Patricia Ann Steffen

FORDYCE — Patricia Ann Steffen, 77, Fordyce, died Jan. 28, 2022, at the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Feb. 3, at 10:30 a.m., at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Constance, with Rev Jim Keiter officiating.

Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5-8 p.m., with a Vigil Service at 7 p.m., at the church. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, at the church. The Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington, is assisting with the arrangements.

Pallbearers will be Scott Barnhouse, Brian McCaw, Darrin Bierle, Craig Brown, Joseph VanDriel, Joshua VanDriel, Mathew VanDriel and Tanner VanDriel.

Pat was born Nov. 13, 1944, in Yankton, S.D., to Arthur August and Darline Marie (Uhl) VanDriel. She grew up in the Lesterville, S.D., area and graduated from Scotland High School in 1962. Pat was married to Richard Mortensen for 12 years. In 1984, she received her accounting degree from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, and then owned and operated PAS Bookkeeping in Yankton until she retired in 2006. She also was the bookkeeper for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for several years. Pat and Cliff Steffen were married Dec. 27, 1984, in Yankton, and made their home on an acreage near Constance.

Pat was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Guild, Christian Mothers and the Cedar County Catholic School Blue Ribbon Committee.

She enjoyed reading, playing cards, tending to her flower garden and canning lots of vegetables. She and Cliff cooked for several CEC weekends. She especially enjoyed time spent with her family.

Pat is survived by her husband, Cliff, Fordyce; two sons, Jeffery and Christina Mortensen, Crofton, and Timothy and Rachel Mortensen, Oelwein, Iowa; a step son, Aaron and Lindsay Steffen, Emmetsburg, Iowa; a step daughter, Rachelle and Toby Tonderum, Emmetsburg, Iowa; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; five sisters, Judy and Richard Bierle, Lesterville S.D.; Doreen and Dale Schlechter, Scotland, S.D.; Mary and Jerry Nelson, Scotland, S.D.; Kathy and Carlos Reyes, San Antonio, Texas; Marcia and Richard Cuka, Rapid City, S.D.; four brothers, Michael and Tess VanDriel, Yankton, S.D.; Pete and Sharon VanDriel, Irene, S.D.; Jim and Renata VanDriel, Mitchell, S.D.; and Bill and Tina VanDriel, Lesterville, S.D.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Jean VanDriel; her parents; Richard Mortensen; and a great-grandson, Carson McCaw.