Patricia Ann Dysthe

August 8, 1947 ~ August 28, 2024

1947 ~ August 28, 2024

Patricia “Pat” Dysthe, 77, Beaver Creek, MN, died Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at the Ava’s House, in Sioux Falls after a brief illness.

Visitation will be 5-7pm, Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at Heartland Funeral Home.  Memorial Services will begin at 10:30am, Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at Celebration United Methodist Church, in Brandon.  In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be directed to Celebration UMC in Pat’s memory. Pat was a strong supporter of the community and her church.

Patricia Ann Dysthe was born August 8, 1947, to Cecilia (Gengler) and Joe Fried in Slayton, MN.  She grew up there and graduated from Slayton High School.  She attended Nettleton College in Sioux Falls, SD, received a nursing degree from Ventura College in Ventura California, and received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Sioux Falls in Sioux Falls, SD.

On April 16, 1966, Pat married her high school sweetheart, Bruce, when he returned from the military. She and Bruce lived in Newark, California where she worked for five years at Kaiser Permanente Hospital before they decided to move back to the Midwest to raise their family. 

In 1976, they moved to a farm near Beaver Creek, MN.  Pat worked on the farm for six years while raising her two boys, Jeff and Jamie.  In 1981, Pat started working at Sioux Valley Hospital (now Sanford) in Sioux Falls.  She was a nurse in the NICU for 35 years until her retirement in 2016.  Throughout her career, she held many roles in the NICU; nurse, coordinator, mentor, and committee member and chair. She truly loved her job, the babies she cared for, and her co-workers. 

Pat loved making and maintaining connections with friends new and old.  She had a curious and welcoming spirit.  She was fun-loving and had a great laugh.  She especially loved her church and church family.  She served on numerous committees and grew her connections in several Bible studies. 

She dearly loved her family.  She was a great cook and did so often to gather her family together.  She also attended all events and celebrations for her kids and more recently her grandkids.  After retirement, she found one of her favorite spots to be her porch.  She enjoyed long conversations with a good glass of wine.  The porch was also a great spot for her new love of feeding and watching birds, and her forever love of reading.  She also loved her daily walks, traveling with Bruce, riding her bike, and playing games – especially her newfound favorite – Wordle.

Extremely blessed and grateful for sharing her life is her husband, Bruce; her two sons and daughters-in-law, Jeff (Cammie) Dysthe, Jamie (Laurie) Dysthe; her grandkids, Thomas Dysthe, Erika Dysthe, Devon Dysthe, and Alex Dysthe; her two brothers, Bruce Fried, and Brian (Gail) Fried; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirla and Wendell Kuhl, Janet Dysthe, Teruko Dysthe, and Marlin Heikes; also several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Pat was preceded in death by her mother and father; several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Bonnie Victor Fried, Daryl Dysthe, Howard Dysthe, Twila Heikes, Bev and Tone Van Eck, and Fern and Don Staples.

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