Patricia (Maynes) Kerns

Patricia (Maynes) Kerns   Pat passed away at the age of 83 at Brighten Gardens Assisted Living in Northville.  She is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Robert Kerns.    Pat was a graduate of Gwinn Michigan High School.  She moved to Detroit to attend the Henry Ford Hospital Nursing School and Wayne State University.  She became an RN and worked at Henry Ford Hospital and later as a public health nurse in Detroit.  Later, she obtained Master Degrees in Math and Education from U of M.  She taught high school math in Allen Park and later in Bloomfield Hills.  Pat changed careers again in her forties and became a nursing instructor at Henry Ford Community College where she worked until retirement.   Pat and Bob spent their retirement years mainly in Northville MI but also enjoyed Camp (their cottage on Big Shag Lake near Gwinn), and later a summer house they built in Sugar Springs near Gladwin MI.  Pat was an avid reader, a seamstress, and enjoyed traveling.  She was very active even as she aged and would walk the halls of Brighton  Gardens after she became too frail to take daily outdoor walks.   Pat was an amazing, loving woman who had many good friends and was loved and endeared by many people over the years.   Relatives and friends knew that they could count on her for love and support.  She will be missed by many.  She is survived by her 3 children, Jim (Becky) Kerns, Tom (Mary) Kerns, and Jennifer (Tom) Prescott.  Pat has 7 grandchildren; Betsy (Jack) McCann, Rachel Kerns, Bill Kerns, Tricia Kerns, Robert Prescott, Andrew Prescott, and Edward Prescott.  We will all miss her.   Visitation will be Thursday March 4 from 5:00 to 8:00pm and from 10:00 to noon Friday followed by the funeral at Casterline in Northville. She will be interred at Glen Eden Cemetery in a double crypt with her husband Bob.  They will be placed head to head.

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