PLAINS – Patricia Ann Coats, age 59, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at the Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas.

She was born July 26, 1950, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Glen E. and Rosamond Wilma (Boyd) Jones. As a young girl she attended Plains Grade School and was a 1968 graduate of Southwestern Heights High School.

On December 22, 1966, she married Terry Coats at Clayton, New Mexico. After their marriage the couple made their home in rural Plains. Over the years, she worked for Gigot Irrigation, the Meade District Hospital, Meade Medical Clinic, Lone Tree Retirement Center, and had owned and operated a floral shop in Plains.

She was a member of the Joyce L. Hamm Country Club and the United Methodist Church, both of Plains. She enjoyed working in her yard, floral arranging, assisting her husband with farming duties, cooking, camping, and spending time with her family and friends.

She is survived by:
Her husband, Terry Coats of Wichita, Kansas

Two sons, Troy W. Coats and wife, Rhonda of Olathe, Kansas
Wesley M. Coats and wife, Patricia of Plains, Kansas

Two daughters, Tracy A. Cook and husband, Ed of Satanta, Kansas
Tammy F. Reiss and husband, Clint of Plains, Kansas

Mother-in-law, Faye Coats of Plains, Kansas

A sister, Marlene K. Forbes and husband, R.A. of Plains, Kansas

Eleven grandchildren Three great-grandchildren

She is preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Jacqueline C. "Jackie" Amerin.

Celebration of life services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2010, at the United Methodist Church, Plains, with Pastor Steve Morgan presiding. Cremation has taken place. Private family inurnment will be in the Plains Cemetery.

The family would welcome memorials to the Harry Hynes Hospice Inpatient Care in care of Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, the Plains State Bank, or at www.hynesmemorial.org/donate