Patricia Schmidt Jameson was born and raised in Rochester, NY. She was married to John Schmidt for thirty-seven years until he went home to be with the Lord in 1991. The couple have five children and seven grandchildren, plus one great granddaughter. Pat taught Sunday school for several years at the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, and also worked for eighteen years as bookkeeper for 3WG radio station. She lives with her son, John, in Henrietta, NY, a suburb of Rochester.