Patricia "Pat" Lagerstrom

Patricia "Pat" Lagerstrom, age 76, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2024. Beloved wife of 54 years to Kenneth Lagerstrom. Loving mother of Jill (Peter Shoemaker) Lagerstrom and Kathleen Lagerstrom. Cherished grandmother of Erik Shoemaker. Dear cousin to many.
Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, Pat was the first in her family to graduate from college at North Park University in Chicago where she met her husband, Ken.
An avid scholar of literature and theater-goer, Pat was a valued member of many Chicago area book groups and continuing education classes at the Newberry Library and the Graham School of the University of Chicago. She could be found reading from her extensive book collection on the deck with the family dog (Blue).
With her husband Ken, she loved camping in Door County, going to Stratford, Ontario to see plays, and car trips to the East Coast to visit her family there and go to museums. Pat enjoyed joining her family for folk music get-togethers with the Plank Road Folk Music Society.
Pat's garden was one way she immersed herself in nature – she marveled at the Moon – and loved Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford.
Interment private.