Patsy R. McCleery was an American nurse and author. She wrote fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults.
Background
Patsy R. McCleery was born on November 21, 1925, in Mead, Oklahoma, United States. She was a daughter of Irving M. Patterson and Ottis Patterson (maiden name Blackwell).
Patsy had a brother named Guy Wayne, and three sisters Glenda L. Reamer, Jacqueline Lynde, and Sue Skinner.
Education
Patsy R. McCleery finished Portales Municipal school, New Mexico, in 1944. Then, she was trained at Breckenridge Hospital as a nurse and attended the University of Texas in Austin and Eastern New Mexico University.
Patsy R. McCleery took an active part in a Texas writers group. She authored three books for children and young adults, including ‘The Turtle Lady’, the first one published in 1988.
Achievements
Patsy R. McCleery’s debut book, ‘The Turtle Lady’, was marked by an award in the non-fiction category.
Patsy R. McCleery married Bobby Gene McCleery on July 29, 1947, in Austin, Texas. The family produced four children, two sons named Michael B., Timothy W., and two daughters Marsha G. Rochester and Merill Kay Brunner.