Patricia Faye Stewart

Longtime Alaska resident Patricia Faye Stewart, 66, passed away Aug. 1, 2013, at home in Wasilla.

A service is at 3 p.m., Aug. 10 at LDS Colony, 9475 East Colony Way, Palmer, officiated by Bishop Weed.

Patricia was born Nov. 5, 1946, in Klamath Falls, Ore., to Marvin and Mary Kupers. After graduating from East High School, she graduated from the School of Applied Science at University of Alaska Anchorage and was President of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.

Patricia’s parents moved to Alaska in 1951 with four girls, homesteading on DeArmoun Road. She lived in Anchorage until 1989, when she worked on the North Slope, did construction and worked for the state of Alaska. She then lived in Valdez until 1996, when she worked for the state of Alaska and was a medical transcriptionist. Moving to the Lower 48 in 1996, she continued as a medical transcriptionist and in 1999 began driving long-haul trucks. Patricia retired in 2011 and in 2012 came home to Wasilla.

Patricia stayed involved in the community by being a member of Valdez Chamber of Commerce and Valdez Health Commission. She held a Boy Scout Troop Committee Chair and Boy Scout Scholarship Fundraising Committee Chair. In her spare time, Patricia enjoyed volunteer work, gardening, textile crafts and genealogy.

Patricia’s family wrote: “In good times and in bad, Pat always made it a point to smile and to laugh every day.”

She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Mellisa Cummings and Rodney and Linnea Cummings of Wasilla, and Daren and Tracy Cummings of Anchor Point; and seven grandchildren, Kelli Harlow, Jenifer, Ceth and Heather Cummings, and Zack, Nick and Alex Simpson.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Kehl’s Palmer Mortuary.