CURRIE, Patricia June (Rose) : Patricia Currie, Patsy to most who knew her, was born in North Vermilion on August 27th 1943. Her Grandmother Louisa Lizotte (who was a midwife back then) delivered her. Her proud parents were Edna and Karl Rose. Mom says she gave everyone a big scare when she was born as they thought she was bleeding, until they discovered that she was born with red hair. Pat was born the 3rd of 7 children to Edna and Karl. In order they were: Charlie, Hilda, Patricia, Osborne, Allen, Donnie and David. Mom was predeceased by her mom and dad and siblings David and Hilda and her first born son Curtis. Patsy grew up on farms near North Vermilion and traveled to school in North Vermilion on a cart pulled by a team of horses until she was 12 years old. The family moved to Fort Vermilion and Patsy went to school until she finished grade nine. She began working part time, cooking at the convent, when she was 13. She also worked part time waitressing at Eke's café at the Fort and also worked at Steven's General Store. When Patricia turned seventeen, she moved to High Level and began cooking at the High Level Café. It was there, she met Don Jordan. They got married and started a family, their oldest son Doug was born in Fort Vermilion. Shortly afterwards they moved to Don's hometown of North Battleford, SK. Here they continued building their family with the birth of their second son Kevin. They moved back to High Level and added one final addition to the family with the birth of their daughter Donna-Lee. One final move landed them back in Battleford where Doug and Kevin finished their high school. Pat and Don divorced in 1982 and she continued raising the children on her own. She met and married John Currie in 1984 and became the step mom to three more children, Brandy, Brad, and Rhiannon. They resided in Paynton, SK for many years. Pat worked at the Safeway in North Battleford for 23 years. When the Safeway store closed, she finished her grade 12 and went to college. She got a home care aide certificate and worked as a home care aide and nursing assistant at different care facilities, where she truly enjoyed looking after the residents. Health problems forced her into retirement at 64 years of age. In 2007 when Doug and Laurie moved back to Lloydminster, Pat divorced John and moved in with the kids for a few years. She enjoyed watching her granddaughters grow up on a daily basis and she REALLY enjoyed teaching Laurie about gravy and stuffing. She valued her independence however and moved out on her own again in 2010. The kids grew up and scattered all over western Canada. Doug (Laurie) has an oilfield consulting business in Lloydminster, Kevin (Jacquie) is still a member of the RCMP after 23 years of service and Donna-Lee is a designer at the Calgary Herald. Brandy passed away a couple of years ago due to complications with her diabetes. Brad (Linda) is a Millwright in BC and Rhiannon has just about completed her education to become a nurse practitioner in BC. Patsy has two grandchildren, courtesy of Douglas; Lauren (Chad) Penner and Kori Jordan. She loved them both very much. She was very happy to have been at Lauren and Chad's wedding this past summer and actually gave 'er pretty good on the dance floor. Patricia loved so many things in life, fishing, camping, gardening and even Saskatoon berry picking at Mark and Laurie Binetruy's place north of town where "there were far fewer bears than up north." This had the added benefit of Pat being around three young girls laughing and running around. She loved visiting Laurie and the girls. Patricia had lots of stories of the North, fishing, and great times with friends and family. The list of people whose lives' Pat touched is long and impossible to put down on paper. Over the past year Pat had time to reminisce on her life. She was fairly happy with the way things turned out. Great kids, great grand kids. To quote Patsy, "Everything was awesome!" She was loved by everyone who knew her. She will be missed but she will never be forgotten. ____________________________________________________
