Patricia "Pat" Sue Waller, 78 of Friona passed away December 30, 2019 in Amarillo. Viewing will be held Thursday, January 2, 2020 from 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the Ron Smiley Memorial Chapel of HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home with Celebration of Life Services scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 3, 2020 in the chapel with Rev. Gary Johnson, officiating. Burial following in the Holy Family Cemetery in Nazareth, Texas by HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home of Friona.

Pat was born November 1, 1941 in Weslaco, Texas to Clyde Lee and Nita Virginia Crooks Copeland. She later was a 1960 graduate of Dimmitt High School and attended West Texas State University where she majored in music and drama.

Pat started her family in 1964, but found time to continue her love for music, vocally and artistically as she continued to sing and paint. But she also continued her life of service as a teacher's aide and a case worker for Child Protective Services.

She is preceded in death by her parents and 1 sister-Carole Wilson.

Those to carry on her legacy include- 5 daughters-Lisa Neill and husband Mark, Jennifer Baize and husband Robin of Friona, Cara Speer and Enrique Ronelas of Carlsbad, New Mexico, Laura Brockman of Frisco, Texas  and Valerie Brockman and Brian Brogden of Amarillo, Texas 1 son-Nathan Brockman of Mountain View, Oklahoma, 2 sisters-Sandie Dolfini and husband Joe of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kathie Burris and husband Rick of Maumelle, Arkansas, grandchildren-Tyson Neill, Chase Speer, Corbin Neill, Lindsey Beyers, Andrew Diaz, Thomas Speer, Logan Inmon, McKinley Brockman and Seth Greene, great-grandchildren-Trapper, Archer and Weston Neill, Adan and Aubrey Diaz, Brynlee, Sophee , Lillee and Carson Beyers, Angelina and Jonathan Speer.