Obituary

Patricia Jean Osborn

1933 - 2016

Obituary

Patricia Jean (Murray) Osborn, 83, died Wednesday (Dec. 28, 2016) at Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born March 5, 1933, in Liberal to Dr. Alvin W. and Wilma (Dorth) Murray. Her father was the pastor of the United Methodist Church in Boise City, Oklahoma.

Patricia's passions were her family and her music.

She first had piano lessons at the age of three from the organist of the Grace Methodist Church

in Winfield, where her father was the pastor. Her joy was learning to play the violin at the age of eight

and she continued to play the violin until she was 80. When in high school, in Winfield, she led the second violin section of the orchestra in the Winfield Oratorio Society's annual presentation of Felix

Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah." She shared in the honor extended to the Society when it was invited to present the "Elijah" at four concerts in Israel.

She and Chester L. Osborn were united in marriage on July 26, 1953. She graduated from Southwestern College in 1955. Together, they were a parsonage family in Winfield, Parsippany, New Jersey, Oxford, Newton, Salina, Derby, Wichita, Hutchinson and retired in Newton. While in Hutchinson, she was the Regional Operations Manager for the Hutchinson Region of Blue Cross and BlueShield of Kansas.

The delight of her life was her family. She is survived by her husband, Chester; their children,

Phillip and his wife Trissie of Dallas, Susan Osborn of Kansas City, Kansas and Douglas and his wife

Nicole of Omaha, Nebraska. Altogether, there are seven grandsons and two granddaughters, plus two great-grandsons.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Ruth Brown; and her step-mother, Marjorie Murray.

A celebration of life service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2016) at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in Newton, with Pastors Vern Bowers and Phil Fischer presiding. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery Columbarium.

Memorials are suggested to the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church Foundation, in care of Petersen Funeral Home.