Patricia A. McConnell, 83, Salina, passed away November 24, 2020, at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born September 8, 1937, in Great Bend, KS, to Leonard and Clara (Birzer) Bahr.
She married Warren Ervin McConnell on October 6, 1959. Patricia worked as a Registered Nurse at Clara Barton Hospital up until her retirement. She was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church and Altar Society, Hoisington.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Clara Bahr; and brother, Donald Bahr.
Survivors include; her husband, Warren “Ervin”; children, Edwinda (Wayne) Day of Isabel, Weldon (Karla) McConnell of Salina, Jan (Jody) Pfannenstiel of Salina, and Renee (Scott) Suppes of Great Bend; seven grandchildren, Miranda Flores, Kristen Flores, Erica Harford, Sarah McConnell, Nathan McConnell, Lauren Suppes and MaKayla Suppes; sisters, Luella Call of Rolla, MO, Rita Bahr of Jones, OK, Jenelda (Leo) Moore of Valdez, AK, and Francis Dietz of Milberger, KS; great-grandchildren, Dakotah and Colton Harlin of Ellensburg, WA, John, Matthew, Kallie, and Lucas Harford of Salina and Brook Harford of Wichita.
Rosary will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Anselm Eke, MSP. Inurnment will follow in St. John Catholic Cemetery, Hoisington.
Memorials are suggested to Clara Barton Hospital Foundation, St. John’s Catholic Church, or St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ellinwood, in care of Nicholson Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.