Patricia L. (Borkmann) Fretschel

Obituary

  Patricia L. Fretschel, age 80, of Reedsburg, formerly of Colorado Springs, CO, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 after a very short battle with lung cancer.  In 1958, she married her beau, Ed.  They remained married and devoted to each other until Ed passed in April, 2001.  Pat was a civil service retiree who as a civilian served for twenty-three years at the Fort Carson Commissary where quickly became Store General Manager.

  She was preceded in death by her parents: Edward and Lorraine; her husband: Ed; and her daughter: Phyllis Paukstat.  Pat leaves behind a daughter: Deborah; three grandchildren: Michael, 37; Bobby Marie, 34 and Paul Zachary, 32; eight great-grandchildren; a brother: Ken; sister-in-law: Jane; a lifelong best friend: Karen Basile, of Milwaukee: several nieces and nephews.

  A small Celebration of Life gathering will be held at 12:30 P.M. on Wednesday, December 2nd, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee.  Entombment will follow the service in Holy Cross Mausoleum.

  She was a great lady and a fantastic Mom.  We miss her but her love shines on in all of us.

  The Hoof Funeral Home is serving the family.