Patricia Ann Waldschmidt, 91, was called to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 28, 2020.
The eldest of eight, she was born in Hays, Kansas, to John and Agnes Karlin Hoffman, both deceased. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, George Waldschmidt, her sisters Mary Ann Ward and Juanita Dreiling and her brothers Jack and Larry Hoffman, all of Kansas. In her forties, Pat took LPN training and immensely enjoyed nursing for several years. In March 1980, she became a believer in Jesus Christ by faith alone.
For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
Pat lived in the same county in Kansas for 81 years before moving to Tennessee in 2010. She is survived by her son Bruce Waldschmidt and wife Janet, of Claxton ,TN; her 5 grandchildren Peter and Linda Waldschmidt and Daniel and Sara Waldschmidt, of Greer, SC, Paul and Katy Waldschmidt of Fairfax VA, and Faith and Joe Pinkerton and Joy and Jeremy Tyler of East Tennessee; her 17 great-grandchildren, Andrew, Alex and Annika Waldschmidt, Bryce, Dustin and Dylan Waldschmidt, Bruce, Shane, Isaac and Charlotte Waldschmidt, Ashlee, Colton, Connor and Kara Pinkerton, and Avery, Twila and Asher Tyler; her sisters Ruth Moore, of Kansas City, KS, and Teresa Leiter, of Wichita, Kansas, and her brother Gerald Hoffman, of Evergreen, CO. Pat was most recently a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church, Oak Ridge, TN.
Memorials in honor of Patricia Waldschmidt are suggested to Oak Ridge Baptist Church Mission Fund, 1451 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
A private service will be held on Friday, April 5, 2020 at 1pm at Oak Ridge Baptist Church with grandson Pastor Jeremy Tyler officiating. Interment will follow at 2PM at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge, Tenn., is handling the arrangements. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.