Patricia Ann Simon (Stewart) was born in Kansas City Missouri on November 11, 1936 to Kathryn and Eugene Stewart. By the time she was 5, she lived in Cicero, Illinois, with her parents. They lived in an apartment and she remembered the ladies in the building would pool their ration coupons to be able to bake a cake. She hated when, during the winter, her mom would dress her for school and push her dress down inside her leggings to keep her warmer. One day a neighbor told her mom "Patsy is on the corner crying." She was crying because her dress was getting wrinkled tucked down inside her leggings. She was 5.

During World War II, her dad worked in a paint factory in Illinois. The factory was commissioned to produce a paint that would be used for Army vehicles. GrandGene, her dad, created a color specifically for the Army.

Her grandfather, Grandpa Juhl, worked for the railroad in Kansas City. After they moved to Illinois, he would take her on the train to Kansas City to spend the summer with him and Grandma Juhl. After summer he would take her back to Chicago by train. She fondly remembered those summers with her grandparents, which influenced her to become the loving grandmother she later was.

Around 1948, her dad, contracted emphysema and the doctor recommended they move to Arizona for the drier climate. They settled in the Eloy area of Arizona. She told a story of her teenage years when her and her friends wanted to go to the movies but they didn't have any money. One of the friends' father had a cotton farm and he told them they could pick cotton to earn money for the movies. They picked all day and between the four of them, they didn't even have a full bag. They still went to the movies. As a teenager Patricia owned a convertible and drove it with the top down. She said they would find what change they could and if they found fifty cents, they could fill the convertible with gas. While in high school she worked at Davis Montham Air base as a helper to the short order cook.

She and John Simon met in 1955 and married in February 1956. Nine months later their son, Zane was born. They lived in Tucson where John worked for Wilford construction. As a family business, they stayed close to the Wilford family through the years. Because construction did not provide a steady income, Patricia persuaded John to find other employment. In 1957 John went to work at Kennecott Copper Company and they moved to Hayden. She spoke about their house not being level so cups left on the table would slide off.

In 1959 they bought their house in Kearny and moved in just a few months before they welcomed their daughter, Zondra, and became a family of four. Kearny at that time was just beginning to become a town and Patricia, John, and the kids were some of the first families to call it home.

Patricia's mother, Kathryn, worked in the cafeteria for Ray Unified Schools in Kearny. Patricia worked there as the baker; later, Kathryn became the manager. When she retired, Patricia became the manager and worked feeding Kearny's children for 38 years. Almost everyone in Kearny, at one point in time, knew who Patricia was, even if she couldn't remember all of their names.

She loved living in Kearny and made life long friendships. Her closest friends were MaryAnn Johnston, Dorothy "Dottie" Piggott and Lydia Jameson. Since Maryann, Dottie and Patricia were all only children, holidays were spent as a neighborhood and everyone felt like family.

When Patricia's first grandchild was born in 1980, everyone began calling her Granny. Between 1980 and 1987 Granny welcomed four grandchildren. During their childhoods, Granny spent her free time traveling to see her grandbabies no matter where they were. The most talked about memory for her Grandchildren and all their friends is from their highschool years. All of her grandchildren attended Arizona Lutheran Academy (ALA) in Laveen, Arizona which was two hours away from Kearny, Arizona. During those years they attended ALA all of her grandchildren were involved in sports. One of the fondest memories her grandchildren, their friends, and the coaches have is knowing that no matter where in the State a sporting event was Granny would be there with a 109 quart ice chest full of lunch meat, hamburger buns, chocolate chip cookies, fruit by the foot, and mini chocolate milks to feed the team, coaches, and any parents who could make it. Granny never missed an event and all the kids knew to find the big white Ford truck for food and snacks before they got on the bus. When her grandchildren grew up, moved away and started giving her great-grandchildren she spent her retirement years traveling the world to see them and help in any way she could.

Throughout her life, Granny always put those she loved most first, and in her last days she was surrounded by family and close friends who loved and cared for her as she transitioned to be with the Lord. Granny is predeceased by her husband John Simon, parents Kathryn and Eugene Stewart, her maternal grandparents Kate and Martin Juhl, her paternal grandparents William and Theresa Stewart, and her parents-in-law Charlie and Thelma Simon. She is survived by her children her adopted son Michael and his wife Alice Magallanez, Zane and his wife Sharon Simon, Zondra and her husband Robert Joling, her six grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren, 1 great-great grandson and her first great-great granddaughter due in a few months. Through the years Granny was selected by many other children to be their grandmother which she was more than happy to be. She lived her life loving and caring for all those that came into her orbit and will be greatly missed.