OVERBROOK, Kan. – Patricia M. Noble, 80, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook, Kan. Patricia Marie Blow was born March 28, 1941 in Reading, Kan., the daughter of Harry and Agnes Marie (Newman) Blow.

She graduated from Reading High School in 1959.

She was joined in marriage to Larry J. “Buster” Noble, Oct. 25, 1962, in Osage City, Kan. Patricia was a homemaker, and had worked at Hallmark as a sewing machine operator. She had also worked at Crawford Manufacturing, Emporia, Kan., where she met her husband.

Larry and Pat enjoyed playing Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus for years in Osage City. Pat loved gardening and doing arts and crafts.

Survivors include four daughters, Brenda Selby, Osage City, Gwenda Dieckmann, Oak Grove, Mo., Amy Ritter and Helen Noble, both of Osage City; three brothers, Harry Blow Jr., Nixa, Mo., Jack Blow, Topeka, Kan., and James Blow, Rowan, Mont.; three sisters, Shirley Evert, Aurora, Colo., Judith Rice and Mary Blow, both of Emporia, Kan.; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by parents; husband, Larry “Buster”; and three brothers, Donald, Ray and Roy.

A private family graveside will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions can be made to Dementia Society of America or Osage City Chamber of Commerce for the Christmas on Market Street, and sent in care of VanArsdale Funeral Service, 107 N. Sixth St., Osage City, KS 66523. Condolences can be left at vanarsdalefs.com.