Pat was born and raised in Maryland and moved to California in 1965. Her career was in education where she worked for the Riverside County Office of Education and Special Education, Juvenile Hall and Home Arrest. She most enjoyed working with challenged youth in their high school years. Before retiring in 1997, Pat also had her own commercial landscaping business and interior design business and modeled at the Marriott just gorgeous fun!
Pat has a daughter and son, six grandkids, and will be blessed with a great grandson in March. She raised her children in the desert and has been living here for over 44 years. Since she moved to Sun City Shadow Hills in 2011, she has been providing services to people with special needs, dementia, and age-related challenges. She runs errands, drives people to doctor appointments and provides Palm Springs airport transportation. She does it all.
At Shadow Hills Pat enjoys Tuesday Night Putters, Let’s Meet and Eat, Lady Putters, bingo, pool, and loves to play card games. Her passion is dancing but most important are her friends – who describe her as vivacious and fun, the energizer bunny, and always loving and supporting of others. In return, Pat says the best part of Shadow Hills is all the wonderful, loving friendships God has blessed her with.
Interestingly at one point last year, Pat felt compelled to move to Hawaii to be near her family. She sold everything and then 3 1/2 months later she realized how much she missed her life here.
About a week after her return, she met Georgia Olivas, the love of her life at age 79! Pat and George want people to know that this has been God’s plan to put them together-they have been blessed by the Lord . Pat says “there is still life and LOVE in your 70s!!”
Written by Barb Thomas, Information Advisory Committee