Patricia A. Fleming, 77, of Idyllwild, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.

She was born Patricia A. Smith April 11, 1941, in Georgetown, Kentucky.

She was retired from B.F. Goodrich as an aircraft assembler.

Patricia volunteered for the U.S. Forest Service’s mounted patrol. She was a founder of the color guard The Blazing Saddles.

She is survived by daughter Kimberly Smith; three grandaughters and three grandsons; and eleven great-grandchildren.

Friends are invited to celebrate her life at her long-time Idyllwild home from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11.

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