Patricia Jean Bohon

Patricia Jean “Patty” Bohon, age 84, died surrounded by family on Friday, June 28, 2024, after months of declining health.

Patty was born in Hambleton, W.Va., on March 18, 1940. She graduated from Parsons High School, class of 1958. She was one of the “Three Musketeers,” with her best friends Madeline and Eloise. She worked at the Parsons Nursery, the Dorman Mill and Parsons Footwear. She then served as caregiver to her elderly mother, Alice.

Patty loved animals, especially horses. She cherished life on the farm she shared with her loving, devoted husband, Earl Joseph Bohon, where they worked hard to grow flowers and food, tend to their furred and feathered family, and build their home and lives together. Aug. 5, 2024, would have been their 62nd anniversary.

Patty is survived by her husband, Earl Bohon, of Willoughby Hills; her lifelong friend, Madeline Myers Weaver, of Pfafftown, N.C.; her aunt-by-law, Viola Filler, of Parsons, W.Va.; her cousin, Joseph “Joe” Hebb, of White Plains, Md.; her sister-in-law, Doris Bohon, of St. George, W. Va.; her nieces, Jennifer “Jen” Collette, of Maple Heights, and Dawn Collette Skomrock, of Springfield, Ohio; her nephew, Jason Collette, of Chardon; her niece-in-law, Patty Collette, of Mayfield Heights; her chosen daughter and son-in-law, Jolean Haught and John “Jay” Kisner, of Willoughby Hills; her Parsons Seventh-Day Adventist Church family; and several close friends and neighbors from Location Road, W. Va.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Theron and Alice Collette; her siblings, Theron “Steve” Collette and Sharon Hovatter; her nephew, Theron “Doug” Collette; her uncle, Max Collette; her Aunt Erma “Erm” Mauzy; her close friends, Denver and “Ginny” Haught; and numerous other family and friends.

Patty was an excellent cook and baker. She loved a wide variety of music, as well as musicals and westerns, especially Calamity Jane and Gunsmoke. She was playful and strong-willed.

All of Patty’s family and friends will deeply miss and lovingly remember her.

Patty did not want a funeral service.

If you are able, please consider donating to the Tucker County Animal Shelter, 586 Brooklyn Heights Road, Parson, WV 26287 or online to www.tuckercountyanimalshelter.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Burr Funeral Home in Chardon. Information and condolences online at www.burrservice.com.