Patricia Jo Plummer Creer Obituary (1939

Patricia Jo Plummer Creer passed away surrounded by her family on December 26, 2017, from complications due to severe infections. Pat, as she was known, was born in Salt Lake City on October 9, 1939 to Blanche and Perry Plummer. She would be the eldest of seven children. Pat grew up in the small town of Ephraim, UT. Some of her favorite memories were of the summers her family spent up at the Great Basin Experiment Station where her father Perry was a botanist. The family stayed in a cabin now known as The Plummer House, and Pat never lost her desire to spend time there. Pat attended first Snow College and then Utah State University, where she met her husband. After her graduation, Patricia married Thomas LaSelle Creer on July 7, 1961, at the Experiment Station she loved. They were married until Thomas’s death on June 23, 2011. Her family always said they made it to 50 years, because for all intents and purposes, they did. After their marriage, Pat and Tom spent years moving to different states: Ohio, Wisconsin, and finally Florida, so Tom could obtain a PhD. During those years, Pat taught first through sixth grade. After their children Jennifer and Matthew were born in 1969 and 1971, Patricia stayed home to raise her family. The family lived in Denver and then Athens, Ohio. Pat and Tom retired to Provo, Utah, in 1996 to help care for Pat’s mother, Blanche Plummer. After Tom’s death in 2011, Pat moved to Kirksville, MO, to be close to her daughter Jennifer. She lived there until 2016 when Jennifer and her husband Darren moved with Pat back to Utah so Pat could be closer to her family. Pat lived in Ephraim, UT, at Golden Skyline Assisted Living, and then relocated to Draper, UT, to live at the Wentworth until her passing. Patricia loved art and traveled around the country to visit art museums and collect rare paintings. She also loved nature and spent as much time as she could outside. She inherited her father’s green thumb and always had as many plants as she could fill her home with. She and Tom were fortunate to be able to travel to South America, Holland, Italy, and France. She was devoted to her children and grandchildren, her parents, and her brothers and sisters. A lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her faith was always very important to her. Patricia is survived by her daughter Jennifer (Creer) and Darren Pinkerton, and grandchildren Sam, Christian and Thomas Hatala. She is also survived by her son Matt Creer and Heather Craven, and grandchildren Loren, Cassidy, and Devon Creer. Her surviving siblings are Ann (Plummer) and Lewis Miller, Scott and Anita Plummer, Susan (Plummer) and Robert Murdoch, Mark and Deborah Plummer, John and Sandy Plummer, and Burke and Lori Plummer. The family wants to thank all of them for their undying support to Patricia through her life, with a special thank you to Burke Plummer, upon whom Pat particularly relied. Patricia will have funeral services at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Utah. There will be a viewing from 1:00-1:50 p.m. prior to services. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.