Patricia Ann Pritchett
Patricia Ann Muller Pritchett, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, died Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a short but severe illness.
Patty was born Jan. 18, 1958, in St. Cloud, Minn. She grew up in the small town of Maple Lake, the fifth child of Raymond Muller and Marilyn (Schad) Muller’s seven children. She is survived by her six siblings, Alan (Michelle) Muller, Christine Muller, Joe (Carol) Muller, Susan Muller (Richard) Lehman, David (Kelli) Muller and Charlie Muller, and was preceded in death by her parents.
Patty loved music. She played piano, saxophone in the band and stage band and sang in choir, with small groups in churches and in duets with her sister, Susie. She attended St. Cloud State University, Rochester Community College nursing school in Rochester, Minn. and ultimately received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Minnesota.
She met her beloved and devoted husband, Bob, after visiting her sister, Susie, in Indiana for a summer. Bob won her over and they married in May 1982. Robert Alan Pritchett was born Nov. 1984, in Lafayette. After moving to Warsaw, Ryan David was born in 1987. When the boys were school-aged, Patty began working as a nurse; briefly at Mason’s Health, then Medpark Center and at Grossnickle Eye Center, where she enjoyed a long career in pre- and post-op eye surgery and was a well-loved co-worker. She was most recently working at Cincinnati Eye Institute. Bob and Patty developed very close friends at Bethany Fellowship where they fellowshipped and where Ryan met his wife, Carolyn Scripture, in the church nursery.
Patty loved hosting Thanksgiving dinner and did so for many years, including this last Thanksgiving. Patty made her home a warm and beautiful, inviting space for family and friends, and she loved showing hospitality to others. She served faithfully at Faith Church in Milford, Ohio, cooking many meals for others, helping in the Sunday School program and loving the children. Patty loved the women’s Bible studies and gave herself to studying and reading God’s Word daily.
Perhaps the greatest delight of her life were her four grandchildren, Tricia Karey, 9, Lorien Belle, 7, Seth Donald, 5 and Moira Ruth, 4. Her family and friends will remember Patty for her wonderful sense of humor, how much fun she was to be around, her love of cooking and baking (and shopping), her keen and analytical mind, her serious study of the Bible but mostly for the way she was so intensely interested in the lives of others.
Patty’s last wishes about her death, expressed many months before her death, were that she would not be buried and that people would know that because she loved Jesus, she is in heaven and not in the ground. Though there is no way to capture our pain in losing this dearest one, we are comforted to know she is with the Lord, who promises eternal life to all who believe in Him.
In addition to her six siblings, she is survived by her husband Bob; her sons Rob and Ryan (Carolyn); and her four grandchildren.
A celebration of Patty’s life will be held Jan. 21, 2023, at Bethany Fellowship, 522 W. Market St., Warsaw. Visitation will be held beginning at 3 p.m. with a service at 4:30 p.m. A dinner will be served in the fellowship hall directly after the service, and all are welcome to attend.