Pollie “Marie” Bales Patton

Birth

28 Sep 1915

McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA

Death

2 Feb 2011 (aged 95)

Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA

Burial

Saint Patrick Calvary Cemetery

McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska

 

Pollie "Marie" Patton, 95, formerly of McCook, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at the Johnson Center Nursing Home in Littleton, Colorado. Marie was born on Sept. 28, 1915, in McCook, Nebraska to Clarence Cecil and Polly M. (Burgess) Bales.

Marie graduated from McCook High School in 1934 and attended McCook Junior College.

Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Ken Patton; her parents, Clarence and Polly Bales; sisters, Charlotte Frease and Evelyn Park; and brother, Warren "Clancey" Bales.

Marie is survived by daughters, Gwen Patton Klapal and Barbara Patton Laidman; sons, Kenneth Patton Jr. and Michael Patton; grandchildren, Scott Smith, Brenda Smith Simmonds, Laura Smith Parde, Shelly Smith Tietz, Dari Laidman, Chris Laidman, Dain Trosper, Anne Marie Besler, Dustin Trosper, Veronica Patton Gull Anderson and Angela Patton Gull Selber; and several great and great-great-grandchildren. She also leaves sisters, Ardith Bales Pinkal and Sherry Bales Hornkohl; brothers, Bill Bales, Virgil Bales and Floyd Bales; and a host of friends and relatives.

Marie was 95 years old, born and raised in McCook, and in her own words, "She came from good Midwestern stock." That she did and she will be so missed especially by her family.

Thursday, February 4, 2011 McCook Daily Gazette