Joliet [Illinois] Evening Herald-News 4/29/1936, p. 1 DEATH CLAIMS AGED RESIDENT Mrs. Harriet A. Patterson, 82, Succumbs to Heart Ailment Native of Joliet [Illinois] -------- Mrs. Harriet A. Patterson, one of Joliet's oldest and most prominent natives, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in her home, 116 Campbell Street, the same site where she was born 82 years ago last Nov. 19. Mrs. Patterson had been in poor health for some time, but was taken seriously ill with heart trouble only last Thursday. The last of a pioneer family of five [sic] children, Mrs. Patterson was well-known in Joliet. She was active in Christ Episcopel church, in the Silent Workers circle, and in the Women's club. For a number of years she belonged to the Eastern Star. Parents Were Early Settlers Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strickland, the parents of Mrs. Patterson, came from England in the 1830's. Harriet was married to James W. Patterson, Oct. 18, 1875. Mr. Patterson died Jan. 29, 1929. Surviving Mrs. Patterson are three sons: Henry of Casper, Wyoming, Lester and Eugene of Joliet; two daughters, Mrs. Edna Tabor and Mrs. Hattie Lawrence of Joliet, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body was taken from the Sonntag funeral home to the home, 116 Campbell street, where services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Joseph S. Minnis officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst cemetery.