Extract from obituary for Pernetta Marie "Pat" Deemer (July 7, 1928 — August 30, 2024)
"Pernetta Marie “Pat” Deemer, 96, formerly of Hawthorn Woods, passed away peacefully at home in Lake Barrington, IL on August 30, 2024, with her daughter Dorothy holding her hand. Born to Casper and Erneste Cottrell on July 7, 1928, in Washington, DC, she grew up in Ithaca, NY. Pat married her high school sweetheart, the late Reed E. Deemer, enjoying 40 years of happy marriage while raising four children together."