Patricia “Pat” Ann Carman, 67, of Burlington, Iowa died at 5:02 p.m.  Monday, February 12, 2007, at Great River Medical Center.

            Born March 16, 1939 in Burlington, she was the daughter of Louis and Virginia Springsteen Coen.  On May 28, 1960 she married Glen Carman in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Burlington.

            Mrs. Carman was a 1957 graduate of St. Paul’s Catholic High School.  She worked in production at Sylvania and then was a clerk in the Des Moines County Court House before her children were born.  She was a homemaker and mother and as her children grew older, she worked as a kindergarten aid at St. Paul’s Catholic School.

            She was a member of SS Mary and Patrick Catholic Church.  She enjoyed visiting with friends and family, playing cards, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.

            Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Glen Carman of Burlington; three daughters, Jane (Jeff) Loxterkamp of Hampden, Maine, Mary (Robert) Tobin of Solon, Iowa and Susan (Christopher) Goble of New Windsor, Illinois; one son, Mark (Suzie) Carman of Burlington; seven grandchildren, Tony Connelly, Angela (Eric) Beardsley, Emily Carman, Lizzy Loxterkamp, Thomas Tobin, Nicholas Tobin and Ellie Goble; two great grandchildren, Kelsie Beardsley and Parker Beardsley; her parents, Louis and Virginia Coen of Burlington; two brothers, Robert (Goldie) Coen of Burlington and Tom Coen of Clatskanie, Oregon; one sister, Judy (Jim) Abrisz of Houston, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.