Patricia L Scherer, August 11, 1951 — May 29, 2019

Patricia L. Scherer August 11, 1951 – May 29, 2019 Sign Guestbook| View Guestbook Entries| Send Sympathy Card Patricia L. Scherer, 67, of Hiawatha, passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born August 11, 1951 in St. Joseph, MO to Clarence “Bud” and Patricia Cavanaugh Boos. She grew up in the Denton and Severance area graduating with the Midway High School class of 1969.

She continued her education at Benedictine College graduating with a BA in Sociology. Pat married James T. Scherer May 26, 1973 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Bendena, KS. They lived in St. Louis for 18 months before moving to Denton.

They made Hiawatha their home from 1985 till the present. He survives of the home. They were blessed with two children, Jimmy and Katie.

Pat and Jim raised their children in Hiawatha. She was very proud of their kids and was a wonderful mother and wife. Pat was especially proud of her one and only “favorite” namesake grandson, Dax Patrick Overstreet.

She worked alongside Jim and managed their CPA business for 25 years, served as treasurer on the Hiawatha Community Hospital Auxiliary Board, and she taught CCD at St. Ann Catholic Church where she transferred her membership to in 1986. Pat was one of the four founding members of the Rho Iota Sorority. She loved her family and friends and any time you saw Pat, you also saw her contagious smile and her love for life.

Other survivors include her father; Bud Boos of Atchison, KS, children; Jimmy (Emma Lintz) Scherer of Shawnee, KS and Katie (Tim) Overstreet of Roeland Park, KS, one grandson; Dax Patrick Overstreet, one sister, six brothers, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother; Patricia Ann Boos. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 AM, Monday, June 3, 2019 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Hiawatha, KS.

Father Dan Gardner will be the Celebrant. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. The family will receive friends from 4 p.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, June 2, 2019 at the Fisher Community Center, 201 E. Iowa St. Hiawatha, KS 66434.

Memorials are suggested to the St. Ann Catholic Church or NEK-CAP and may be sent in care of the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, 124 S. 7th St. Hiawatha, KS 66434. A special message may be sent to the family at www.

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