August 18, 2008

Patricia 'Pat' Neale Robertson

     Patricia “Pat” Neale Robertson, 79, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care facility on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
     She was born in Glendale, Calif., on Aug. 15, 1928 to Lester and Mearl Neale. She graduated from high school in California and went to college in Utah.
     She met and married Mel Robertson. They lived in Cook, Wash. and Hood River and settled in The Dalles, where Patty worked as a medical transcriber for many years. She had an eye for color and enjoyed using her talent in the garden, and while sewing and quilting.
     She is survived by her children, Karin Waterman of Pegram, Tenn. and Richard Waterman of The Dalles; her three grandchildren, Kathryn Waterman and Margret Waterman of California; and Rebecca Waterman of Ohio; and her very close friends, Heinz Muller of Hood River; Michael Dalton of Hood River; Cheryl Boothe of Arizona; and Teresa Albert-Waterman of The Dalles.
     She chose to donate her body to Oregon Health Science University to help the medical profession. No formal funeral services will be held at this time.      Arrangments are in the care of Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home.