Patricia A. Bauer

Patricia Ann Bauer
(Rummel)
Appleton

Passed away at her home surrounded by her loving children on Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Pat was born in Flint, Michigan on September 11, 1937, the daughter of the late Herbert and Rose Rummel. Her childhood was spent growing up in Saginaw, Michigan. She married Kenneth Bauer in 1960 and they had three children.

She was employed at various insurance agencies before becoming an administrative assistant at Lawrence University in 1985. She retired in 2005 after 20 years in the Science Department at Briggs Hall.

After retirement, Pat discovered she had a skill for writing short stories, fiction and non-fiction, and was published in several national magazines. Pat's many friends relied on her sense of humor and she was a confidante to many. She always felt her greatest achievement was in raising her three children to be responsible, mature adults with wonderful children of their own. Ryan, Abraham, Sydney and Megan, know “Grandma Pat” loves you.

Survivors include her children: Sherie (Craig) Masters of Satellite Beach, Florida, Jill (Tom) Pollack and their children Ryan and Megan of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Steven (Karla) Bauer and their children Abraham and Sydney of Appleton, Wisconsin; her brother, Randy Rummel of Saginaw, Michigan; and Ya-Ya Sister, Jean Hedges of Appleton, Wisconsin.

The funeral service will be at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 27, 2010 at the Wichmann Funeral Home, with Chaplain Jordan Kuczwara officiating. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will immediately follow in Riverside Cemetery, Appleton.

Many thanks to Appleton Medical Center (Dr. Mortara and Patty), The “Chemo Girls”, and UW-Madison (Dr. Dalvi and Lisa), Home Instead, and especially ThedaCare at Home Hospice (Tricia Morrell and all the wonderful nurses).

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established for the Martha Siekman Cancer Center at Appleton Medical Center.

You may own a million dollars
But you're the poorest in the land
If you don't have your beloved mother
To clasp your lonely hand.
Though her smile is gone forever
And her hands we cannot touch
Still we have many memories of our mother that we love so much.
This memory is our keeping
With which we never part
God has her in his Kingdom
We have her in our hearts.
So you who have a mother
Cherish her with care
For you'll never know the heartache
Till she's no longer there.

Sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the years,
One season following another,
Laden with happiness and tears.

Wichmann Funeral Home
537 North Superior Street
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 739-1231