Patricia (Patsy) Ann Farthing Bango, was born January 11, 1937, in an old farmhouse in Zionville, North Carolina. She came into the world with the assistance of her aunt, and second mother, Iva Lee Wilson; leaving the world 88 years later in the same home on February 3rd, 2025, holding the hand of the man she loved and was married to for 63 years, Peter Paul Bango. This was the man she met dancing at a ballroom in Cleveland Ohio, which was a very popular venue in 1960's. They danced well together, and May turned to December; he was home from the Army on leave for the Christmas weekend, and their families planned a quick wedding for them. They made a great couple of people.

They loved to travel and went on to build a life together and had two kids, Dana Leah Bango, and Jon Paul Bango (Laura). She is survived by them and her grandchildren Grace Bango, Chloe Bango, Ian Bango and Adena Bango. Patsy was present at all their births and was an amazing mother figure to them all. Patient, kind and generous with her time, she was the rock we all relied upon. She is also survived by numerous Farthing, Eaton and Proffitt nieces and nephews, her sister Wanda Lou Eaton and her best friend growing up, Jeannette Lawrence. Her parents, William Dana and Pearl Elizabeth (Greer) Farthing, and Iva Lee (Greer) and Thomas L. Wilson, brother Willis Glen Farthing and wife Mary, sister Barbara Sue Proffitt and husband Lee, and brother-in-law Robert Eaton, all preceded her in death.

Patsy attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church growing up, where she was baptized, and graduated in 1955 from Cove Creek High School. She attended Knoxville Business School and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, like many family members and friends from the community. She worked at Clark Control when she met Paul. Years later she retired from the Hoover Company. She made strong roots in Cleveland and when her and Paul retired, they moved back to the Zionville farm. She really missed Cleveland friends, family and city sidewalks. She loved to take walks, was a voracious reader and always had music on in the house.

Patsy was a lifelong Christian who knew grace and acceptance her whole life. Not without trials, her life was blessed in so many ways. She was one of the first girls to wear pants to school, where her principal called her in and asked her why such a lovely girl would want to dress like that? She persevered, laughed it off, and did it her own way. After that all the girls wore pants. She volunteered at her children's school in the library and made her house a place of fun and relaxation for all the neighborhood kids who gathered to play. She was loving and had that wicked Greer wit. Although friends with everyone, she was also very self-sufficient, even to the end, where she kept trying to get out of bed once a day even when she had no strength left. She never knew a stranger and opened her home and heart to all. She had the gift of Saint Francis and loved all creatures great and small. She was a beacon of love and will be truly missed.

Funeral services will be held Friday February 7th at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel, Boone N.C. Visitation at 12 pm with service at 1 pm followed by graveside ceremony.

In lieu of flowers, please give your time and money to help local projects, including but not limited to Mabel School, Medi Home Hospice, The Council on Aging and the Watauga Humane Society.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.