Patricia Hardman Kohlmann, age 90, a longtime resident of Benton Harbor, MI, died on the 22nd of February, 2016, in Lansing, MI. Patricia was born on March 2, 1925, in South Bend, IN, to Fay and Everett Hardman. She grew up in South Bend with her sister, Joan Hans.
Patricia requested a private funeral service. The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, at the Florin Funeral Chapel, 1053 East Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI, 49022. Please share messages, memories or photos at www.florin.net.
Patricia and her late husband, Spencer, celebrated 60 loving years of marriage. They were members of the First Congregational Church of Benton Harbor. In addition to raising their two children Patricia was an active volunteer in her community. She loved golfing, gardening, and traveling to see her grandchildren. She was thrilled to learn at her 90th birthday party that she was going to be a Great Grandma. McKayla Clare and Oliver Thomas blessed her life in 2015.
Patricia was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Her husband, Spencer John Kohlmann and her sister, Joan Hardman Hans preceded her in death. She is survived by her son and daughter, Thomas Kohlmann (Sherry) of East Lansing, MI and Connie Kohlmann Wright (Johnnie), of Hendersonville, NC, Grandchildren Justin Wright (Laura), Ryan Kohlmann (Kelly), Kristin Wright Aggers (Jeremy) and Laura Kohlmann Preston (Tim), and Great Grandchildren McKayla Preston and Oliver Kohlmann, along with several nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Habitat for Humanity International: Disaster Corps, 270 Peachtree Street, Suite 1300, Atlanta, GA 30303, or the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), PO Box 502, Milford, CT 06460.