Patricia A. McCormack, 89, of Rock Island, died Monday, February 15, 2021 at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.  Per her wishes, her body was donated to the University of Iowa College of Medicine.  There will be a celebration of life gathering from 5-7 pm Friday, July 23, 2021 at the Quad City Botanical Center, Rock Island.  Memories and stories may be shared while enjoying hot and cold hors d'oeuvres.  Memorials may be made in care of the Quad City Botanical Center.  Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, is assisting the family.

Patricia wanted her memory to be considered an, "After Glow."

I'd like the memory of me

To be a happy one.

I'd like to leave an after-glow

Of smiles when life is done.

I'd like to leave an echo,

Whispering softly down the ways.

Of happy times and laughing times

And bright and sunny days.

I'd like the tears of those who grieve,

To dry before the sun.

Of happy memories that I leave

When life is done.

Patricia was born in Rock Island, Ill. on August 9, 1931, a daughter of Fredric E. and Moneta Peterson Tamme.  She graduated from Rock Island High School in 1949.  She graduated from St. Luke's School of Nursing, Davenport, September of 1952.

Pat married John W. "Red" McCormack on September 4, 1952 at The Little Brown Church in the Vale, Nashua, Iowa.  He preceded her in death on January 31, 2009.

Pat worked as an R.N. for two years at St. Luke's Hospital and twenty-two years at Moline Lutheran Hospital, retiring in 1976.

She was a charter member of Saukenuk Chapter, The Questers, was one of five Rock Island Horticultural Club members who founded the Rock Island Conservatory Foundation which became The Quad City Botanical Center Foundation, where she served as President for four years and she also served on the Botanical Center Board for 15 years.  Pat graduated from the Master Gardeners Program under the auspices of the University of Illinois.

Those left to cherish her memory include her sons, Bruce McCormack, Tennessee, Ill. and Wayne (Mary) McCormack, Scottsdale, Ariz.; grandson, David (Courtney) McCormack, Gilbert, Ariz.; and great-grandson, Cade McCormack.

Online condolences, memories and expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.com

Quad City Botanical Center
2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island IL 61201
Tel: 1-309-794-0991
Web: https://www.qcgardens.com/#/