In Memory of

Patricia

Ann

Clarke

(Buchanan)

Obituary for Patricia Ann Clarke (Buchanan)

Viewing will be held 4-8 PM Friday & Saturday at Vondel Smith Mortuary, S Western Ave followed by cremation.
No formal services will be held.

Pat, 79, passed away Jan 2, 2018. The daughter of Lena Adams & Keith Buchanan, Pat was born Aug 5, 1938 in Stroud, OK. At the beginning of WWII, she moved to OKC, her father, Keith began working for Douglas Aircraft & later Tinker AFB. They made their family home in the Capitol Hill area. After Pat’s sister Sandra was born, her mother Lena also went to work for Tinker. Pat graduated from Capitol Hill HS, where she was an honor student & active in the choir. She later attended OCU, where she studied office admin. During her high school & college years, she was an active member of Kentucky Ave Baptist Church, where she met her future husband, Ronald Clarke, whom she married May 9, 1958. Pat worked as an Exec. Secretary until the birth of her son, later becoming a fulltime housewife & mother. She & Ron travelled extensively across the US & Europe, & loved visiting London the most. After her children were grown, Pat served hundreds of hours as a volunteer for Hillcrest Hospital. Pat survived her husband of 58 years after his passing in July 2017 and is survived by her two children, Darin Lee Clarke & Teresa Kay Clarke Bidwell.