Patricia “Patty” Thompson Meyers of Wimberley, Texas, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family at 8:15 p.m. on August 29, 2021, at the age of 90. A funeral mass will be said at St. Mary Catholic Church in Wimberley, Texas, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 16, 2021, and is available for all family and friends. A funeral luncheon will follow in the St. Mary Parish Activity building.
Patty was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on January 28, 1931, to Richard and Leona (Mailander) Thompson. Living all of her childhood in Atlantic, Iowa, she was successful in academics, school activities, and enjoyed being a “big sister” to her siblings, MaryAnn, and “Willie” Thompson. After graduating from Atlantic High School in 1948, she attended Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska), earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1952, and began her nursing career at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
After returning to Atlantic for a Mother’s Day visit in 1953, Patty was reintroduced to Gaylord “Whitey” Meyers in a jewelry store where his brother (Larry) worked. On May 29, 1954, she married the love of her life, “Whitey”, at her childhood church (St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church) in Atlantic, Iowa.
