Tamara

As so many of you know, I lost my big sister (in-law) last Tuesday.  I wanted to post her obituary here.

On January 28, 2014, our beloved Tamara Jeanette Pfiester Pate, 42 years old, of Kerrville, passed away in Fredericksburg, Texas.  She was born in Key West, Florida to Carlos & Patricia Pfiester on August 23, 1971.  On June 3, 2000 she married Greg Alan Pate in Fredericksburg, Texas.  Together, they have three beautiful children, Cassie Ryan Pate (10 years), Colton John Pate (7 years) and Chloe Sage Pate (3 years).

Tamara graduated from Tivy High School in 1989.  After attending San Angelo State University she worked in several management positions.  For the last 10 years she has been employed by Starbucks, and served as the manager here in Kerrville.  Her vivacious energy and love of life will be remembered by all.  The passionate love that she had for her family was felt by everyone that she knew.  She was an adoring mother, loving wife and beloved sister and daughter.  Tamara lived her life to the fullest with enviable strength and joy, and with a love for others that surpassed understanding.  She touched and inspired the lives of all who knew her with her love for God, passion for her family, and her own brand of sarcastic, witty humor - a rare combination united beautifully in this strong, amazing, woman of God.  She leaves behind a legacy of love and warmth, leaving all of us endeavoring to love as big and as well as she so effortlessly did.

Tamara is survived by her husband, Greg Alan Pate; her children, Cassie Pate, Colton Pate and Chloe Pate; her brother Carl Pfiester and sisters Tiffany Pfiester Way and Ashley Pfiester Causey; her parents, Carlos Edwin Pfiester and Patricia Peters Pfiester, her great-grandmother, Irene Pearson as well as many cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at Calvary Temple Church on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 2 p.m.

Pallbearers will be Michael Peters, Marcus Bigott, Daniel Bigott, Bobby Pfiester, David Carpenter and Kevin Bernhard.

Memorials may be given to the Tamara Pfiester Pate Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo Bank in Kerrville, Texas.