Patricia Ann Browning

Death has claimed the life of Mrs. Patricia Ann Browning of Chanute, KS, formerly of Annville, PA. Mrs. Browning was born Patricia Ann Matthew, on September 26, 1936, in Reading, PA, the oldest of six daughters to Dorothy Miller and Lee Roy Matthew. She spent her entire life in the Annville, PA area until April of this year when she moved to Chanute, KS, to live with her son and daughter-in-law because of poor health. Pat graduated from Johnstown High School in 1953 in Johnstown, PA. In the late 1950’s she married Walter “Sonny” Sweigart. In this union two sons were born, Neil Allen Sweigart and Allen Dale Sweigart. Walter and Pat divorced and she was married to Herb Browning, they too were divorced. Pat grew up in the Lutheran Church, but during her adulthood she joined the Zion Evangelical Church, where she was an active member and church treasurer. Pat spent most of her adult hood working at Warren shirt factory, as a seamstress and later at Keystone Clothing Manufacturing. After retiring, she worked doing cleaning on a part time basis. Pat enjoyed listening to and singing along with old time gospel music. Her favorite TV shows were western and good comedy. In her pastime, she loved baking cookies and banana nut bread for her grandchildren. She read her Bible daily and was steadfast in her beliefs. Mrs. Browning was preceded in death by her parents, both ex-husbands and one sister, Betty Moon. She leaves to mourn her passing four sisters, Edith Shipp, Jean Gingrich, Shirley Hickernell of the Lebanon, PA area and Helen Matthew of California, three granddaughters and their husbands, Kelly Ness, Amanda Hiffner, Ashli Daley, all of Lebanon, PA, area, two grandsons, Casey Allen Sweigart of Abline, Texas and Jamey Sweigart of Lebanon, PA, ten great grandchildren and numerous other family members and her church family. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, July 27th at 11AM at Zion Evangelical Congregational Church, 710 S. White Oak Street, Annville, PA 17003. There will be a viewing prior to the service from 10-11AM at the church. Burial will take place in South Annville Cemetery. Rev. Bryan K. Dever will be officiating the services.

Patricia Ann Browning

September 26, 1936 - July 18, 2017