Patti Todden Nevada

Patti Todden, 63, passed away March 1, 2016, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames.

A celebration of life memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, in Ames with a time of fellowship to follow. Online condolences may be directed to www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com.

Patti was born April 25, 1952, in Osceola to Al and Evelyn Todden. She attended school in Osceola until her senior year when she transferred and graduated from Cardinal High School. She worked as a florist for 28 years at Russell Motes, Tony’s Flowers, Easter Floral and Hy-Vee Floral. She began working at Hy-Vee drugtown.

In the meantime, she made arrangements to get her balloon pilot’s license. She retired on March 27, 2009. Upon retirement, she found a passion for country living and farm life, calling herself a “farmette.” She enjoyed cake decorating and ballooning, as well as life itself. Richard and Patti owned two balloons, and though she never got to fly the second one due to her illness, her friends put it up and gave her a tether ride. In the course of Patti’s cancer treatments, she fought right to the end and never lost hope.

Left to cherish Patti’s memory will be Richard Swanson of Nevada; mother Evelyn Todden of Ames; brother Dan (Theresa) Todden of Independence, Missouri; sisters, Su Todden of Tampa, Florida, and Marianne Kitchell of Ames; nephews, Matt of Holly Hill, Florida, Tony of Unionville, Missouri, Evan of Hawaii, Ian of Berea, Kentucky, and Asher Drew of Nevada; nieces, Monica of Juneau, Alaska, Kristina of Ames and Cassie Ann of Berea, Kentucky; father-in-law, Dale (Luzviminda) Swanson and their children, Nicole and Jon of Nevada; brother-in-law Andy (Mirasol) Swanson of Nevada and sister-in-law Carol (Ed) Poston of Berea, Kentucky. She will be greatly missed by many relatives and friends.

Patti was preceded in death by her father Al and mother-in-law Dorothy.