Patricia Ann "Trish" Quade, 57, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at her home.
She was born Aug. 7, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Floyd R. and Wanda Littleton Goodman. She and Keith W. Quade were married Oct. 12, 1985, at Gordonville.
She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1971 and later from Office Training School in Cape Girardeau.
Trish was a machine quilter for Wilson Quilting and a bartender for Circle K and later for Lone Oak II in Gordonville. Later, she was the secretary for Quade's Masonry Contractor for 25 years and also worked for P&G New Site Consortium. For the last two-and-a-half years she was the bartender at Brother's Lounge.
Her hobbies include hunting, fishing, bowling, playing golf, gardening, loving her pets and going to the lake. Her passion was bowling and she was recently inducted into the Cape Girardeau USBCBA Hall of Fame. She was a volunteer firefighter and pump operator for the Gordonville Fire Department for 10 years and was the first secretary for the Gordonville Fire Department District for five years. She also was instrumental in re-establishing the Gordonville Picnic and Mud Racing.
Survivors include her husband, Keith Quade of Cape Girardeau; her mother, Wanda Goodman of Jackson; a brother, Floyd R. "Rick" Goodman of Jackson; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
A celebration of her life will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Danny Jones officiating.
Memorial contributions may be given to Preferred Hospice of Dexter, Mo., the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri and the American Cancer Society.
Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.
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