Patricia Stringfellow
1929 - 2024

Patricia (Pat) Stringfellow, 94, of Carrollton Texas, passed away on January 17th 2024. Pat was born in Dallas Texas on April 2nd, 1929 to Mike and Katy Brancato. She graduated from Carrollton High School where she met Laverne Stringfellow. Pat and Laverne started dating in their senior year and they were married a year later in 1947. They shared a long and loving marriage of 55 years. Pat and Laverne were founding members of Mary Immaculate Church in Farmers Branch where she worked as the church secretary until 1960. Sometime later in the 1960's, she worked for some years as a secretary for Vanbraughman Sony distributor. She came out of retirement to work for a few months at Southwestern Bell during a union strike to help keep the phones going. She enjoyed sewing, baking, gardening, reading, and birdwatching. She and Laverne shared a joy of RV camping and saw many wonders on the long camping trips through the United States. She was also actively involved in Saint Joseph's Guild at Mary Immaculate Church. Pat is preceded in death by her husband Franklin Laverne Stringfellow, her father Mike Brancato and mother Katy (Todaro) Brancato, her sister, Sister Doris Brancato, D.C. and her sister Virginia. Pat is survived by son Mike Stringfellow and wife Velinda, daughter Mary Kay Stringfellow, granddaughter Jessica Edelhauser, grandsons Michael Stringfellow, Tony Stringfellow and wife Ali, Aaron Stringfellow and wife Brenda, Joey Jenkins and wife Nicole, and Sam Jenkins, and great grandchildren, Bailey Stringfellow, A.J. Stringfellow, Madelyn Edelhauser, Cole Edelhauser, Bella Jenkins, John Oliver Jenkins, and Callan Jenkins Chiaurro, as well as niece Katy and husband Joel Padron and other family and friends. A visitation for Pat is scheduled for Monday, January 22, 2024 at 10:30 am, with the Rosary starting at 11:00 am directly followed by a funeral mass at 11:30 am at Mary Immaculate Church 14032 Dennis Lane, Dallas Texas.

Published by Dallas Morning News on Jan. 21, 2024.