Lila J. Patterson

Funeral services for long-time Rawlins resident Lila J. Patterson will be held on Friday, March 24, 2023,

at Casada Funeral Home in Rawlins at 11 a.m.

Lila passed away on March 12, 2023. She was born in Mills, Wyoming on Nov. 15, 1928, to Manfred and

Opal Nordwall. She joined older sisters Valearia and Pearl, and the family would later expand to include

brothers Raymond, Joe, Bobby, and another sister Betty.

Lila spent much of her childhood on the island of Aruba, Dutch West Indies, where her father was

employed as a pipe fitter, then foreman, at Standard Oil Company.

Lila thoroughly enjoyed i...

 

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