Pamela Jean Staten

October 8, 1957 - June 10, 2020

Pamela Jean Staten born October 8, 1957, died June 10, 2020. Pam is survived by her spouse, Robert Staten and her brother, Stephen (Elizabeth) Searl. Also, her niece, Brittany Connor Feaster (Robert) Brittanys’children: Teresa, Emily, Kyshaun, Kiersten, and Ayden. And many other relatives throughout Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas and California. Pam and Robert lived with Mary, her mother, for many years, taking care of her needs. Mary Searl died in a nursing home on November 23, 2019. Robert Staten is currently in a nursing home in Logan, Ohio. Pam was not in good health; a few years prior she had fought off necrotizing fasciitis. Although she won that battle, she never fully recovered from the problems that remained due to the disease. She developed another infection in her legs and had a toe amputated in March. She was very depressed over the recent death of her mother as well as her own health crisis; for a while it was hard to tell if she wanted to continue living. In April, Pam was taken to Mt. Carmel East again. This time, they amputated half of her foot. While in the hospital, they discovered that she also had developed congestive heart failure. After her release from the hospital, the doctors sent her to a New Albany Rehabilitation Center; where she learned to walk and to take care of herself. This not only helped her learn to adjust to a different way of life, but also helped her outlook on life change. She went home just about a week before she died. She was her old self again. Taking care of herself, watching her sugars and becoming much more positive about things. You could look at Pam and see the spirit was in her eyes again. We were so pleased to see this. It had been far too long since she had been this way. The day Pam died was a very hot and humid day. Pam had a lot of trouble breathing and actually got sick a couple of times. She fell asleep and didn’t wake up. That she died in her sleep, we are grateful; she didn’t have to fight for every breath. But that she died so soon has devastated her family and friends. Pam retired from the State of Ohio Title Department. She decided to continue working though at BSI, Bus Service Inc., a company that strove to treat all employees like family. Pam loved photography, butterflies, gardening, road trips and weekly dinners with Bobbie. She was looking forward to getting back into some of those things as soon as she was finally feeling better. Steve and Elizabeth were looking forward to going to Bingo again with her. Pam's funeral service will be Thursday, June 18th at 2:00pm at Forest Lawn Cemetery Chapel. Turn into Forest Lawn from E. Broad St. and continue straight back, you will run into the chapel. The service will be provided by Pastor Gary Nelson. Her ashes will be interred with her mother's just as she wanted.