Obituary of Patricia Nell Mochel

PATRICIA "PATTI" PUETZ-MOCHEL JUNE 5, 1940 TO JANUARY 11, 2012 GOD LOOKED AROUND HIS GARDEN, AND HE FOUND AN OPEN PLACE, HE THEN LOOKED UPON THE EARTH, AND HE SAW YOUR TIRED FACE. HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU, AND LIFTED YOU TO REST. GOD'S GARDEN MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, HE ALWAYS TAKES THE BEST. HE KNEW THAT YOU WERE SUFFERING, HE KNEW YOU WERE IN PAIN, HE KNEW THAT YOU WOULD NEVER, GET WELL ON EARTH AGAIN. HE SAW THE ROAD WAS GETTING ROUGH, AND THE HILLS WERE HARD TO CLIMB, SO HE CLOSED YOUR WEARY EYELIDS, AND WHISPERED 'PEACE BE THINE'. IT BROKE MY HEART TO LOSE YOU, BUT YOU DID NOT GO ALONE, FOR PART OF ME WENT WITH YOU, THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME. ( author unknown) Patricia Nell Hopkins was born in Chicago, IL to C. LeRue Hopkins and Eleanor LeBeda on June 5, 1940 the oldest of 5 children. She graduated from David Douglas High in the Portland, Or area. In 1958 she married Jesse Rowlee and had 3 children, Carrie, Tina & Brian. She worked at Renton Vocational Technical in the early 70's. She went to work for the Boeing Company in the 1980's and officially retired in 2008. After some time of being a single working mom, Patti met and married Oscar Puetz, With her children grown she started working with Washington Special Olympics, as her son Bran was an all around athlete. This was her passion for about 20 years and and it was one she not only excelled at but was very proud of. She was known at Fort Lewis Summer Games as Peppermint Patty. As time went on, she found herself single again, but stayed very active with Brian's activites. She met her soul mate and love of her life, Scott Mochel and they married in the early 1990's. Together they raised Scott's little children , Renee & Jeremy as well as welcoming in 5 grandchildren…Robert Morrison, Jaclyn Spicknall (Petersen), Steven Spicknall Jr., Victoria Powell (Blomquist) and Amber James. She is preceded in death by her son Brian Rowlee, and her parents. She is survived by her husband Scott of Renton,her daughter Carrie Rowlee of Des Moines, her daughter Tina James ( Michael) of Kent, son Jeremy Mochel (Jo) of Auburn, and Renee Mitchell (Dewey) of Canada,her 5 Grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Also survived by her Siblings, Margaret Grief, John Hopkins, Buddy Hopkins, & Thomas Hopkins. There will be a memorial at a future date and time.