Patti Marie Sessions

ST. IGNATIUS — Patti Marie Sessions, 52, died at her home on Tuesday morning, Aug. 2, 2006, after a six-year battle with breast cancer.

Patti was born May 26, 1954, in Bainbridge, Md.

Survived by her mother Lois Carlson of Ronan; father Bruce W. Sessions of Chico, Calif.; son Jay McElderry of St. Ignatius; daughter M'Lissa McElderry of St. Ignatius; granddaughter Rowan McElderry of St. Ignatius; brother Dennis Sessions (Mona) of Post Creek; niece Vanessa Sessions of Missoula; nephew Brian Schlemmer of Chico; the Bill and Diana Hammond family, Louise and Dallas Dean of Ronan.

She was preceded in death by all four grandparents, brother Bruce Sessions and many aunts and uncles from the Henry Baylor family.

In her younger years Patti was especially fond of reading, music, collecting recipes, computer games, and her craft work (sewing, crochet and needle point). Over the past 30 years many babies received her craft work.

She married Jerry McElderry in the summer of 1971 and divorced seven years later. She then married Dan Bloomquist in 1984 and divorced seven years later.

Patti started working for Char Koosta in 1979 in Dixon until 1989 when she took a year off for her family.

She went to work for ABob Printing in 1991 to 1992 before being called back to Char Koosta. Poor health forced her retirement in July 2006.

Patti was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in July 1979.

She strongly believed in the spiritual promise noted in Revelation 21: 3, 4 "… The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." And Psalms 37:29 "The righteous themselves will possess the earth…"

Services were held Aug. 5 in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in St. Ignatius.

Patti has asked that instead of flowers that readers sincerely listen to what Jehovah's Witnesses have to say the next time they visit your door.

Foster & Durgeloh Funeral Home of St. Ignatius was in charge of arrangements.