Patricia L. "Pat" Kluetzman, age 95, died on Monday, July 15, 2024 at Hillside Manor, Beaver Dam. She was born on July 12, 1929 in Argonne the daughter of John and Pearl (Albrecht) Emerson. Pat was married to Milton Kluetzman on March 12, 1948 in Argonne and together raised six children on the family farm. She was employed as an aid at Columbus Community Hospital for many years and was a school bus driver for 23 years. Pat also worked at canning companies in Columbus and Sun Prairie. Her extensive traveling with her husband included Las Vegas, Hawaii and Australia to attend their former AFS student Allison Micallef Webb's wedding. She was a lifelong member of the Columbus United Methodist Church.

Pat and Milt also enjoyed square dancing especially in the many area summer parades. She drove a lot of the girls athletic teams to their games and loved watching them play.  She was also an avid Packer, Bucks, and Brewer fan and could name most of the players by their number. She loved reading and sometimes went through several books a week working her Word Search puzzles in between.

Survivors include her three daughters Karen (Bill) Hamilton of Columbus, Kerri Kluetzman of Albany, NY; and Kris of Minnesota; three sons Bill (special friend Ginger Malone) Kluetzman of Columbus, Robert (Judy) Kluetzman of Watertown, Michael Kluetzman of Sun Prairie; nine grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Milton; two sisters Ethelyn McCorkle and Verna Snow; one brother James Emerson; daughter-in-law Judy K. Kluetzman and one great granddaughter Ashley Hamilton.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday July 30 at 12 o'clock with visitation beginning at 11 o'clock at the COLUMBUS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Columbus with Rev Sang Wook Park officiating with a lunch served at the Columbus Country Club following.

Memorials may be directed to the Columbus United Methodist Church, Friends of the Columbus Public Library or the charity of one's choice.

The family would like to thank the many nurses at Hillside Manor, Monarch Hall, for the wonderful care of mom over the last seven years.

We encourage you to share your online condolences with Pat's family at jensenfuneralandcremation.com.