
Patricia Ann Taylor was born to Elva and Howard Taylor March 30, 1943 in Ogden Utah. She quietly passed away on January 4, 2025 from complications to AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia). Patricia was married to Roland (Moto) S. Tsukamoto in 1967 for 57 years, moved to Sunset, and had three daughters. Pat, as she was known to friends and family, grew up and attended Ogden High and graduated with a double bachelors from Weber State University to become a teacher. She spent most of her teaching career at Wahlquist Jr. High, where she retired in 2010. As a family, Pat and Moto loved to travel anywhere in their RV with their daughters such as Yellowstone, Bear Lake, and many campsites in Utah. Pat also enjoyed other things like reading, watching old game shows, playing slots and solitaire, MASH, and most recently Only Murders in the Building. In 2011, our dear mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She fought this miserable disease for 14 years with the compassionate and kind work of Dr. Stenitt. He was one of the few people our mother deeply respected and treasured. Pat had been healthy for a few months, then this last autumn when she took a fall on her shoulder and had a complete shoulder replacement at the age of 81. Shortly after healing from the shoulder replacement, Pat got diagnosed with AML on Dec 2, 2024. She fought it as bravely and hopeful as she had with all her other previous diagnoses, it was commendable. Patricia is survived by her husband of 57 years, Roland "Moto" Tsukamoto, two sisters, Deanna (Larry) Hales and Mary (David) Eames, her daughters, Megan (Sean) Hardman, Amy Tsukamoto (Kent Nabers), Molly (Travis) Soderquist, and her beloved grandkids, Tabor & Kaiyu Hardman, Kaitlyn Tsukamoto (Ryan Benz), Taylor Tsukamoto Fitzgerald, and Liam, Cora, and Thomas Soderquist. She is preceded in death by her parents, Howard (Ethel) Taylor and Elva Taylor and her sister, Sandy Taylor. The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the healthcare treatment at LDS Hospital and staff. Thank you to Atlas the Hospice team. But most importantly, we wanted to thank the Utah Cancer Specialist because in 2011, we got told our mom couldn't live more than 5 years with ovarian cancer and she surpassed that by leaps and our whole family thanks Dr. Stenitt in keeping our beautifully flawed mother on this earth for as long as she was. Our mother wished to be cremated, but there will be a family visitation on Saturday Jan 11, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Myers Mortuary in Roy, UT. She will later be buried at Ben Lomond Cemetery.
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