Patricia T. Espinoza

Patricia Zotigh Espinoza, 78 of Anadarko was called home by her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born November 15, 1933 to Stephen Hall and Inez (Amaunkomo) Zotigh in Hobart, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Riverside Indian School with the class of 1951. She attended Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma and received her Associate Degree in Business Administration from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. She was united in marriage to Frank J. Espinoza in 1956 in Wichita, KS, from this union was born eight wonderful children. Frank preceded her in death on January 12, 1989. Pat was secretary at the Arts and Crafts Store in Anadarko. She worked as a Information Consultant and was Hostess for the Indian Hall of Fame in Anadarko and was Secretary for the American Indian Exposition in Anadarko for more than ten years. Her greatest love was for the Lord and her family. She was always willing to lend a helping hand to others. She was proud to be a Christian and active member of Grace Christian Fellowship Church and proud to be Native American and a member of the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She is survived by, four sons, George Espinoza of Ciudad del Carmen Campeche, Mexico, Gene Espinoza of Wichita, KS, Frank John Espinoza Jr and Phillip Espinoza of Anadarko, OK, three daughters, Myrna Espinoza of Anadarko, OK, Freda Keahbone of Lawton, OK, Leanna Balbuena of Chickasha, OK, thirty two grandchildren, twenty eight great grandchildren, one great great grandson, one brother, Ralph Zotigh of Albuquerque, New Mexico, one sister, Yolanda Guoladdle of Hobart, OK, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, Stephen and Inez Zotigh, her husband, Frank Espinoza, and an infant son, Daniel Gene Espinoza. Prayer service will be at 7:00 P.M., Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Anadarko. A Celebration of Life will be 1:00 P. M., Friday, March 23, 2012 at Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Anadarko, with Rev. Ted Mercer and Rev. Willie Jack Doyeto officiating, burial will follow in Memory Lane Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home in Anadarko, OK.

Patricia T. Espinoza

November 15, 1933 - March 21, 2012

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