Patricia Jo Clark

Patricia Jo Clark, age 70, passed away on September 1st, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. Patty Jo was born on July 21st, 1956 to Edna Light (Jones) and Dennis Fox in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. She lived her early years in Winn, Michigan, with her parents and five siblings: Marsha Box, Pamela James, Denise Darling, David Fox, and Brian Fox. Tucson had been her home for more than thirty years.

Patty led an adventurous life filled with art, love, and compassion for others. She was a veteran who worked for the Pentagon, and she was an artist who loved painting wildlife such as bears and wolves. Once upon a time, she performed onstage as a drag king, making her the third drag performer in her generation.

On October 25th of 2019, she became certified as a Chaplain through the International Fellowship of Chaplains, with a focus on volunteering her time to other unsheltered veterans. She was passionate about the needs of veterans in our country and always approached them with kindness, empathy, and an open mind.

Patty was very open about her lesbian identity and was an advocate for people with HIV and AIDS. She talked about the queer and disabled pieces of her identity with pride and humor, and was a role model to the queer youth in her family.

Patty deserved better from the world, and her family hopes to keep her memory alive through advocacy for unhoused veterans, people with complex disabilities, and adults healing from childhood trauma.

Patty is survived by her sisters, Denise Darling and Marsha Box, and many nieces and nephews. She is now and forever safe in the arms of angels: her dad, Dennis; her younger brothers, David and Brian; her big sister, Pam; and her mom, Edna.