Patty was born Jan 3,1951 in Montgomery Alabama to Henry Hillary Duke and Ruby Beatrice Lewis. She went to her eternal home on Sept. 19, 2015. She was preceded in death by her father, Henry Duke, and a sister Rita Dale Gilbrath. When Patty was two years old her family moved to Alaska. Over the next 18 years she would live in Missouri, Washington, Alabama, Oregon, and then back to Spokane, Washington to graduate from Shadle Park High School in 1969. Patty then attended Columbia Christian College in Portland, Oregon for a year and transferred to Harding Christian College to graduate in 1975 with a degree in Home Economics. After graduating Patty moved back to Portland Oregon, to teach at Colombia Christian Academy for several years. This would be where she met Randy Nickell whom she married July 8, 1978. Together they had 3 children, Bethany Mae Lemmel, Neil Alan Nickell, and Sarah Anne Nickell. In 1998 they came to Texas where they also had 3 grandchildren, Shawn David Franklin, Andrea Justine Lemmel, and Tyler Kane Lemmel. She is also survived by her mother Ruby B. Duke, 3 brothers, Mickey D. Duke, his wife and 2 daughters. Dwight Duke, Duane Duke, and a sister, Brenda Marie Fuller and her husband Michael N, Fuller their 3 boys. She also leaves behind Laura Taylor Nickell wife of Neil Nickell and Chris Lemmel former son-in-law, along with multiple nieces' and nephews'. And lastly she leaves behind countless other children of which she always treated as her own and welcomed into her heart and home. While living in Washington, Patty was a stay at home mom who volunteered for almost every thing that involved her children, School PTA, Room Mother, Camp Fire Girls, FFA, and church. She maintained that involvement when they moved to Texas and came to Saturn Road. Eventually Patty received a teaching certificate from Region 10, and taught several years at Wylie ISD and also worked as a substitute here in Garland. Following her teaching stint she worked at several retail places. Her love of animals then drew her back in and at her death she was employed as an assistant Manager at Pet Supermarket. Patty was loved and cherished by all she came in contact with. Her kind heart and faith gave her the ability to "Kill 'em with kindness.' Her Faith in God never wavering no matter what trial she endured. She will forever be remembered as a true woman of the Lord. "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. Proverbs 31: 29-31