Mountain Home News 22 Jun 2010

Patricia "Pat" Irene Freitas, 58 of Mountain Home, formerly of Boise, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010, at her home.

A viewing will be held from 10-10:45 a.m. and funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mountain Home Idaho Stake Center. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Pat was born on Aug. 18, 1951, in Klamath Falls, Ore., the daughter Charles and Barbara DeBolt. She was a graduate of Boise High School.

Pat married Joe Gowey in Boise. Joe was in the US Army and together they traveled around with the Army, living in Germany and several states within the United States. Pat and Joe later divorced.

Pat returned to Boise and married Michael Freitas in 1995 and they were sealed in the Boise Temple in 2002. She was employed with Circle K Corporation and the Chevron Company.

Pat enjoyed camping, being with her grandchildren, and collecting bells. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was a very loving person.

Pat is survived by her husband, Michael Freitas of Mountain Home, her son, Robert, and his wife, Shawn Gowey, of Mountain Home, her daughter, Rena Gowey of Caldwell, her brother, Roger DeBolt of Boise, her sisters, Rena of, Boise and Mary and Nancy, both of Tacoma, Wash., 14 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.