Department Sr. Vice President Patti Burge is a life member of the Alton Auxiliary 1014. She originally joined as a member in Kansas almost 45 years ago, but moved her membership to Missouri when she retired to live full time on a cattle farm. Patti joined on her Vietnam husband Clay, who passed away due to a complication of Agent Orange.
Patti spends her free time taking care of her black angus cattle and loving her 2 children, 5 grandchildren and 4 greatgrandchildren.