Pat Chevalier, 64, Gift Store Owner
Pat Chevalier, age 64, a resident of Colorado Springs since 2013, lost her one year battle with lung and brain cancer on Monday, February 23, 2014.
Pat was fun and creative! She loved spending time with her girls, video poker, her dog “Sparky,” and Josh Groban and big band music. In years past, she worked for McLeod USA and Yellow Book and was a top salesperson for several consecutive years. She also had owned her own gift store in Woodland Park.
Patrician Ann Rupcic was born on July 28, 1949 in Lorain, Ohio to the late John and Gertrude (Keenan) Rupcic. She was a 1967 graduate of Admiral King High School in Lorain. She married and raised a family.
She is survived by her two daughters: Aimee Chevalier Morley and Andrea Chevalier Christensen; and her four granddaughters: Lindsee, Abbee, Mackenzie and Riley. She was preceded in death by her parents and her daughter, Amanda, who died in 1997.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, March 3, 2014 at the Shrine of Remembrance “America the Beautiful” Chapel in Colorado Springs, CO. A reception will follow at the Olympian Plaza Reception and Event Center. Private interment will be at the Shrine of Remembrance’s Rock of Ages Gardens.
Memorials in Pat’s name may be made to the Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation, 2550 Tenderfoot Hill Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906.
Pat lived for her family and she will be greatly missed.
Online Condolences can be left at ShrineOfRemembrance.com.
The family was assisted locally by the Schwartz, Spence, Boyer & Cool Home For Funerals, Lorain, Ohio 44052.