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Linn County News
Published Nov. 15, 2017
Patricia E. Garrison, age 75, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott. She was born on Aug. 22, 1942, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Keating Sheehy. She graduated from Hume High School.
She was an awesome mother, stepmother, grandmother and aunt. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were her pride and joy. Patricia was an active member of Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church.
Survivors include her son, Jeff Locke and wife Michelle, Satanta, Kan.; three stepsons, James Garrison, Phoenix, Ariz., Jon Garrison and wife Marianne, Fort Scott, and Jeff Garrison and wife Barbara, Desoto, Kan.; a sister, Mary Kay Johnson and husband Charlie, Prescott, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Mary Beth Sheehy, Fort Scott; nine grandchildren, Megan Underwood, Matthew Locke, Morgan Locke, Mason Locke, Joseph Garrison, Christina Adams, Jacob Garrison, Joshua Garrison and Cole Oberg; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Garrison; three brothers, twin Patrick Sheehy, John Sheehy and Bill Sheehy; a sister, Elizabeth Alt; and twin infant siblings Mary and Joseph Sheehy.
Father Robert Wachter will conduct services at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Fort Scott. Burial will follow in the St. Michael’s Cemetery, Fulton, Kan. The Rosary will be prayed at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Cheney Witt Chapel, Fort Scott. The family will receive friends following from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to St. Mary’s Catholic School and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

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NEWS

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