Patricia I. Nansen was born February 12, 1946 in Wichita, Kansas, to Robert Nansen and Dorothy Dalton. She retired from the Kansas Department of Labor after 28 years of service in 2004. Survivors include daughter, Michelle Wendt of Wichita; son, Michael Mansker of Wichita; sisters, Penny L. Gustafson of Winfield, Kansas, Brandy Fakier of Irvine, CA; brothers, Ray Nansen of Wichita, and Roger Moore of Emporia, Kansas. Patricia is preceded in death by infant son, Michael Ray Pruitt; mother Dorothy Dalton and grandparents Emmett and Frances Dalton.