Patricia "Pat" Matteson, 90 years old, moved to Heaven on November 19, 2021. Pat was born in 1931 in Kansas City, Missouri, raised in Monroe, Wisconsin, majored in music at St Mary's College of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin. She then married and relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she raised her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents James and Gladys, her sister Gloria and her son Jimmy.
Pat was a proud and loving mother to her children Kathy, Debbie, Sherry, Mary and Mike and their spouses. Pat so loved her 10 grandchildren and was over the moon loving her 19 great grandchildren. Pat couldn't have been any happier to recently meet and immediately love her sister Maxine and her niece Kristi.

After raising her family in Florida, Pat relocated to Franklin, North Carolina where she lived, worked and enjoyed many lifelong friendships for 40 years. Pat was a concert pianist who even recorded a beautiful classical CD with a violin accompanist. She also played for many years at her beloved church St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Pat was a longtime volunteer at Angel Medical Center for over 31 years accumulating many thousands of hours. She started knitting when she was 9 years old which included, among a million other things that she knitted for her family, baby blankets, sweaters and baby caps for the Hospital gift shop.

Pat was an avid reader, enjoyed doing the daily New York Times crossword puzzle and loved to travel. Her most favorite place in the whole world was her home in Franklin, built in the trees, with a stream flowing through her property. This was the place that we called home as we all gathered there often. It remains the heart of our family as all of our precious memories center around her home.

Pat left behind a huge loving family and many, many friends. She will be truly missed by everyone.

She will be laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery in Franklin, North Carolina at a future date to be determined.