Wrangell, Alaska
Roppel and her husband originally lived in Ketchikan, Alaska. They moved to Sitka, Alaska, in 1983, and to Wrangell, Alaska, in 1992. Patricia Roppel died from cancer in Bellevue, Washington, on January 6, 2015, at the age of 76. She was survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Frank Roppel, and their two children, John and Cindy.