Patricia Lynn Geertsen

Patricia was in my ward in American Fork. She was a beautiful lady both inside and out. When Aaron and I were first married, she helped us with our calls in the nursery. -Then later on I got to teach her daughter in Primary. She helped us recognize that Brody had autism. She will be missed.

Patricia Lynn Geertsen
(April 20, 1958 - January 5, 2010)

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Patricia Lynn Geertsen, 51, passed away 5 Jan 2010 at her home in American Fork, UT following a two-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. This precious butterfly peacefully fluttered to her eternal home in her sleep.

Patty was born to David Van Gend and Sara Suzanna Duvaloois on 20 Apr 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the third of four children.

She lived in various locations throughout the United States and the far east. She graduated from high school in Taiwan to where she later returned to serve a mission for the LDS church.

Patty pursued careers in travel & tourism and dental assisting before deciding to become a Speech-Language Pathologist. She graduated from BYU in 1986 with a Master of Communicative Disorders degree. Patty dearly loved the children with whom she worked and was employed in the field for a number of years by the Granite school district and in Colorado prior to becoming a full-time mother. She was also recently employed for a few years at Lehi Junior High.

Patty was sealed to Jay Geertsen in the Salt Lake Temple on 25 Nov 1988.

As a member of the LDS church, Patty served in various callings but enjoyed serving as a Visiting Teacher the most.

Patty’s interests included family history, gardening, travel, camping, and finding excuses to be outdoors.

She is preceded in death by her sister, Margie. She is survived by her husband, Jay; her daughters, Rochelle and Becca; her parents, David and Sue Van Gend; her brother, David Van Gend (Cindy); her sister, Shirley Daniels (Ray); her grandma, Omi; and numerous nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, and cousins. All of us shall miss her dearly.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, 9 Jan 2010 at 11:00am at the American Fork Utah West Stake Center, 688 W. 500 North, American Fork, UT. A visitation will be held at the stake center Friday night from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, and also prior to the funeral services on Saturday from 9:30am – 10:45am.

Interment will be in the American Fork Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the LDS church Perpetual Education fund.