Patricia Ann McDowell, 77, died on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at the Hospice of the Nature Coast in Lecanto, FL. She leaves behind her husband, William E. McDowell, Citrus Springs; her children, Cheryl Loeffler, Hesston,KS, Caroline Chrisco, Overland Park,KS, William McDowell,Jr., Jasper, MO and Thomas McDowell, Colorado Springs, CO; her brothers, Ivan Clark, Dayton, OH, Jim Clark, Manhatten, KS and Dennis Clark, Corpus Christi, TX; her fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
 
 
 She was born in Wichita, KS on October 7, 1938 to the late Selby Orel Clark and Bertha Thelma Phillipe. She lived in Puerto Rico for about seventeen years and moved to the Dunnellon area twenty five years ago from Somerset,NJ. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Circles and Meals on Wheels. Patricia enjoyed  gardening, decorating, baking, cooking, flying with her husband  on their plane to many places and raising her four children.  She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
 
 
 Memorial Contributions can be made in Mrs. McDowell's memory to the American Cancer Society Florida Division: 3709 W. Jetton Ave., Tampa, FL  33629