Patricia Mary Oban, 78, Sturgis, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital.

Visitation will be 8 a.m. until noon on Thursday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Rosary services will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday evening at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 1 p.m. Friday at St. Francis in Sturgis with Fr. Kerry Prendiville officiating. Burial will be at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora, CA, at a later date.

Patricia was born February 6, 1933 in Aberdeen, SD, to Walter and Ida (Cain) Davidson. She attended school at the Cathedral in Sioux Falls and also the School for the Deaf. She loved to roller skate and that is how she met Bud.

She married Bud Oban in Luverne, MN on September 6, 1949. The couple moved to California where Pat was employed assembling HAM radios. Pat and Bud owned and operated several businesses. Pat also worked as an aide at a preschool. In 1989 they moved to Sturgis. Pat loved to play Bingo and she was a lifetime member of the Sturgis VFW Auxiliary. At the time of her death she worked for the City of Deadwood. She was also a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church.

Survivors include her daughters, Debra "Tiny" Dauer, Sturgis, Brenda Varney, Oregon; son Rodney "Punk" Oban, Victorville, CA; half brother, Charlie Kaul, Wichita, KS; nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sons and three sisters.