December 31, 2005
Obituaries from 2005
(Listed alphabetically) Patricia Ann “Pat” Avery, 72, of Oklahoma City, OK, died Dec. 2. She was born Aug. 24, 1933, in Fort Dodge, IA, to Richard and Velma (Carlstrom) Terpstra. After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, IA, in 1951, she attended Cincinnati (OH) Bible College, before transferring her junior year to Lincoln (IL) Christian College, where she received her bachelor”s degree in Christian education. On Aug. 16, 1958, in Des Moines, she married James H. Avery, and together they shared more than 47 years of marriage, raising four children, all while faithfully serving in God”s kingdom.
