Patricia Ann Tomkinson entered eternal rest on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, in Snowflake. A visitation will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 5, with the funeral immediately following at 3 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lakeside Chapel. Interment will be at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery in Taylor. She was born June 27, 1940, to Alice and James Hartman. As a child, she moved often across the United States due to her father’s job. Patricia met William Tomkinson while her father was located in Rosamond, Calif. She married her lifelong sweetheart on Aug. 22, 1959, at Langley Air Force Base, Va. They had three children while residing in California. In 1977, they moved to Show Low. Together they were owners of the Westerner and Kiva motels. Patricia was a very loving mother and wife. She joined the LDS church in 1972. She had a strong testimony of its truthfulness. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, William L. Tomkinson; her children, Mary Alice (Tomkinson) and Jay Hunt, William L. Tomkinson Jr. and Ruth and James Clark and Joann (Henry) Tomkinson; her grandchildren, Sherida Slade, Bethany Palmateer, Ami Garcia, Joseph Tomkinson, Charity De la Cruz, Jamie Diane, Emily Durham, Alexis Williamson, Stacey Williams, Ashley Marshall, Felicia Tomkinson, Amber Tomkinson, Lillian Topscher, Bridgett Reese, Jaide Maennche, Jessah Hunt and Jefferson Hunt; and 41 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a grandson, James Tomkinson. Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor was in charge of the arrangements.
