Patsy Ruth Wilson Word

Patsy Ruth Wilson Word November 25, 1927 – December 14, 2005 Pat Word passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at Providence Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 pm Saturday, Dec 17, at First United Methodist Church of Waco, 4901 Cobbs Drive, with Rev. Stephen Ramsdell and Mr. Edward P. Giesecke officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. She will be in state at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey on Bosque Boulevard. Pat was born November 25, 1927 to Robert and Sudelia Wilson in San Antonio. She graduated from Waco High in 1944 and from Baylor University in 1947 where she proudly assisted many students enrolling in Baylor for the first time. Patricia and Eugene Word married on August 16, 1947. Later she worked in Dallas with her husband and in later years she owned a gift and antique shop in Lorena, called the “Country Store”. But her main life career was being a housewife, taking care of her family and proudly helping with her grandchildren. Mrs. Word was long time member at the First United Methodist Church of Waco. She is survived by her husband, Eugene of Waco; daughter, Katherine Word of Waco, daughter, Constance Mayfield and husband, Rick of Lorena; sister, Helen Giesecke and husband, Edward of Marble Falls; grandson, Benjamin Mayfield and wife Vanessa of Dallas and granddaughter, Christina De Wolf and husband, Joseph, of Copperas Cove. She was preceded in death by her parents. Pallbearers are Benjamin Mayfield, Peter Curtice, Joseph De Wolf, Rick Mayfield, Donald Danforth and Mark Volette. Honorary pallbearers are Jimmy Morgan, John Mark Hoffman, Jim McNutt, Wayne Williams, Dr. Richard E. Kleiman and Leonard Solomon. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in our “Memorial Guestbook” at www.wilkirsonhatchbailey.com Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey