Memorial
Patricia Ann (Walters) Coats passed away on October 1, 2014 at her home, surrounded by friends and family, after a long battle with cancer. Memorial services will held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, the service will be officiated by Dawn Young and Father Brian Shepley. Burial will be held at the Troy Mills Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Pat was born on August 20, 1946 in Rockford, Illinois to Raymond and Mary Walters. She married her partner of 30 years, Michele Land, on February 28, 2010. She retired from Rockwell Collins after 36 years. After retirement, she enjoyed working for the Fiegen family as a maintenance specialist at Capri Cosmetology College.
Pat is survived by her wife, Michele Land-Coats, her sons Brad (Tammy) Coats, Jesse (Emily Klinefelter) Land and her daughter Bracken (Jerime) Mitchell; brother Bob (Becky) Walters and sister Rae Lynn Walters; grandchildren Susie Coats, Dalton Hawkins, Kelsey Wilson, Dante Land, Melia Land and Shayla Land; several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and a great-great niece. She was preceded in death by her father, Raymond Walters, her mother, Mary McIntosh, and four brothers: Raymond Eugene, Joseph Dean, Kenneth Wayne and David Allen Walters.
Pat’s family would like to send a special thanks to Kitty Smith for all of the help during Pat’s final days with us.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.