Patsy "Pat" Ann Hale Gum, 61, of Arkoma died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, in a Fort Smith hospital. She was born Jan. 25, 1940, in Peno Bottom, Okla., to Alfred and Frances Corbell Hale. She graduated from Tulsa Will Rogers High School. After graduating she met her husband, Gene L. Gum. They were married on June 26, 1958, in Tulsa. They both worked for Woolworth's in retail sales. After leaving Woolworth's Gene began working for Howard Brothers and Pat stayed home to raise their children. In the late 1980s Gene and Pat began working for K&B Drug Store in Metairie, La. In 1999 they retired to Arkoma. Pat loved reading, crocheting and watching old movies. She was an avid sports fan and loved to spend time with her children and grandchildren.
She was a Catholic.
Rosary service will be 7 p.m. today at Strode Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater, Okla. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Francis Catholic Church with the Rev. Bob Schlitt officiating. Burial will be at Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater.
She was preceded in death by her father, Alfred Hale; her stepfather, Troy Thompson; her mother-in-law, Rose Gum; and a son, Eugene Gum Jr.
She is survived by her husband, Gene; her mother, Frances Thompson of Arkoma; two daughters, Debbie Sellman and her husband Ennis of Alvin, Texas, and Tracey Robinson and her husband Michael of Tulsa; three sons, Brian and his wife Jeanie of Houma, Craig and his wife Luann of Memphis and Kevin and his wife Anna of Stillwater; and 10 grandchildren, Matthew, Patrick, Carly, Landry and Trevor Gum, Amanda and Ashley Sellman, Ennis Sellman III, Tina Smith and Henry Stephens.
Pallbearers will be Ennis Sellman II, Michael Robinson and Craig, Brian, Kevin and Matthew Gum.
