Obituary: Patterson-Lorentz, Gertrude Irene
She was born in Gemmell, Minnesota to Arthur Leseman and Minnie Clark on March 29, 1919 and had one brother and five sisters.
She moved to Spokane, Washington in approximately 1940 and after the death of her first husband she married Ellsworth Lorentz in 1998.
Besides her husband, Ellsworth, she has one surviving sister, Dorothy Koster of Cohasset, Minnesota and several nieces, nephews and cousins, stepchildren Terry, Tom and Sharyl, 10 stepgrandchildren, 13 step- great-grandchildren, brother and sister-in-law Harry and Eloise Lorentz and their family.
Gertrude was an incredible person that loved fishing, hunting and traveling.
There will be a chapel service at Good Samaritan Village, 17121 E 8th Ave, in Spokane Valley (E. Sprague and S. Tschirley Rd) on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 2pm.