Patricia Koyen Dymock was born Sept. 2, 1929, during a snowstorm in Metropolis, Nevada, to Wesley and Eva Hyde Koyen.
Soon after, the stock market crash of 1929, signaled the Great Depression. Having been raised during this era of financial hardship, Patricia was always frugal and financially cautious. “You always need a cushion,” she would advise.
As a child, she lived in the Nevada towns of Alamo, Crystal Springs, and then Tempiute, where her father operated a mine. The family also spent time in Manti and Duchesne. She graduated from high school at age 16, and earned a teaching degree from Brigham Young University in 1950. She held a variety of jobs to support her education: picking beans, a turkey plant in Moroni, various drug stores and diners, the BYU stadium lunch counter, Wally’s Flower Shop in Salt Lake City, and A&W as a carhop.
While Patricia was in college, younger sister, Elsie, lived with her in Provo to attend high school.
She began her teaching career at St. John Elementary in Rush Valley. It was a one-room school where she taught first through fourth grades, a total of 30 children. She later taught school at Stockton Elementary, Vernon Elementary, and Central Elementary, all in Tooele County.
While teaching in Rush Valley, she met and married Jay M. Sagers in March 1951. Together they had eight children. They divorced in 1974. She married Calvin Wilson, and they later divorced.
She married John “Aggie” Dymock in 1988. They enjoyed traveling the world together. They visited every European country, every one of the U.S. states, all the world continents, and all the provinces in Canada except Manitoba. They went on 18 cruises, and visited the Panama Canal, the Amazon River, and the furthest north point of North America in Alaska. Countries visited include China, Vietnam, Russia, Thailand, Japan, Australia, New Guinea, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Malta, Kenya, and South Africa. They were inseparable until John passed away in 2019.
She was always kind to her parents and siblings, Robert, Elsie, and Norman. She was well-known in Tooele County. Almost any time she went into a supermarket or restaurant, she would find someone she knew to chat with.
She is survived by children Matthew (Janice) Sagers, Valerie (Kim) Phillips, Nate (Truth Ann) Sagers, Halcyon Keller, and Travis Sagers; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Wesley and Eva Koyen, Robert Koyen, Elsie Ahlstrom, and Norman Koyen; and daughters Christi Nash, Laurel Ann Sagers, and MelLeni Faye Sagers.
A visitation will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, from 10 to 10:30 a.m., at Tate Mortuary in Tooele. A graveside service will be held at St. John Cemetery in Rush Valley following the viewing at 11 a.m.