Esther Kagak-Patterson

Esther Kagak-Patterson, age 18, of Ridgeway, Ohio passed away Wednesday evening, January 30, 2019.

Esther was born in Anchorage, Alaska September 25, 2000.  She attended Ridgemont High School and was a member of the band and the track team.  Esther had many hands throughout the school and community trying to help her along her path to mental health, she just could not complete the journey.

Esther is survived by her parents, Jeffrey and Donna (Zimmerman) Patterson of Ridgeway; nine siblings:  Cody, Wade, Nicole, Katie, Tyrese, Joeb, Jebadiah, Clayton, and Joshua Patterson; her maternal grandmother, Ruth (Schrader) Zimmerman of Belle Center, Ohio and her biological family in Alaska.  Esther was preceded in death by her grandfather Donald Zimmerman.

A memorial service will be held Monday, February 4, 2019, at 6 P.M. at the Ridgemont-Ridgeway Building in Ridgeway, Ohio.

The family was assisted with the arrangements by the staff of the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Bellefontaine.

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