- Date Of Birth: March 17, 1929
- Date Of Death: November 28, 2010
- State: Indiana
Patricia W. “Pat” Grathen, 81, of Elkhart, died at 9:05 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 28, 2010) at Golden Living Center. She was born in LaPorte on March 17, 1929. to James and Wilma (Witter) Mahar. She married James B. Grathen in 1947. He died in 1983.
Surviving are three sons, Ronald “Ron,” Phil and Steve (Sue) Grathen, all of Elkhart; one brother, Donald Hogue of Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Jewel Axsom of Elkhart and Jean Grathen of Edwardsburg; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Walter, Robert, Bill, and Harold Mahar, and Richard “Dick” Hogue; two sisters, Maggie McCreary and Joan Paulson; and a grandson, Eric Grathen.
