Edis "Pat" Arlene (Marcotte) Weeks

Edis “Pat” Arlene (Marcotte) Weeks of Hoxie, Kansas passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017 at the Salina Regional Health Center, at the age of 80. She was born on April 20, 1937 in Rural Gove County on a farm south of Winona, Kansas, to the late Benjamin T. and Edna (Meyer) Marcotte. Pat attended school in Winona graduating from Winona High School with the Class of 1955. On May 23, 1955 she married Marvin Cullens and raised a family of seven children. Her family was important to her, and she loved them dearly. On August 15, 1997, Pat and William “Bill” Weeks were married at the Sheridan County Courthouse. They made their home on Bill’s farm in Sheridan County, southeast of Hoxie. They spent twenty happy years together. Pat worked at the Sugar Beet Plant in Ruleton, Kansas in the lab, worked at the Good Samaritan nursing home in Goodland, Kansas as a Certified Nurse’s Aide, and was a homemaker. She enjoyed raising and riding horses, cooking, baking, gardening, canning, sewing, fishing and dancing. When her daughters were growing up she helped with the Prairie Dusters Riding Club, a club for young ladies. She always had horses and enjoyed sharing this passion with her children and grandchildren. Pat was a great cook and baker, and was especially famous for her excellent cinnamon rolls and fresh apple sauce bread. Her children remember coming home from delivering papers on cold snowy mornings, and she would have a pan of warm, fresh baked cinnamon rolls waiting for them. She also loved to dance to any kind of music. Pat and Bill especially enjoyed going to Bluegrass Festivals. Pat is survived by her husband, William “Bill” of the home; sons Kevin Cullens and spouse, Jim Laughlin of Phoenix, Arizona, and Gerald Cullens and wife Michelle of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland; daughters, Tonia “Toni” Griffin and husband Frank of Burlingame, Patricia “Trish” Wagner and husband Jerry of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, Sandra “Sandy” Cullens of Plano, Texas, and Yvonna “Vonnie” White and husband Tim of Sherman, Texas; step-sons Larry Weeks and wife Barbara of Victoria, Texas, Darrell Weeks of Newton, Dale Weeks and wife Sherry of St. Francis, and Richard Weeks of Garden City; brother Robert Floyd Marcotte of Lancaster, California; 36 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Benjamin T. and Edna (Meyer) Marcotte; son Marlin Jeff Cullens; brothers Kenneth and Glenn Marcotte; sisters Aileen Robertson, Ninette Karlin, Vivian LaGesse, and LaVonne Baxter; grandchildren Daniel Cochrane and Jacob Cullens; and great-grandchildren, Juliana McKee and Michael Weeks. A Celebration of Life Service is planned for Monday, October 9, 2017 at 10:30 A.M., at the Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home with a lunch to follow at the Hoxie United Methodist Church. A Private Family Inurnment will take place at a later date. Visitation will be Sunday, October 8, 2017 from 1:00 to 6:00 P.M. with a Vigil Service at 3:00 P.M. at the Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Hoxie United Methodist Church and may be sent to the Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie, Kansas 67740. Online condolences may be left at www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com Pat was a wonderful mother and wife. She loved her children and husband, Bill, dearly. She worked hard and enjoyed her home. She has reached her heavenly home where she hears her Lord say, “Well done, good and faithful servant”. At last she has received eternal rest with God in happiness, peace, and love.