Patricia A Force

Patricia A. Force, age 59, of 55 Sherwood Dr., Montgomery, died at 9:50 a. m. Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 at the Evangelical Hospital in Lewisburg.

 Born in Bloomsburg on April 2, 1961, she was a daughter of Laura M. (Shultz) Hampton of Millville and the late Arthur E. Force, Jr. Her early life was spent in Hemlock Township and she attended Bloomsburg High School.

Patricia resided in Montgomery for three years and previously lived in Chattanooga, Tenn. for a number of years.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a son Peter Eugene Force, a sister Chrystal Rae Force and a brother Derl S. Hampton.

Patricia is survived by in addition to her mother, a daughter, Bobbie Jo Zamora of Tennessee, a son Shane Keller of Bloomsburg, a granddaughter that was being raised by Patricia, Nadia Byrd, a sister Peggy Sue Smedley, Liverpool, two brothers George A. Force and his wife Alma of Montgomery and Harry L. “Pepper” Smedley, and his wife Andrea of Bloomsburg and a number of nieces and nephews including Karissa Force, Jonathan Brassington, Samantha Smedley, Megan Smedley, Tanja Reynolds, Brett Reynolds and Nakitta Reynolds.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market Street, Bloomsburg with Rev. Gordon E. Smith, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Espy officiating. Friends may call from 2-3 p. m.