Patricia A. Rafferty

Patricia Ann Rafferty, one of five children of Thomas Robert Rafferty and Mary McLaughlin Rafferty Wiseman, was born in Council Bluffs on March 17, 1964. Pat grew up in Malvern, Iowa where she graduated from the Malvern Community High School in 1982. Following school, Pat attended the College of St. Mary's in Omaha, Nebraska where she graduated with honors in 1986. Pat worked as a counselor at the Uta Halee Girls Village in Omaha and volunteered with Planned Parenthood. In 1988, Pat was hired as a part-time pregnancy counselor and discovered her degree in counseling and biology were a good fit at Planned Parenthood. She became a full time Health Care Assistant, a Center Manager, and in March of 1999 became the Billing Manager for Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs. Pat returned to school in 2003, and became a certified insurance billing coder and a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders. In 2003, Pat was nominated by her peers and later selected as the Employee of the Year. Pat loved her work, the opportunities it provided her, and her Planned Parenthood family.
Pat loved to read, crochet, sew, and travel. She enjoyed movies, games, and adored her niece and nephew, her friend's children and her role as "Aunt Pat." Pat died suddenly at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa on October 29, 2006 at the age of 42 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Her spirit and wish to help others was present even in death, as she joined the Iowa Donor Network in helping to save other lives. Patty was preceded in death by her father Robert Raffety, her infant brother Michael Rafferty, infant sister Betty Rafferty, and her step-father John Wiseman.
Patty is survived by her mother Mary Wiseman of Malvern; sisters Tracy Rafferty of Council Bluffs, Becky Rafferty of Malvern, and Teresa (Wiseman)Hertz and her husband K.E. and their children Jakob and Megan of Glenwood, IA; aunts and uncles; other relatives and many friends.