Martha Louise Bratcher Patterson, 92, of Olaton, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Beaver Dam Nursing and Rehab. She was born March 31, 1921, in Olaton to the late Orville and Cordelia Livers Bratcher.
She was a member of Olaton Missionary Baptist Church, Eastern Star Grace Chapter #36 OES, White Shriners and Otha Daniels Homemakers. She was a retired interior decorator for Finish Touch Interiors.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe Morgan Patterson; her children, Brenda Joyce Payton, Diana Sue Payton, Alicia Patterson and Jeanette Patterson and her grandson, Tommy Payton.
Survivors include her son, Roscoe Morgan Patterson Jr. and wife Edna of Olaton; two daughters, Penny Sutton and husband Greg of Beaver Dam and Nancy Embry and husband Jack “Hombre” of Hartford; one brother, James “Jim” Bratcher and wife Eddie Lou of Hartford; 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, with Rev. Bobby Renfrow officiating. Burial will be in Olaton Cemetery in Olaton. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until the time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence may be made at www.danksfuneralhome.com.