Patricia Schwepker

Surrounded by her husband and six children, Patricia "Pat" E. Schwepker, 77, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center.

She was born July 7, 1941, in Pleasanton, Kansas, to Earl and Nora Atherton McIntosh. She and Robert "Bob" H. Schwepker were married April 7, 1962, in Fulton, Kansas. For the most part, they raised their family in Kansas and moved to Cape Girardeau in the late 1980s.

Pat was a 1959 graduate of Garnett High School in Garnett, Kansas, and a 1964 graduate of the former Mercy School of Nursing in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was a member of the first graduating class of the former Nurse Practioner School in Wichita, Kansas.

Pat was a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita and worked 14 years as the night supervisor at Saint Francis Medical Center, retiring in 1997 due to illness.

She is a member of Saint Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Missouri, and a former member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Schulte, Kansas. She passionately volunteered to raise funds for Camp Hope, a camp near Farmington, Missouri, caring for wounded soldiers.

Loving survivors include her husband of 57 years, Bob Schwepker of Cape Girardeau; six children, Eric, Thad and Julie Schwepker, Jeff (Christine) Schwepker, Emily Schwepker-Matthews and Tasha Schwepker-Friend; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Raymond and Gary McIntosh; and a sister, Linda Heidner.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, Anthony Robert Schwepker; her parents; and three brothers, Richard, Robert and Bill McIntosh.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Holy Angels Catholic Church, 514 E. Fourth Ave., Garnett, Kansas 66032.

Funeral Mass will be at noon Saturday at the church, with Father Daniel Stover officiating.

Cremation accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Camp Hope, P. O. Box 52, Farmington, MO 63640, or on the organization's website, camphopeusa.org.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.