Patsye Boedeker Hardin

Patsye Boedeker Hardin, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, died suddenly on April 25th. She was born on June 5, 1930, in Dallas, to Mary Key and Allen Moss Boedeker. Growing up in Oak Cliff, she was an active member of First Presbyterian Church and completed her Associate Degree at Hockaday Junior College.

She worked for 26 years at Needlework Patio in Snider Plaza, developing lifelong friendships and cultivating an extraordinary talent in the needlework arts. In 1994, she and her daughter Julia opened their own shop, Key Stitches, where Patsye continued to share her talents and bubbly personality. She tirelessly helped her customers stitch Santa beards on countless Christmas stockings, choose and match yarn colors for hundreds of projects and taught many generations of families to needlepoint.

Her loving spirit, friendly personality and joy-inducing laughter made her fast friends and gave her lasting relationships.

Patsye was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Key Boedeker, Allen Moss Boedeker and Alpha Margaret Boedeker, sister Jacqueline Boedeker Madden and brother Allen Moss Boedeker, Jr.

She is survived by her son Tom (Toby) Hardin, grandson Zachary Hardin, granddaughter Melinda Wilkinson and husband Rob, their children, Connor and Harper; daughter Beverly Hardin Deichert and husband Kurt, their children Fritz and Jack; daughter Julia Hardin Snyder and husband Mickey; nephew Jack C. Madden and wife Georgie, their children Gena Madden Smith and Jack C. Madden, Jr.; nephew Jimmy Madden and wife Jan, their children Jay Madden and Jennifer Madden Schuck; and nephew Carl Boedeker.

The family would like to thank her loving caregivers at Monarch Pavilion Rehab Suites, where in just two short weeks, Patsye made a lasting impression on all who encountered her. Just a week prior to her passing, she beat all at the domino table on a Saturday afternoon!

A service to celebrate Patsye’s life will be held Monday, April 30, at 3:00 pm, in the chapel of Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home.