Patsy Valliant, age 70, of Atchison, KS, died peacefully on March 15, 2024, at the Atchison Medicalodge.
Patsy was born on April 13, 1953, in Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of the late Lila (Revell) Patterson and LeRoy Patterson. She attended Concordia Public Schools and graduated from Concordia High School in 1971. She continued her education at Cloud County Junior College and earned her bachelor degree in Business Administration and Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, from Tabor College in Hillsboro, KS, in 1975. Patsy was always a hard worker from a very young age. After graduating from college, she began with a credit union in Norton, KS, as a loan officer and then transferred to the Norton State Hospital as the business manager until moving to Atchison, KS, in 1988. She found her true passion of employment in Atchison, serving as an Eligibility Determination Specialist, Case Manager and Case Worker for SRS. She was very passionate about helping those in need through her role and made a difference in countless peoples’ lives until her retirement in 2013.
Patsy was a people person and would always find someone to enjoy conversation with, whether it was her neighbors on her daily walk with her dog, Bandit, or a stranger throughout her day, she loved conversing with others. She enjoyed caring for her favorite plants, African Violets, at her home and reading romance novels.
She met Terry Valliant in August of 1971, and they were married on August 19, 1973, at the Methodist Church in Concordia, KS. They began their family and have two sons, Alex Valliant (Sabrina Burge) and Tim Valliant (Amanda), and now have four grandchildren, Lani Valliant, Alex Valliant, Zaryah Burge and Kensi Valliant. Patsy has one surviving brother, Gary (Kathy) Patterson, Oklahoma City, OK, also surviving are nieces and nephews and many family friends.
Patsy loved making memories with her family, and she never missed a sporting event of her children growing up, whether it was the countless hours in the gym during wrestling matches, watching baseball games or cheering during the cross country meets. She would not have traded those times for anything. She loved camping and fishing, and even had her boys trained to bait her hook and retrieve her caught fish. Patsy and Terry travelled the world together to visit their son and grandchildren at every chance they could and all their free time was preferred to be spent with their family.