Patricia Lizarraga Garcia, known affectionately as Pat, grew up in Sierra Vista, Arizona with her parents Maria Gloria Lizarraga and Roman Peralta Lizarraga and three sisters Maria, Lillian, and (Gloria) Yolanda.
Pat attended school at Buena High School and later went on to attend the Universities of Arizona and Utah for her degree in medicine. At the U of A, Pat went on to meet the love of her life, Roberto P. Garcia, and they married in 1982. They spent a short time in Wichita, Kansas, where Roberto finished his residency and they welcomed their first child, Erik Garcia, a year later. The couple moved back to Yuma, Arizona, where they opened their practice, and welcomed two more sons, Victor, and Marcus Garcia.
Pat is preceded in death by her father Roman Lizarraga and is survived by her beloved husband and children along with her mother, Gloria Lizarraga, sisters Maria (Cha Cha) McBride, Lillian Vazquez, and (Gloria) Yolanda Klinicki, and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers please feel free to send a donation to the ARC of Arizona.
