Tamara Jeanette Pfiester Pate

KERRVILLE On Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, our beloved Tamara Jeanette Pfiester Pate, 42 years old, of Kerrville, passed away in Fredericksburg, Texas. She was born in Key West, Fla., to Carlos and Patricia Pfiester on Aug. 23, 1971. On June 3, 2000, she married Greg Alan Pate in Fredericksburg, Texas. Together, they have three beautiful children, Cassie Ryan Pate (10 years), Colton John Pate (7 years) and Chloe Sage Pate (3 years). Tamara graduated from Tivy High School in 1989. After attending Angelo State University she worked in several management positions. For the last 10 years she had been employed by Starbucks and served as the manager here in Kerrville. Her vivacious energy and love of life will be remembered by all. The passionate love that she had for her family was felt by everyone that she knew. She was an adoring mother, loving wife and beloved sister and daughter. Tamara lived her life to the fullest with enviable strength and joy and with a love for others that surpassed understanding. She touched and inspired the lives of all who knew her with her love for God, passion for her family and her own brand of sarcastic, witty humor - a rare combination united beautifully in this strong, amazing, woman of God. She leaves behind a legacy of love and warmth, leaving all of us endeavoring to love as big and as well as she so effortlessly did. Tamara is survived by her husband, Greg Alan Pate; her children, Cassie Pate, Colton Pate and Chloe Pate; her brother, Carl Pfiester; sisters Tiffany Pfiester Way and Ashley Pfiester Causey; her parents, Carlos Edwin Pfiester and Patricia Peters Pfiester; her great-grandmother, Irene Pearson; as well as many cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Calvary Temple Church. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Michael Peters, Marcus Bigott, Daniel Bigott, Bobby Pfiester, David Carpenter and Kevin Bernhard. Memorials may be given to the Tamara Pfiester Pate Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo Bank in Kerrville, Texas. The family invites you to send condolences at grimesfuneralchapels.com by selecting the "Send Condolences" link. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.