DOVER - Patricia Mary Zarkowski, aka Ms. Pat passed away on May 30, 2019 at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford.
Born in Lubbock, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Laura Alban White. She attended high school in Lubbock, Texas. She married Matthew Zarkowski in 1962.
In her younger years, she volunteered for the USO as a military wife. She enjoyed painting, crafts, cross stitching and crocheting. In her later years, she enjoyed bingo, and the times spent with her friends at the bagel shop. She was a regular at the gym and was an active member of Holy Cross Parish in Dover.
She took pride in being a homemaker and had worked at Leggetts in the Dover Mall for several years.
She was an avid Dallas Cowboys Fan even though her husband was an avid Philadelphia Eagles Fan. Most of all Ms. Pat enjoyed the times spent with her four grandchildren.
Besides her parents she was predeceased by her loving husband, Col. Matthew Zarkowski in 2005.
She will be greatly missed by her two sons, Edward Zarkowski and his husband Tony Viglione of Baltimore, Md. and John Zarkowski and his fiancée Ashley Johnson of Dover; along with her four grandchildren, Jaelyn, Hayden, Dylan and Darian.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton R.C. Church, 1200 Park Ave., Bensalem, Pa. where a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 a.m.
Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations in her memory to Delaware Hospice 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.
Arrangements are by Michael J. Ambruso Funeral Director, Inc., Dover. Condolences can be made via www.ambruso.com