The entirety of New Braunfels, Texas, and surrounding communities have suffered the loss of an institution and very quiet force of nature, with the loss of Patsy Wingfield, on January 8, 2021.
Born Patricia Eloise Patterson on October 28, 1937, to Robert Clyde Patterson and Ruby Marie Haas Patterson, Patsy married the love of her life Richard Perry Wingfield on December 18, 1957.Â
After attending New Braunfels schools and graduating from New Braunfels High School in 1955 as a member of the Unicornsâ cheerleading squad, she spent a career that spanned over 60 years being the boss of Perry, and driving her three children, Richard, Daryl, and Robin, and their friends to sporting events and competitions, and attending every sporting event and competition of her children, their friends, their friendsâ children, and her own grandchildren. She would proffer advice on their decisions to marry too young or avoid college, and often offered direction by starting with the dreaded