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Patricia Ann Young
PATRICIA ANN YOUNG
Cape Coral, Fla.
Patricia Ann Young, 85, of Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Fulton, Ill., died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at Hope Healthcare in Fort Myers, Fla.
Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 9, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, with Pastor Daniel F. Wiersema, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, officiating. The visitation will precede the service starting at 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Interment will be at Fulton Township Cemetery. A memorial has been established to Media Ministry of Immanuel Baptist Church, 1900 F Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405.
Patricia was born April 29, 1937, in Clinton, Iowa, to Leo R. and Grace (Heun) Casey Sr. She was a graduate of Fulton High School. She married Donald F. Wiersema on July 15, 1955, in Fulton, Ill. He died April 1, 1986. She then married Gene R. Cusic in 1994. He died in 1995. She later married Richard J. Young in 2010. He died in 2021. Patricia worked at Fidelity Life Association in Fulton and had a variety of volunteer and professional roles in the Thomson, Carroll County and River Bend school districts. She later worked for the Lee County Port Authority in Florida. She was a former member of First Reformed and Trinity Reformed Churches in Fulton and First United Methodist Church in Ft. Myers. She was a lifetime member of Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers. Patricia was passionate about her community, education, travel, the arts and family.
Survivors include one daughter, Sheila (David) Bengtson of Centennial, Colo.; two sons, Daniel (Londa) Wiersema of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Scott (Kim) Wiersema of Aurora, Colo.; two grandchildren, Lily Wiersema and Anikka Bengtson; two sisters, Miriam Babak of Fulton, Ill., and Rebecca Ehren of Winston-Salem, N.C.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; one brother, Leo R. Casey Jr.; and three children in infancy, Jerry, Cindy and Larry Wiersema.
To send online condolences go to www.bosmarenkes.com.
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