Jean Patrick

1931 - 2023

Jean Patrick, 92, formerly of Carroll, Iowa, died Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Teal Creek Assisted Living in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 28, at Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Please join Jean's family for refreshments at the Sharp Center following the visitation.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Merle Hay Cemetery in Glidden.

Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll, and online condolences may be left for Jean's family at www.sharpfuneral.com.

Born in rural Scranton, Iowa, March 18, 1931, to Oscar and Mary (Lane) Moore. Jean attended country school #9 until March of third grade when the family moved to Glidden, Iowa.

Jean graduated from Glidden High School in the Class of 1948. She aspired to be a nurse and take training in Carroll, Iowa, but had rheumatic fever at ages 10 and 15, and her mother felt she would be unable to lift patients. Jean started working at Dr. Lindsay's office in Glidden. She also worked at the creamery as an egg candler.

Jean would move to Des Moines, Iowa, where she lived at Esther Hall, a Methodist home for working girls. She was employed at Des Moines Water Works for about 15 months before moving back to Glidden with her parents, and was married to Delbert Patrick of Coon Rapids on March 25, 1951. Delbert was in the Army and was sent to Korea nine days after their marriage.

Delbert returned home to Carroll in August 1952 and was employed at the Carroll Herald office as circulation manager. A son, David, was born Oct. 1, 1952, and another son, Dennis, was born March 11, 1955.

Jean was a stay-at-home mother until the younger son started school and then worked part time as an Avon representative.

The family moved in 1964 to Logansport, Indiana, where Jean worked as a secretary. They moved to Ohio for a short time and returned to Carroll in 1967. Jean worked at a shoe store, doctor's office, as teacher's secretary at Carroll High School, and at a Carroll bank. They moved to Des Moines in 1987, where Jean attended computer school before beginning work at Liberty Mutual as a claims processor. She retired from Liberty Mutual in 1992.

Jean was a member of West Des Moines Christian Church and member of BSP Sorority.

In 1993, younger son Dennis was killed in the crash of a life flight aircraft while working as a paramedic.

Jean is survived by her son David Patrick, two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and older sister Juanita Gilroy of Jefferson, Iowa.

Her husband died Nov. 8, 2007.

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