Patricia Sullivan

Patricia Sullivan (formally Dziadosz) age 83, of Oconomowoc Wisconsin sadly left us on

March 26, 2024 following a brief illness. She was born on August 30, 1940 in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

She is survived by her loving children Jennifer O’Neil (Jon Wojciechowski), Jeff

Dziadosz (Catherine Kringer), and Ryan Dziadosz (Layla Kasha). Further survived by

her sister Kathy Hochschild. Along with many other nieces, nephews, and friends.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents Michael and Catherine Sullivan, her siblings

Mary Chanos, Eileen Mier, Thomas Sullivan, and Michael Sullivan.

Being born on the eve of World War II to a wise cracking, sarcastic Irish family shaped

our mom, Patricia for the rest of her life. As she once told my sister’s husband… “Don’t

call me mom, call me Pat.” We’ll call her Pat here.

Pat and her sister Kathy were largely inseparable for their entire lives. Maybe the fact

that the more social Pat literally dragged the much shyer Kathy along on adventures

had something to do with being inseparable.

She met Dennis Dziadosz in the late fifties, and were married right out of high school.

Shortly after they had two children Jennifer and Jeffrey, who were born in the early

sixties. The family moved from Milwaukee to Brookfield in the mid-seventies and Ryan

soon followed. Pat and Dennis were married 25 years. In the late eighties, Pat and

Ryan made the move to Oconomowoc.

In the mid-nineties with all her children out of the house and raised, Pat moved to

Phoenix, Arizona where she stayed for the next eighteen years. First moving in with her

older sister Eileen. She was affectionately known as Pat-Pat to our Arizona family and

developed a great friendship with “Cookie” and her family from New Jersey.

Pat later moved back to Oconomowoc to be near family where she remained until she

passed.

Pat was always very proud of her Irish heritage. She was a founding member of the

Shamrock Club and was an Irish step dancer in the sixties bringing all her children into

Irish Dancing. Jeff was out when they tried to make him wear a kilt, Jenni made it a few

years and Ryan lasted the longest for five years in the eighties. You could find Pat in

the crowd on a Milwaukee St. Patrick’s Day parade or trading memories with her family

at the “command post” at Irish Fest. She visited Ireland twice in the late eighties.

For a career, Pat was a master switchboard operator, a receptionist and did other HR

administrative work.

Pat was a fashionista and was always immaculately dressed and put together. Estee

Lauder sales have already slumped since her passing. In fact, many people have

remarked to the family how they remember Pat as always being so stylish.

In her later years Pat enjoyed true crime books, anything with the Royal family (we had

to update her on Kate’s condition in the hospital), and trash TV including “Love After

Lockup,” to which she always added “what could go wrong?” as her own personal

tagline. She was a fan of Coca-Cola (she didn’t drink coffee) and your alarm clock

growing up was the sound of Pat cracking open a Coke while applying her make up.

Pat was also a lifelong Catholic and liked to pray the Rosary.

Underneath the feisty demeanor, eye-rolling, and quips about your appearance, Pat did

have a true caring for people, especially her family. She was always a champion for the

underdog. Pat faced a lot of personal obstacles in her life, some entirely of her own

making, yet always soldiered on putting one foot in front of the other. She had a quiet

resilience that, looking back, is hard to ignore.

Unfortunately, poor health was one thing Pat could not beat, she passed at

Oconomowoc Memorial hospital surrounded by her three children, family, and sister

Kathy, whom she took along on one final adventure.

A visitation to honor Pat’s life will take place on Saturday, April 6 th , 2024, at Pagenkopf

Funeral Home (new location) at 2228 N. Silver Maple Lane, Oconomowoc, 53066 from

10:00am to 12:00pm with a short service to follow.