Patricia Kaye "Pat" Tucker Turner Obituary (1945

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Patricia Kaye "Pat" Tucker Turner Mrs. Patricia Kaye "Pat" Tucker Turner, age 72, of Hanover, Indiana entered this life on April 12, 1945 in Madison, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Glenn W. "Dempsey" Sr. and Kathryn Louise Young Tucker. She was raised in Madison and was a 1963 graduate of Madison High School. On April 2, 1965 Pat would marry her sweetheart since her sophomore year in high school, Avon Leon Turner at the Hanover Baptist Church. This happy union of 52 years was blessed with a son, Jon Dirk and a daughter, Cynthia Gale. After she had her children raised and in school, Pat went back to school to become a Registered Nurse through Ivy Tech. She had worked several years for Reliance in Madison. After becoming a Registered Nurse, she served at Scott Memorial Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital in Charlestown, on two South at King's Daughters' Hospital, and retired from Madison State Hospital after 17 years of service. Pat helped her husband, Leon to found the Hanover Independent Baptist Church and they pastored it for eleven and a half years. In 1994 she and Leon founded, Medical Missions for Christ. This resulted in several mission trips to Guam, the Carolina Islands, and the Micronesian Islands. She had served as a missionary nurse with Dr. Joy Angel on several overseas mission trips. Currently she was serving with her husband at the Bible Baptist Temple at Lancaster for the past nine years. She enjoyed serving in the Ladies Mission Circle at her church as well. She loved her animals, enjoyed arranging flowers, decorating, shopping, watching basketball games, watching romance and hallmark channels on TV, always enjoyed the holidays, and her children and grandchildren were the highlight of her life. Pat was a kind Christian woman who enjoyed giving and helping others. Pat died on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at 8:36 p.m. at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Click Here for Tribute or Funeral Service Video A LOVING FAMILY Pat will be missed by her loving husband of 52 years, Pastor Leon Turner of Hanover, Indiana; her loving son, Jon Dirk Turner and his wife, Elaina of Hanover, Indiana; her loving daughter, Cynthia Gale Turner Upchurch and her husband, Todd of Shelbyville, Kentucky; her adoring grandchildren, Zane Turner (Gabrielle), Trey Turner and Ezra Leon Carpenter; her step grandchildren, Hannah Duke (Adam), Michaela Upchurch, Mary Wardrup (Avery), Daniel Upchurch, Isaac Upchurch, Gracie Upchurch, Molly Upchurch, Katie Guignet, Kylie Shields and Lief Estes; her step great grandchildren, Adam Lee Duke and Levi Duke; her sister, Kathy Jo Brown of Zephyr Hills, Florida; her brothers, Glenn W. Tucker, Jr. of North Vernon, Indiana, Dennis Michael Tucker of Canaan, Indiana, Jerry Lynn Tucker of Madison, Indiana; her brother in law, Edward Wayne Ward of Madison, Indiana; her sister in law, Phyllis Jean O'Connell and her husband, Clair of Columbus, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Glenn W. "Dempsey" Tucker, Sr. died July 31, 2009, her mother, Kathryn Louise Young Tucker, died October 25, 2005, her brothers, Gary Lee Tucker, died July 2, 1951 and James Lee Tucker, died September 26, 2007, her sister, JoAnn Ward, died August 1, 2016, her brother in law, Mike Brown, her sister in law, Deanna Turner, her father in law and mother in law, Ivan and Juanita Lauderbaugh Turner. CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY Home going services will be conducted Sunday, October 8, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., by Pastor Joel Almaroad at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Saturday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Bible Baptist Temple Church. Cards are available at the funeral home. Online condolences, www.morgan-nay.com