After a long hard fight against renal cancer, Patricia (Pat) Rose Boos, 84, of Severance, KS, passed on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at her home surrounded by family.

Pat was born at Sisters Hospital in St. Joseph, MO, on September 26, 1932, to Frank and Mary Teresinski Derks. She grew up in St. Joseph, where she was a graduation of the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School.

At the age of 14, she started working with her Dad at Shay & Derks Live Stock Commission Company and worked there until she started her family. She was a member of the Kansas State Nursing Board for 8 years, on the school board for 8 years, and was also a Watershed Board member.

She attended church at St. Vincent’s Catholic Church in Severance until it closed and then was a lifetime member of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Bendena.

She married Donald Joseph Boos, on July 11, 1953, at St. James Catholic Church in St. Joseph and lived on Boos Farms the rest of her life. Don passed away March 29, 2001, after 48 years of marriage. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter Kim Boos Anderson, and son-in-law Bill Spinks.

Survivors include her children: Cindy Miles of Olathe, KS, Debby (Dave) Harrington of Overland Park, KS, Donnie (Mary) Boos of Severance, Jim (Robbin) Boos of Ellisville, MO, and Steve (Kim) Boos of Severance; 14 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is her sister Rita Brown of Port Lucie, FL; brother in law Clarence (Bud) Boos, sister in law Pat Boos, of Denton; sister in law Jay Hamilton of Topeka; with many nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church at Bendena, at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 1, with Father Francis Bakyor officiating. Interment will follow at the Church Cemetery.

A Parish Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Friday, June 30, at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland. Family will receive friends following the rosary until 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to NEK Hospice, the American Cancer Society, or St. Benedict’s Women’s Council, which may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 33, Highland 66035.

A special message may be sent to the family at www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com