PERRYVILLE -- Patricia Ann "Patti" Baughman of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was 57.
She was born Jan. 11, 1941, daughter of Alvin and Arvada Nichols Hysler. They survive of Springfield, Ill.
She first married Richard Smith, who preceded her in death. She married Ardell Baughman April 9, 1988. He survives of Perryville.
She was employed by the Department of Corrections Menard Penitentiary in Chester, Ill.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, American Legion Auxiliary Chester Post 487, vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary District 25 and organized the craft fair at the Perryville Mayfest.
She is survived by three sons, Kevin Smith of Springfield, Ill., Terry Smith of Monterey, Calif., and Paul Smith of Athens, Ill.; three daughters, Annette Nunes of Springfield, Ill., Kendra Smith of Arlington, Va., and Vickie Heberlie of Ste. Genevieve; two stepchildren, Michael Baughman of Evansville, Ill., and Jeffrey Baughman of Perryville; two brothers, Alvin Hysler Jr. and Jeffrey Hysler, both of Springfield, Ill.; a sister, Connie Falconer of Poulsbo, Wash.; 12 grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Young & Sons Chapel in Perryville.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Perryville, with the Revs. Jonathan Brown and Michael Lockhart officiating.
Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester.
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