Patti Putnicki

Patti Ann Putnicki was born on June 20, 1959 and died on November 25, 2023 after a six-year battle with lung cancer.

At her core, Patti was a writer who passionately loved what she did.  She was a storyteller with a true fascination with the human condition, and a believer that everyone had a story to tell.

She was also a self-admitted, extremely late bloomer.

In her early years, Patti was the class nerd, the smart girl, with few, if any social skills, a bad cowlick, a self-deprecating sense of humor and an extreme shyness that she most definitely overcorrected later in life. As an adult, she  went from “no eye contact whatsoever”  to “never met a stranger,”  evidenced by her ability to learn the life story of every waiter, grocery store checker and, frankly, any human being who happened to be standing within 20 feet of her line of sight.

During her late 30s-early 40s, she really came into her own, ditching Corporate America to start her freelance writing business, and finally realizing that her uniqueness was her superpower. Patti was still very much a nerd, but, by then, she proudly owned it.  Her one regret in life was that she didn’t appreciate the value of being a unicorn earlier on. Lesson learned.

Although Patti never found the man of her dreams, she was one of the happiest single people on earth—amassing the most amazing, most diverse, interesting array of friends that anyone could hope for. They were her hand-chosen, extended family, and the source of so much love, joy and laughter in her life. (The latter of which was often fueled by wine, bad golf, bad decisions, or some combination of the three.)

Her blood relatives weren’t too shabby either, even though most left the earth a long time ago. However, her fabulous Texas cousins, Bill and Sunnie, Thad, Melanie, Sarah and Miranda; along with those pie-loving cadre of cousins in Conneaut, Ohio, proved through their actions and abundant love that quality beats quantity every time.

A funeral service honoring the life of Patti Putnicki will be held on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 2700 W. Spring Creek Pkwy. in Plano, with Patti’s favorite priest and friend, Father Bruce Bradley as celebrant.  If you wish to view the mass via webcast, please visit: https://youtube.com/live/ZH4RAAGIH6I?feature=share

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Lung Association, https://action.lung.org/ , Metrocrest Social Services, https://metrocrestservices.org/ , St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, https://setonparish.org/faithdirect-information , read a book, thank a journalist, or simply do a good deed in her honor.