VanderZanden, Patricia Jean

Other Events:

• Religious Vows: Abt Sep 1964; Dominican Mission Sister
• Obituary: 5 Aug 2012; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Religious Vows:
On August 15, 1962, she entered the Dominican Mission Sisters convent. Completing her postulancy and novitiate training in Chicago, she made temporary vows in September 1964, and took the name Sister Mary Loreta. Patricia was assigned to St George's College in Santiago, Chile, where she taught second grade. She left the convent in March 1966.

Obituary:
Patricia Jean (Vander Zanden) Techlin, a trusting child of God, was taken home to heaven on Saturday, August 4, 2012 after 74 years of grace on this earth. Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend will be sorely missed. The Lord greatly blessed us through her. We look forward to the day we see her again, in glory, and thank God for this promise to her and to us.
She was born May 1, 1938 at home on Railroad Street in Kimberly, the daughter of Martin and Marie (Van Beek) Vander Zanden Sr. On May 3, 1938 she was baptized at Holy Name Catholic Church in Kimberly. She had her first communion at Holy Angels in Darboy and was confirmed in sixth grade at St. Dennis in Shiocton. Patricia graduated from Shiocton High School in 1956. On August 15, 1962, she entered the Dominican Mission Sisters convent. Completing her postulancy and novitiate training in Chicago, she made temporary vows in September 1964, and took the name Sister Mary Loreta. Patricia was assigned to St George's College in Santiago, Chile, where she taught second grade. She left the convent in March 1966.
On July 13, 1968 Patricia married Frederick H Techlin Sr. at St. Paul Catholic Church in Combined Locks. She had a sensational relationship with the husband she didn't think she'd ever find.
Her husband's song to her:
"Walk through this world with me - go where I go. Share all your dreams with me - for I love you so. All of us search and some of us find. I looked for you a long, long time. And now that I've found you - new horizons I see. Come take my hand and walk through this world with me."
Her song to her husband:
"Where you go - I will go. Where you stay - I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God."
On Palm Sunday, 1969, she joined St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS), and was humbly grateful to the Holy Spirit for opening her mind and heart to the truth.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. (Isaiah 55:8).
Pat and Fred spent 44 years together on their farm in Freedom. Patricia was a stay-at-home mom and very happy with how her children developed and grew in God's grace, picked special and beautiful women for their wives, and provided grandchildren who were very, very loved. She worked at Lakeview Mill in Neenah, as a missionary in South America, a secretary in the Appleton City Hall and at Aid Association for Lutherans (Thrivent). She enjoyed sewing, quilting, crafts, writing, and her precious grandchildren.
Pat always wanted to tell others about the love of Jesus and His gift of salvation.
For "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." (Romans 3:23-24).
Patricia is survived by: her husband, Frederick H Techlin Sr., of Freedom; her children, Frederick H. "Rick" Techlin Jr., Freedom, Michael E (Cindy) Techlin, De Pere, and Jonathan M (Jennifer) Techlin, Kaukauna; and her grandchildren, William, Eric, Anna and Lucy. She is further survived by: her sisters, Ann (Boniface) Kempen, Hollandtown, Mary (Harvey) Fenske, Fremont; brothers, Martin (Vivian) Vander Zanden Jr., Leesburg FL, John Vander Zanden, Florida, Raymond (Joyce) Vander Zanden, Channahon IL, Kenneth (Luanne) Vander Zanden, Little Chute, Dr. Robert (Barbara) Vander Zanden, Travelers Rest NC, Eugene (Joan) Vander Zanden, Kaukauna, Donald (Linda) Vander Zanden, Kaukauna, Thomas (Carla) Vander Zanden, Appleton, Richard (Kathy) Vander Zanden, Darboy; her sister-in-law, Sherry Vander Zanden, St Petersburg FL; and a chosen sister, Debbie (Gary) McGlin, Black Creek. She is also further survived by her husband's family: sister-in-law, Janet (Ted) Daelke, Appleton; and brothers-in-law, Carl (Betty Ann) Techlin, Appleton, and Ivan Drews, Appleton.
Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Larry Vander Zanden; her sister Nell (Donald) Reis; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Vander Zanden and Joan Drews; and her father and mother-in-law, Edwin and Leona (Harm) Techlin.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, N3505 Highway 47, in the Town of Center, with the Rev. Jeffery Suhr officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery following the services. Friends and family may call at the funeral home on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, and again on Wednesday, from 9:00am until the time of services, at the church.
"May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." (2 Corinthians 13:14).
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent from August 5 to August 6, 2012

Patricia married Techlin, Frederick H. (son of Techlin, Edwin Johann and Harm, Leona) [Group Sheet]

Michael married VanHandel, Cindy Lee (daughter of VanHandel, James R. and VanGroll, Judy) [Group Sheet]