Patricia Gesie Holten age 60, of Harpers Ferry, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died peacefully, Saturday evening, August 10, 2019 at her home following an extended illness.

Funeral Services will be held 11:00 Friday morning, August 16, 2019 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 7 Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be shared with her family by clicking on the " Guestbook " tab located to the left.

Surviving is her  husband,  Carl Holten,  her mother Claire Gesie of Monticello, a sister, Tina (Tom) Haag, Monticello, 3 brothers, Rick (Julie) Gesie, Waterloo, Mick (Chris) Gesie, Solon, Rob (Diane) Gesie, Monticello her step-children, Bethany (Conner O'Leary) Holten, Jessica and Megan Mohnson, 12 grandchildren and in-laws, Arlan (Squeak) (Michelle) Holton, Susie (Tim Kappmeyer) Holton, Paula Beltz and Joe . She was preceded in death by her father Robert (Dewey) and her sister Jennie and mother and father-in-law Al and Kate Holten.

Patricia Diane Gesie was born October 12, 1958, at the John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Robert D. and Claire O'Rourke, Gesie.  Patty graduated from the Monticello Community Schools with the Class of 1977.  She then went to work at Merchants National Bank in Cedar Rapids and later worked for Al Wells Construction.  She returned to banking working for US Bank in Cedar Rapids. After moving to Harpers Ferry in 2013 she worked for the Kerndt Brothers Bank in Harpers Ferry. Patty loved to plan parties and events for family and friends.  She met her husband to be Carl at a Hawkeye Party she planned at Miquel's.  The couple married June 17, 2016 at Riverside Gardens in Monticello.

Patty was a volunteer for the March of Dimes and help plan and organize the M.N.B.  Bike Race in Cedar Rapids for many years.  In Harpers Ferry she organized several card tournaments at the Spillway Bar.  She was always up for having a Hawkeye Party, anytime and anywhere, for any game.  She also enjoyed crossword and jig-saw puzzles, was an avid Young and the Restless, NCIS and JAG fan.