with the Rev. James Wallace and the Rev. Earl N. Blair both officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Pat was born at home on the family farm outside Floydada on May 27, 1931, to Maude and Sam Brewer. The family moved to Punkin Center, then to Electra in 1936, and to Prairie Grove, Ark., in 1944.
Though she lived on a farm for all of her childhood, Pat always preferred to be in the house, rather than the barn. From an early age she enjoyed cooking, sewing and working around the house.
At age 15, she designed and made a suit for which she won first place in the dress revue at the 4-H Club encampment in Fayetteville, Ark. She later attended college with a scholarship from the Cotton Council, which recognized her sewing skills.
It was no surprise when she chose education as her major at the University of Arkansas with a specialization in homemaking. While attended college she lived in the 4-H house. She graduated in 1953, with a bachelor of science.
Though she lived in Texas for the rest of her life, she never hesitated to claim the University of Arkansas. She was seen and heard "calling the hogs" with her fellow Razorbacks, at a local wedding reception.
In 1953, she moved to Slaton, where she began teaching homemaking. In Slaton, she met and married Jerry Lovelady in 1954. They had three children, Samuel Boyce Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and Janice Lynn Lovelady Blair.
She moved to Amarillo in 1960. For 47 years her home on Sunlite was the reflection of Pat's natural homemaking skills. She served a hearty breakfast to her children each morning before school, sewed party dresses for her daughters, recovered her sofa when it was worn, upholstered the walls of her bedroom when that was the trend, played bridge with her friends in the living room, and made delicious chicken and dumplings.
In 1967, she returned to teaching in the public schools, first at Austin Junior High, then at Tascosa and Caprock high schools. Pat's teaching career spanned more than 25 years. She taught high school football players how to sew, junior high girls how to cook, took bus loads of FHA members to conventions in Dallas, chose the wallpaper and sewed the curtains for the Building Trades house built each year by AISD, and showed students how to cater and work in the commercial food industry.
With a gentle spirit and open heart, she touched the lives of countless students. She seldom spoke of her accomplishments, but it was not uncommon for family members about town to be asked, "Are you related to Mrs. Lovelady? She was my homemaking teacher? She was so nice."
After her retirement from teaching in the public schools, she taught parents how to nurture their children in the Parents as Teachers program at Opportunity School. After her retirement from Parents as Teachers, she continued to reach out to new parents and their babies as a volunteer in the Books for Babies program.
Even when it became difficult for her to walk, she still made the trek from the parking lot, up the elevator and down long halls to carry the message to new parents of the importance of reading to their children.
When her grandchildren began to arrive she rocked babies who cried, sewed pumpkin costumes for Halloween, decorated birthday cakes, baby-sat every time she was asked, cheered for her grandsons when they played baseball, and taught her granddaughters how to cook and use her fancy sewing machine. Each of her seven grandchildren is the proud owner of a hand-pieced quilt "Pat Nana" made, with fabrics she chose especially for that child.
A life-long Presbyterian, she was a founding member of St. Luke Presbyterian Church. She had been a docent at the Amarillo Museum of Art. She was an active member of the Young At Heart group at St. Luke, Kappa Delta Gamma educational sorority, Chapter CM PEO, Retired Teachers, several quilting groups, and numerous bridge clubs.
When it was time to leave her home she moved into the Continental Retirement Center, added new friends to her already large group of friends and enthusiastically embraced the opportunities offered in her new situation. Over the past three years she met each new challenge in her life with grace and a positive attitude, never once complaining. She held fast to her faith, her family and her friends.
The family would like to offer thanks to the angels disguised as nurses at BSA Hospice and to friends who ministered to Pat and her family during recent days.
She is survived by a son, Sam Lovelady and his wife Carol, and their children Patrick Vahue Lovelady and his wife Jennilee and Elizabeth Kate Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and her husband Kirk, their children Aubrey Jacob Thomas, Spencer Owen Thomas and Hannah Louise Thomas, and Jan Lovelady Blair and her husband Greg, and their children Caitlin Sarah Blair and Chandler Ellen Blair; a sister, Charlene Brewer; a brother, James Robert Brewer and his wife Nadine; and a fellow mother-in-law and friend, Helen Vahue.
Visitation with the family will be from 10 a.m. until noon today at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
The family suggests memorials be to Patricia Brewer Lovelady Homemakers Scholarship with the Amarillo College Foundation, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178; or St. Luke Presbyterian Memorial Fund, 3001 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 17, 2010
Burial will be at 2 p.m. today in Llano Cemetery. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 3001 Bell St., with the Rev. James Wallace and the Rev. Earl N. Blair both officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Pat was born at home on the family farm outside Floydada on May 27, 1931, to Maude and Sam Brewer. The family moved to Punkin Center, then to Electra in 1936, and to Prairie Grove, Ark., in 1944.
