Jean Elizabeth Patterson

Jean Patterson Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, Greenfield United Methodist Church. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. today, Steen Funeral Home, Greenfield. GREENFIELD, Iowa #45;- Jean Elizabeth Patterson, 70, Greenfield, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at Adair County Memorial Hospital, Greenfield. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery. Mrs. Patterson was born Sept. 5, 1935, in Redwing, Minn., the daughter of Glenn and Viola Herlein Reifert. She married Donald Patterson on June 4, 1960, at the United Methodist Church, Muscatine. She was raised in Muscatine and attended Muscatine High School, graduating in 1953. She worked for First National Bank, Muscatine, after graduation. She and her husband moved to Greenfield in 1961. They had two children, Rebecca and David. She was a bookkeeper and sales clerk for Clure Lumber Co. and Place's in Greenfield for many years. She enjoyed reading, cooking and her grandchildren's activities. She was a member of Greenfield United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Rebecca Haase of Greenfield; a son, David Patterson and wife, Angela, of Succasunna, N.J.; five grand...[more]

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ldren, Stephanie and Samantha Haase and Ryan, Amanda and Kelly Patterson; five brothers, Laverne Reifert of Muscatine, Edward Reifert and wife, Mattie, of Limestone, Tenn., Ronald Reifert and wife, Nancy, and Charles Reifert and wife, Evelyn, all of Muscatine, and Richard Reifert and wife, Lori, of Bondurant; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Earl, James and Gerald Reifert; and a sister, Wilma Irwin.