Patricia Rose Gleason

Patricia Rose Gleason, age 93, formerly of Coleridge, Nebraska died on Friday, September 21, 2018 after a short battle with cancer in the home of her daughter in Springfield, South Dakota. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10:30 am at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Coleridge with Rev. David Liewer officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Coleridge. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm with a Vigil Service at 7:00 pm at the church. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am on Wednesday at the church. The Wintz Funeral Home in Coleridge is in charge of arrangements. To send online condolences, or to view the video tribute, please visit www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the St. Michael’s Cemetery Association in Coleridge. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Jennifer Newlon, Julie Walters, Cassandra, Thomas, Ryan, and Theron Troxel. Patricia (Pat) was born July 17, 1925 to Frank Philip and Edith (McGown) Boeshart in Dixon County, Nebraska. She graduated from Dixon High School in 1942. Pat married Claire E. Gleason on June 5, 1946 in Dixon. She worked in a variety of positions including village clerk in Coleridge from 1977-1993, and was awarded the “Outstanding Village Clerk in the State of Nebraska” in 1983. After leaving the clerk position, she found that retirement was not for her. She became a Chaplain at the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton for fifteen years, until her final retirement after her 85th birthday. During her life, Pat served others as a Den Mother for Boy Scouts, a Girl Scout leader, a member and officer of the Legion Auxiliary, and a volunteer for the Coleridge Hospice group. At age 52, she became a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician. She taught Religious Education classes for 35 years and volunteered in various positions in her Church. She enjoyed reading, ballroom dancing, square-dancing, crocheting, completing jigsaw puzzles, beating her family at scrabble and visiting with friends and family. She was not a typical stay-at-home grandma as she traveled to Germany, Taiwan, Yugoslavia and many states. Her adventures included riding in a semi with her son-in-law, flying in a hot-air balloon, square-dancing on the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, and surviving an extended stay in Yugoslavia in 1991 due to the build-up of military tensions. Survivors include son, George Gleason of Plattsmouth, NE; ; daughters, Edith Troxel of Springfield; Mary (Joseph) Walters of Colorado Springs, CO; eight grandchildren, Cassandra, Thomas, Ryan, and Theron Troxel, and Teresa (David) Ewin, Robert Walters, Jennifer (Nate) Newlon, and Julie Walters; fifteen great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sister, Rita Stanley of South Sioux City, NE; a brother-in-law, Gerald Stanley of Dixon, NE and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Pat was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Claire on June 7, 1988 at the age of 74; son, Robert (1955); son-in-law Tom Troxel (2014); granddaughter, Kayla Troxel (2014); brothers Neal and Frank Boeshart, and sisters, Edith Fessler and Angeline Stanley.