Though she lived on a farm for all of her childhood, Pat always preferred to be in the house, rather than the barn. From an early age she enjoyed cooking, sewing and working around the house.
At age 15, she designed and made a suit for which she won first place in the dress revue at the 4-H Club encampment in Fayetteville, Ark. She later attended college with a scholarship from the Cotton Council, which recognized her sewing skills.
It was no surprise when she chose education as her major at the University of Arkansas with a specialization in homemaking. While attended college she lived in the 4-H house. She graduated in 1953, with a bachelor of science.
Though she lived in Texas for the rest of her life, she never hesitated to claim the University of Arkansas. She was seen and heard "calling the hogs" with her fellow Razorbacks, at a local wedding reception.
In 1953, she moved to Slaton, where she began teaching homemaking. In Slaton, she met and married Jerry Lovelady in 1954. They had three children, Samuel Boyce Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and Janice Lynn Lovelady Blair.
She moved to Amarillo in 1960. For 47 years her home on Sunlite was the reflection of Pat's natural homemaking skills. She served a hearty breakfast to her children each morning before school, sewed party dresses for her daughters, recovered her sofa when it was worn, upholstered the walls of her bedroom when that was the trend, played bridge with her friends in the living room, and made delicious chicken and dumplings.
In 1967, she returned to teaching in the public schools, first at Austin Junior High, then at Tascosa and Caprock high schools. Pat's teaching career spanned more than 25 years. She taught high school football players how to sew, junior high girls how to cook, took bus loads of FHA members to conventions in Dallas, chose the wallpaper and sewed the curtains for the Building Trades house built each year by AISD, and showed students how to cater and work in the commercial food industry.
With a gentle spirit and open heart, she touched the lives of countless students. She seldom spoke of her accomplishments, but it was not uncommon for family members about town to be asked, "Are you related to Mrs. Lovelady? She was my homemaking teacher? She was so nice."
After her retirement from teaching in the public schools, she taught parents how to nurture their children in the Parents as Teachers program at Opportunity School. After her retirement from Parents as Teachers, she continued to reach out to new parents and their babies as a volunteer in the Books for Babies program.
Even when it became difficult for her to walk, she still made the trek from the parking lot, up the elevator and down long halls to carry the message to new parents of the importance of reading to their children.
When her grandchildren began to arrive she rocked babies who cried, sewed pumpkin costumes for Halloween, decorated birthday cakes, baby-sat every time she was asked, cheered for her grandsons when they played baseball, and taught her granddaughters how to cook and use her fancy sewing machine. Each of her seven grandchildren is the proud owner of a hand-pieced quilt "Pat Nana" made, with fabrics she chose especially for that child.
A life-long Presbyterian, she was a founding member of St. Luke Presbyterian Church. She had been a docent at the Amarillo Museum of Art. She was an active member of the Young At Heart group at St. Luke, Kappa Delta Gamma educational sorority, Chapter CM PEO, Retired Teachers, several quilting groups, and numerous bridge clubs.
When it was time to leave her home she moved into the Continental Retirement Center, added new friends to her already large group of friends and enthusiastically embraced the opportunities offered in her new situation. Over the past three years she met each new challenge in her life with grace and a positive attitude, never once complaining. She held fast to her faith, her family and her friends.
The family would like to offer thanks to the angels disguised as nurses at BSA Hospice and to friends who ministered to Pat and her family during recent days.
She is survived by a son, Sam Lovelady and his wife Carol, and their children Patrick Vahue Lovelady and his wife Jennilee and Elizabeth Kate Lovelady, Marilee Lovelady Thomas and her husband Kirk, their children Aubrey Jacob Thomas, Spencer Owen Thomas and Hannah Louise Thomas, and Jan Lovelady Blair and her husband Greg, and their children Caitlin Sarah Blair and Chandler Ellen Blair; a sister, Charlene Brewer; a brother, James Robert Brewer and his wife Nadine; and a fellow mother-in-law and friend, Helen Vahue.
Visitation with the family will be from 10 a.m. until noon today at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
The family suggests memorials be to Patricia Brewer Lovelady Homemakers Scholarship with the Amarillo College Foundation, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178; or St. Luke Presbyterian Memorial Fund, 3001 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 17, 2010
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