(2 February 1957 - 1978) (divorced) 2 children
Jon C. Hookstratten (5 May 1958)
Ann Hookstratten (21 December 1960)
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April 1956 meets her future husband, Ed G. Hookstratten, while appearing on the Los Angeles stage in Kiss Me Kate / while filming Hollywood or Bust
Mid-December 1956 announces in Hollywood that she`s engaged to Edward Gregory Hookstratten, a University of California law student. She says they will be married in February in Palm Springs. Neither has been wed before.
2 February 1957 marries Hookstratten. Both are 24. He will become a renowned Beverly Hills attorney specializing in show business and sports personalities like Elvis Presley, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop and John McKay.
5 May 1958 her son, Jon C., is born in Los Angeles
21 December 1960 her daughter, Ann, is born in Los Angeles
66 the Hookstrattens reside in a four-bedroom house in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills
March 1966 the press tells that she has tranquility at home after bedlam on her "Please Don`t Eat the Daisies" NBC-TV show. "The Hookstrattens entertain at small dinner parties at least once a week. Frequently Ed joins Pat in the kitchen to turn out Mexican specialties, German dishes and rib roasts. Most of their friends are outside the show biz sphere."
February 1976 hailed one of Hollywood`s best dressed women. Her 17-year-old son is a junior golf champion at the family`s country club and her daughter, a 15-year-old tennis whiz. The Hookstrattens reside in a Beverly Hills Georgia mansion, professionally decorated in French country style.
April 1977 is maid of honor at producer Bob Evans` wedding to sports broadcaster Phyllis George in a private ceremony at his Beverly Hills estate. George is also a client of her husband.
1978 divorces Hookstratten