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Patricia Allstrum Livingston, formerly a longtime resident of Bridgeport, WA, passed away in Tucson, AZ, on April 13, 2022, at the age of 100. She died of heart failure, nine days before her 101st birthday. Patricia, known to friends as Pat, was born in Tacoma, WA, on April 22, 1921. Pat was the second child of Daisy Ross Allstrum and David N. Allstrum of Tacoma. Pat’s older sister, Jane, was born three years earlier. Pat and Jane’s maternal ancestors included French and Scottish fur trappers and traders associated with the Hudson’s Bay Company. Pat and her family attended the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, WA. Pat graduated from Stadium High School, in 1939. She attended her class’s 75th reunion, in 2014. Pat also attended Washington State College, in Pullman, WA. There, at a mixer, she met James E. Livingston of Bridgeport. They married on August 21, 1943, at First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma.Shortly after the wedding, they moved to Corpus Christi, TX, where Jim trained at the U.S. Naval Air Station. Jim then shipped out to the Pacific, where he was stationed at Guam and Wake Island, as a Navy Ensign. Pat and Jim’s first son, Robert, was born on November 21, 1944. Jim returned from the Pacific in March of1946. Pat and Daisy met his ship in Seattle, and were standing on the dock when Jim and many other officers and sailors, returning from the war, threw their hats down to their loved ones. Their second son, Jeff, was born January 30, 1947. In 1948, the family moved to Bridgeport. Jim, with a degree in electrical engineering, worked at the Public Utility District No. 1. The family also owned and operated a clothing store in Bridgeport and lived in an apartment above the store. Jim later went to work for the US Army Corps of Engineers at Chief Joseph Dam. Pat and Jim’s third and fourth sons, Jim Jr. and Mike, were born in 1954 and 1955. In 1959, the family moved to Tokyo, Japan, where Jim, Sr. continued working for the Army Corps of Engineers. In another work-related move, in 1965, Jim and Pat and their two younger sons moved to Tirrenia, Italy, for three years. Their next stop was Tucson. Following Jim’s retirement in 1986, Jim and Pat returned to Bridgeport, where they had retained property, including an apple orchard. They lived in Bridgeport, until 1998, when Jim’s health required a home closer to medical care. They moved to East Wenatchee, WA. Jim passed away in December of 2000. For the next almost 22 years Pat lived on her own. She had many friends, played bridge and golf, and kept active correspondence with her far away friends, including one friend in Japan with whom she kept in touch for over 50 years. She also hosted, entertained, and visited her children and grandchildren in New Mexico, New York, and Seattle. Pat’s mother, Daisy, died at age 84, in 1963, and her father, Dave, at age 96 in 1975. Pat’s sister, Jane, died in 2012. Her youngest son, Michael, died in 1977, and her eldest son, Robert, died in 2005. Despite the loss of loved ones, Pat never lost her keen sense of humor and enjoyment of friends and family. Pat leaves behind two sons; five grandsons; two great-grandsons; and two great-granddaughters, one of whom was born after Pat’s passing. Though Pat was thrilled to know a new great-grandchild was coming.

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Patricia Allstrum Livingston

April 22, 1921 - April 13, 2022