- Date Of Birth: October 7, 1929
- Date Of Death: March 7, 2020
- State: Michigan
Patricia Ann “Pat” Tincher, age 90, of Galien, joined her husband Burton in heaven on Sunday, March 7, 2020.
Pat was born October 7, 1929, in Putnam County, Indiana, to Roy and Chasie Stultz.
She married Burton Mote Tincher on November 25, 1948, in Darlington, Indiana. He preceded her in death on February 6, 1984.
Pat was a Class of 1947 graduate of Crawfordsville High School. She began her working career at R.R. Donnelly in Crawfordsville, and retired from the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet in November 1995. Her most rewarding job was working for the principal of Galien High School and watching the students grow into young adults, many of whom became lifelong friends. Pat enjoyed traveling to places like the Holy Land, and Hawaii and spent two summers working for the National Park Service at Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon with her good friend Donna Potter. She was a Member of Olive Branch United Methodist Church where she had many treasured friends supporting her in prayer during her brief illness.
Pat will be greatly missed by family and friends. She is survived by one daughter Teresa Ann (Robert Albert) Welty; one daughter-in-law, Claire Marie Tincher; three grandchildren, Sara Anne Tincher, Lauren Marie Tincher, and Thomas Burton Tincher, Jr.; and one great-grandson Anthony Thomas Stellatto.
Pat is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Burton Mote Tincher; son, Thomas Burton Tincher Sr.; great-grandson, Phillip Burton Stellato; brother, Bruce R Stultz, sister-in-law; Edna Stultz; sister, Virginia Ruth Sarver; brother-in-law, Russell Sarver; and brother, Robert Lee Stultz.
