Patricia Jane Littlefield Dannheim died July 29, 2021, at age 76.
A celebration of life will be held Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. at Adamsville Baptist Church.
Pat was born Oct. 6, 1944 in San Angelo.
Pat developed a love of music at an early age, taking piano lessons and performing in many recitals and with the school choir. She joined the Lake View High School Marching Band, adding the guitar and drums to her instrument list.
Pat eventually added the organ and played at Lake View Methodist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church and Adamsville Baptist Church. She sang alto and soprano, and she yodeled. She was a regular on The Businessmen’s Bible Class radio program LIVE and the Sunday morning Bible Class, in which she sang and played piano accompaniment in a trio with her friends May Clark Hartman and Dawn Moorehead Street.
Pat played on the girls’ varsity basketball team in high school. She graduated from Lake View High School in 1963 and went to San Angelo Junior College, where she performed in the Choral Music Program. She participated in the musical performance of “Kiss Me Kate,” cast in the role of Bianca.
She was awarded a scholarship to study music at McMurray College. Pat taught piano lessons to many students and sang in church choirs, sang many special music offerings in worship, and played and sang for weddings, family events and funerals.
Pat married Noel Dannheim on Sept. 3, 1965 and became an instant mom to their children Neal and Jan. A few years later, the couple welcomed a daughter, Desta.
Pat worked as a secretary for many years for different attorneys’ offices. She also enjoyed gardening, canning vegetables and making preserves from fruit. She loved to work with her hands, sewing, tatting, knitting and crocheting.
Pat enjoyed going to the lake. In her early years, Concho Lake was where she would water ski, fish and camp. In later years, the family met at Lake Proctor and made many memories there through camping trips, fish fries, water skiing, fishing, running trotlines, riding in the boat, swimming, playing 42 or 80 dominos, and occasionally playing volleyball.
Pat was preceded in death by granddaughter Stephane Morgan.
She is survived by her husband, Noel, of Adamsville; son, Neal Dannheim, and wife, June, of Adamsville; daughter Jan Lawrence and husband, Don, of Fort Worth; daughter Desta Crooks and husband, Clay, of Tennyson; granddaughters Amber Drennan and husband, Daniel, of Abilene, Lacy Orsak of Clyde, Tracey Goodrum of West Palm Beach, Florida and Ashley Harris of Fort Worth; grandson Ty Crooks and wife, Brianna, of Miles; and greatgrandchildren Kendrick Drennan and Emory Sage Drennan of Abilene, Carson Orsak and Darien Netters of Clyde, Briley Harris of Fort Worth and Ceily Mae Crooks of Miles; brother Wiley Littlefield of Adamsville; and sisters, DeeAnn Franklin of Aledo, Barbara Perez and husband, Ben, of San Angelo; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws.
