Evonne L. 'Pat' Webster -Rochester

Published August 02, 2010 at 9:43 PM

ROCHESTER - A memorial service for Evonne L. "Pat" Webster will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at Macken Funeral Home, with the Rev. Timothy T. Reker officiating. Burial of her cremated remains will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Rochester. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Mrs. Webster, 88, of Rochester, died Friday, July 30, at Madonna Towers in Rochester.

Evonne Verdick was born in Alpha, Minn., to Oscar and Elizabeth (Donwen) Verdick on February 1, 1922. She graduated from Jackson High School in 1939 and Rochester Junior College in 1941. She married Lee C. Webster in Rochester on February 11, 1943. Mr. Webster retired from Northwestern Bell Telephone in 1982. He passed away June 3, 2004. Mrs. Webster was a medical secretary at the Mayo Clinic, retiring in 1987.

Survivors include her two daughters, Patrice Webster of Hopkins, Minn., and Mary Webster DeWitt of Rochester; two sons, Thomas (Denise) of Santa Clara, Utah, and Mark (Katie) of Austin, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Julia Webster of Flatonia, Texas; four grandchildren, Paul and Nick Webster, Stacey Rasmussen, and Drew Hagmann; three great-grandchildren, Bradford, Noelle, and Shayla Webster. She is survived by one brother, Bud (Greta) Verdick of Rochester; two sisters, Joyce Hassing of Omaha, Neb., and Tudy (William) Callahan of Bloomington, Minn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee, and oldest son, Lee Jr.

Evonne was a lifelong member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Rochester. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, reading, and crossword puzzles. She was devoted to her husband and children and loved spending time with her family.

Memorials are preferred to the Lee Webster Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund at the College of St. Scholastica.

Macken Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com .