Patricia Joan Olmstead - Obituary

Pat grew up in Western Nebraska. She graduated from Sidney, NE High School, attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE; and was a member of Phi Mu Sorority. She met the love of her life Don Olmstead at Wesleyan; they married in 1948. Pat was a volunteer leader for family education for the State of Michigan Mental Health during the years the children were growing up. She later was a secretary at the Child Guidance Clinic, and then became Executive Secretary at an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Birmingham, MI, prior to their move from Michigan to Mississippi in 1976.

Jackson was their home until 1995 when they moved to Pearl. Pat was President of the Jackson Friends of the Library for several years, and served in other community volunteer positions. She and Don enjoyed gardening, were avid genealogists and worked to preserve old letters, photographs and family history. Pat has written several genealogies, three have been copyrighted. She was a charter member of LeFleur’s Bluff Chapter of National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution.

Pat was a brilliant, well educated woman whose thirst for knowledge was endless. She dearly loved God’s animals and all of nature. Pat was loved without end and will be missed more than she could ever have known. She was truly remarkable and a role model for all.

Patricia ,beloved mother and dear friend, passed suddenly at her home in Flowood, MS, of an aneurism at the age of 88 while walking her cherished companion, Sophie, on Sunday, December 11, 2016.

She is survived by sons Paul Olmstead (Elmeda), Silver Springs, FL; Montgomery G. Olmstead (Sarah), Luther, MI; daughters Diana Olmstead, Seeley, MT; Mystica Olmstead, Frederick, MD; Rebecca Olmstead, Dallas, TX; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Pat was preceded in death by husband, Don Olmstead, son, Daniel Olmstead, grandson, Orion Parks, and brother, Max Osborn.