Patricia Jane Wieck Shoemaker

Patricia Jane Wieck Shoemaker, 86, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Ocean Springs.

Mrs. Shoemaker was born in Muskegon, MI and later moved to the coast with her family. She attended elementary school at Fernwood Elementary and graduated from Biloxi High School in 1957 as Class Valedictorian. Mrs. Shoemaker was employed at D’Iberville High School as a cafeteria manager for many years. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping in her spare time. Mrs. Shoemaker enjoyed assisting and working with handicapped children in many activities including bowling, square dancing and summer camps. She was a longtime member of Temple Baptist Church in Biloxi.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Burton Shoemaker; her son, Randy B. Shoemaker; her parents, Wilson Lyle and Rose Beauchamp Wieck; her sisters, Joyce O’Dell, Cecile Bakker, Shirley Bakker and Louise Carron; and her brothers, Glen D. Wieck and Lyle Wieck.

Mrs. Shoemaker’s survivors include her son, Matthew (Dodie) Shoemaker; her sisters, Janet (Orey) Krohn and Connie Robbins; her brothers, Thomas (Sheila) Wieck and Jerry “Tuffy” (Janice) Wieck; and her grandson, Matthew Shoemaker, Jr.

The family would like to offer many thanks to the Gulfport Care Center, the Blake and especially Liz at Southern Magnolia Manor.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home on Howard Avenue in Biloxi. Friends may visit from 10:00 am until service time. Interment will follow at Biloxi City Cemetery.

Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Patricia Jane Wieck Shoemaker.