March 29, 2024

Patricia A. Tratchel

Jan. 27, 2017

Patricia “Patty” Anne Tratchel, 69, of Newton died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at Accura Healthcare of Newton East in Newton. A funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1115 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton. The family will greet friends from 10 to 10:25 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the church. Burial will be at the Newton Union Cemetery in Newton.

Memorials to Progress Industries or to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society may be left at the church on the morning of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Tratchel Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish Patty’s memory are her sister, Donna DeLong of Newton; nieces and nephews, Kelly (Doug) Sorenson of Newton, Tess (Mitch) Stein of Gahanna, Ohio, and Ben (Courtney) DeLong of West Des Moines; her great-nieces and nephews, Sebastian and Ryanne Sorenson, Sally and Rose Stein and Emersen DeLong; and many healthcare workers. She was preceded in death by her parents.

The Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton is handling the funeral arrangements.