Patricia Ann Dykoski

I was a colleague of Patti via our WESTONKA CROSS GRADE COMMITTEE Work! I respected Patti´s insights & opinions during our committee meetings. My most meaningful interaction with Patti ( post retirement) was at a gathering at Fort Snelling sponsored by our financial Planner & former Mound teacher BOB HADDORF! We shared a meal at that event & shared our personal family stories! That was my best, most meaningful interraction with Patti! I felt that I got to know her that day! Teaching in...

Mrs. Dykoski was one dynamic person who never seemed to exhaust her energy. And that smile of hers, a smile to light up the whole gymnasium and then some. What a terrific life; I only wish I had known her better. Rest in peace Mrs. Dykoski, and we will always remember you.

Patti walking up the steps to the Old City from the Garden of Gesthemene, in Jerusalem. Jesus walked on these very steps. Now she has finally met Him

Ms. D was the first female advocate I knew. I wasn´t a strong athlete, but I knew she supported me in whatever I was interested in. Her calm confidence, assuming females in leadership should be normal has impacted my life´s trajectory. In 1999/2000, I remember telling her a dream I had about rocking out pull-up after pull-up for Presidential Fitness Testing. We happened to be doing pull-ups that day. She cheered for me as I hung limply from the bar. She encouraged me that if I just bent my...

If we all get new bodies in heaven and there is no more sickness, decay, or entropy; Patti can truly be at rest. Because on Earth, few have worked harder or cared more about the health of Westonka students than Patti. Our high school thanks you for everything you did. If we do not get new bodies, Patti will have those Angels doing laps at the 7:30 am bell. Remembering you fondly, Jim Kaeter

I not only had the privilege to know Patti as a fellow teacher, but taught her children and now grandchildren. She was a force nature, and a person everyone could look up to.

Thank you Patti for your true friendship! Always caring, always honest, always true. I will forever cherish the good times we shared, kayaking, snowshoeing, traveling to the Holy Land, praying and growing in our faith together, and more. I love you, Robin