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SUTTMANN -- Patricia Justice Suttman. May 13, 2004 at 3:17 p.m. left this world to join her deceased husband, Major Aloysius Thomas Suttmann ("Sutt") and our beloved Master. "Sutt" was a member of the New Mexico 200th Coast Artillery, a survivor of the Bataan Death March and a Japanese POW. Patti was his sacred widow. Patti was born in Dayton, Ohio, November 19, 1926. She and Sutt graduated from the University of Dayton in 1948. She is survived by her loving daughter, Patricia Aileen Suttmann of Albuquerque; her son and his wife, Clement Charles Suttmann and Holly Eve; their children, Logan Nicholas, Noah Christopher, and Christy Mara of Leland Michigan; her cousin, Reverend Robert Shields of Yakima, Washington; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Doll of Oldenburg, Indiana; and many nieces and nephews. Patti was a devout Irish Roman Catholic, serving as an exemplary example of how to be a full, loving and giving being. For most of her existence she defied the odds. She was the role model for how to live an optimistic and happy life. She was a member of the St. Mary's Quilters group and the Cactus Quilters in New Mexico. A Memorial Mass will be held May 28, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. in Albuquerque at her parish the Church of the Risen Savior on Wyoming Avenue, and her funeral service will be held in Oldenburg, Indiana August 6, 2004 at Holy Family Church, after which she will be interred with her husband at Oldenburg Cemetery. Please, in lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to Dismas House, Albuquerque, Presbyterian Hospice, Albuquerque, or Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity, Bronx, New York.
        Published on: Fri May 21, 2004