Annie Patch Obituary

Patch, Annie M. "Miss Ann" made her Transition, after a brief illness, peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. She was the only child of Olivia "Granno" Johnson-Mitchum and the late John Henry Hamer born on June 2, 1935 in Chicago, IL. She was retired from the Chicago Public School System having taught for 38 years. She also worked years ago for the C.T.A. and Chicago Park District. She graduated from Willard Elementary and DuSable High Schools. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Chicago Teachers College now known as Chicago State and her Masters in Math from Roosevelt University. She was a member of Rainbow P.U.S.H.'s Trade Bureau. Her entrepaneurial spirit lead to studying and purchasing real estate, being a restaurant owner, selling numerous products such as the African American Flag and most recently being an Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics. She was divorced from the late Manuel Patch. That union yielded four daughters, one who preceded her in death, Cynthia "Peaches" Patch-Bell. She is survived by her mother, Olivia "Granno" Johnson-Mitchum, three daughters, Dr. Olivia Patch-Stevenson (Charles Jr.), Guyletta Waller-Jones (Charles Jr.) and Atty. Sabrina Patch (Dr. E. Tony Teague), one half-brother, Kevin Hamer (Veronica), one cousin Ben Hughes (Rosalind), three grand-children, Edward Waller III, Barbara Parker-Harvey (Demetrius) and Charles Manuel Stevenson, three great-grand children, Tiana, Nyla and Donovan and other nieces, nephews, family and friends. Visitation Friday, February 9, 2007, 3 to 7 p.m., at AA Rayner & Sons Funeral Home 318 E. 71st St. Wake / Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday February 10, 2007. Interment Beverly Cemetery.