Barbara Maxine (Kline) Patrick

Barbara Maxine (Kline) Patrick

Barbara Maxine Patrick, 74, Hays, died Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at her home.

She was born November 20, 1941 in Alhambra, California the daughter of Glenn O. and Bernadine A. (Weeks) Kline.  Her father died while serving abroad in World War II and her mother later remarried George D. Bellinger.  On October 25, 1959 she married Curtis C. Patrick, Sr. in Oskaloosa, Kansas and they were married for fifty years.  She and her husband welcomed nearly 30 foster children into their home.  She was a mother and homemaker and later became an LPN and worked as a nurse at the Plainville Hospital and nursing home, in addition to other hospitals in Kansas and Oklahoma.  She also worked in furniture sales, at Arnholds Furniture in Plainville, Furniture Kingdom in Hays, and furniture stores in Protection and Ashland, Kansas.  She also owned and operated a variety store in Protection.  She was an excellent singer, was very loving and caring, and would freely share her love and kindness with everyone she met.

Survivors include three sons, William G. “Bill” Patrick and wife Dori of Guymon, OK, Curtis C. Patrick, Jr. and wife Denise of LaVerne, OK, and Shawn A. Patrick and wife Christina of Greenfield, MO, two daughters, Trisa G. Roth and husband Steve Pierce of Coldwater, KS, and Traci L. Mettlen and husband Roger of Hays, her ex-husband Curtis C. Patrick, Sr. and wife Jonni of Cheyenne, OK, numerous foster children, six brothers, Don Kline and wife Kerryl, GM Bellinger and wife Mary, Dennis Bellinger and wife Joan, Joe Bellinger and wife Joetta, Terry Bellinger and wife LeAnn, and Chuck Bellinger, and eleven grandchildren, Chris Welter and wife Katie, Matthew Patrick and wife Nikki, Lora Turnage and husband Marc, Zachary Mettlen, Amy McAtee and husband Cory, Katie Gilchrist and husband Cary, Benjamin Mettlen, Erin Holder and husband Kyle, Curtis C. Patrick, III and wife Tobi, Barbara Patrick and Emily Patrick, seventeen great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Monday, February 8, 2016 at the Celebration Community Church, 5790 230th Ave, Hays.  Inurnment will be at a later date in the Wild Horse Cemetery in McLouth, Kansas.  The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until service time on Monday at the church.  Memorials are suggested to Patriots of Praise, in care of the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays, KS 67601.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com