Patricia A. Stack

Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Patricia Ann Stack passed away on October 16, 2026. She was 88 years old, or as she liked to say, just about 90.

Born Patricia Ann Gansmiller on February 27, 1938, in Stryker, Ohio to Blake E. and Donelda M. Osborne Gansmiller, Patricia built a life rich with family, friendships, traditions, and food. She is lovingly remembered as being relentlessly positive, gentle, and kind.

Those who knew Patricia knew her as a loving and gentle soul, an animal lover, a devoted friend, and the heart of her family. Family was everything to her, and she found great joy in watching her children become parents, her grandchildren welcome children of their own, and each generation pursue their own passions. She freely expressed her love and there was never any question that her people were her greatest pride. She was our loving matriarch.

Patricia had a way of making people feel at home, most often by making sure they had something to eat. A visit to her house meant being offered just about everything in the refrigerator, whether you were hungry or not. And if you thought you had successfully declined enough food for one day, she might still offer you a bowl of cereal on your way to bed. Always. No one was going hungry on Patricia's watch.

Her kitchen was the setting for countless family traditions. Birthdays meant chicken tetrazzini and butterscotch pie. The holidays brought a seemingly endless assortment of cookies, sweets, and her famous fudge. Weekly visits to Wixey's Bakery were a beloved routine, with extra trips whenever family came to visit.

She also had a gift for making the world around her more beautiful. Her gardens were lovely and carefully tended, and she found joy in ceramics and sewing. These were more than hobbies; they were expressions of the care and creativity she brought to everyday life.

Some of the fondest memories were made in the simplest places: trips to Walbridge Park and the Toledo Zoo, summer afternoons spent porch sitting on Radcliffe, hobo dinners shared with neighbors, and bingo with the ladies. Patricia cherished her friendships, especially those she built over 18 years in Chauncey Point. She gave generously to her family and community, including ringing the Salvation Army bell during the Christmas season.

In so many ways, Patricia made life more loving and beautiful. She cultivated gardens, friendships, family traditions, and a home where there was always room for one more person and one more helping. Her legacy lives on in the handmade treasures cherished, recipes passed down, her rose bushes, the bearhugs remembered, love for animals, and the countless ways her family learned to care for one another by watching her.

Patricia was predeceased by her husband, Wilton; her brothers, Richard (Erma) and Norman (Margaret); nieces, Cindy Gansmiller Wade and Linda Brentlinger; and nephew, Norman L. Gansmiller.

She is survived by her children, William E. Beelman and his wife, Kathleen, and Rebecca "Becky" Gholden and her husband, Kurt, and stepson Wilton L. Stack and family of Tennessee; her grandchildren, Erica L. Beelman, Valerie J. Beelman, Chelsea R. Carson and her fiance, Andre, Kiefer T. Beelman and his wife, Ellaine, Jacob A. Cairl and his wife, Rachael, and Colleen R. Sewell; her great-grandchildren, Oron G. Beelman, Joseph D. Schrader, III, Alivia A.A. Schrader, Mila M. Matney, Aaliyah R. Matney, Cade B. Cairl, Reese A. Frye, and Noa B. Cairl; and by nieces and nephews Stephen (Julie) Gansmiller and Nancy (Ed) Howenstein.

Patricia's family will gather to celebrate her life on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at First Christian Church, 875 Haskins Road, Bowling Green, Ohio, where she was a member of the congregation. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 10:00 a.m. A private family service will follow at the cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family encourages you to share a meal with a loved one or donate to a charity of choice.