Patricia Rundquist

How does one put into words a proper description of a life well lived and Love shared for 96 years… Hoo Wee! What a ride! The things she has seen, the emotional ups and downs she has felt, days of laughter and tears. The stories she would tell, the voices of the friends and ancestors she has listened to.

Patricia G. Rundquist passed away on Monday, July 15, at her home in Lawrence, Kansas. She is survived by two sons – David of Lawrence, Kansas and Steven of Bellvue, CO. – daughter in law Trish of Bellvue, CO. and Grand daughter, Grethe of Boulder CO. Her third son, Eric, died last year and the man she married in 1949, Richard Marshall Rundquist, passed in 2001.

Patty was born in East St. Louis December 20, 1927. She was the daughter of Evan and Sue Goodrich. After college in Missouri, she and Richard moved to Lawrence. Patty was the owner of ‘In the Red Antiques’ and had a small shop in the antiques mall in downtown Lawrence for many years. Throughout her life she always had a smile and good word for everyone except maybe those of the John Bircher persuasion. She supported diversity and inclusion and the arts, especially Native American culture and Arts. She was a long time volunteer for Head Start and Meals on Wheels programs, loved to swim, and learned to sail in her mid-life. Patricia was a true Daughter of the Prairie Pioneers, whose Grandmother lived in a sod home in Western Kansas near Goodland.

She loved her Irises and day-lilies, and could spend hours pulling weeds in the yard and gardens, completely satisfied. Her Christmas cookies and New Years Eve smorgasbords were legendary. Swedish meatballs, potato sausage, red cabbage and Swedish treats were some of her offerings to the Swedish family traditions. She will be forever remembered with a smile on her face and laughter in her voice.

A private family memorial service with interment of remains at Pioneer Cemetery in Lawrence will be held at a later date.