Patricia Lee “Cho Cho” Crenshaw, 84, of Fairburn, Georgia, passed away Thursday, October 31st, at Salina Regional Health Center, in Salina, Kansas.

Patricia was born in Herington, Kansas on September 13, 1940, to Juanita (Morris) and Charles Brown.

After graduating from Herington High School, she had a career as a respiratory therapist.

In 1984, Patricia married Maurice Crenshaw in Tuskegee, Alabama. They spent many happy years together before his passing in 2017.

Patricia was a devout Christian with a passion for teaching and helping anybody she met with the Word of God. There was never a person she met that she didn’t think she could love.

Survivors include her three sons, Richard Gardenhire (Mary), Kevin Gardenhire (Sandra), Aaron Gardenhire (Nina); brothers, Carl Brown (DeeDee), Dennis Brown (Dariel), Curtis Brown; and sister, Vernessa Hogan.

She is also survived by her grandchildren, Galen Gardenhire (Amber), Rachel Gardenhire, Jessica Gardenhire, Nikita Sims; great grandchildren, Jordan Gardenhire, Zoë Gardenhire, Lake Gardenhire; and numerous nieces and nephews whom she loved and cherished dearly.

She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Charles Brown Jr., Wardell Brown; and two sisters, Juanita Rodriguez, and Charlene Guillot.

Cremation has been chosen and no services are planned at this time.