Ethelyn Patterson, 80, of Chaffee, Mo., died Thursday, March 1, 2007, at DeGreeff Hospice in St. Louis, Mo.

Born Aug. 16, 1926 in Naylor, Mo., daughter of the late Willie Thomas and Cora Mae Ivy Langley.

On Oct. 10, 2000, in McKinleyville, Cali., she married Clyde Patterson, who preceded her in death on Sept. 9, 2004. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Lillian Clark and Luritta Harrell.

Survivors include one daughter, Shirley Wilson, and husband, Carl, of House Springs, Mo.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Monday March 5, 2007, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home at Malden. Funeral services are scheduled to follow at 1 p.m., at the Bradshaw Chapel.

Burial will follow at the Rosewood Cemetery in Malden.