Patricia Ann "Patti" Hasting

Patricia Ann "Patti" Hasting was a union carpenter from Cincinnati, Ohio, remembered as one of the first women to break into the city's building trades. She died on October 15, 2026, in Cincinnati, ten days short of what would have been her 67th birthday.

Hasting was born on October 25, 1959, in Cincinnati. She came of age at a time when the building trades were almost entirely closed to women, and she became one of the first three women accepted into the Cincinnati Homebuilders program, a credential that opened the door to a career as a union carpenter. That training led to decades of skilled work, including a stint on the Cincinnati library, and later to finer finish carpentry and custom cabinet making focused on restoring and preserving historic homes around the city. Her path mattered because it helped widen a trade that had offered few openings to women of her generation, and because her craftsmanship left a physical mark on buildings that Cincinnatians still use every day.

Away from construction sites, Hasting also pursued a quieter creative outlet. She studied horticulture and worked as a floral designer for local florists, pairing the practical skill of a tradeswoman with an eye for beauty in plants and arrangements. Friends and family described her as a free spirit who filled her free time with physical adventure, including swimming, parasailing, motorcycle riding and camping. She was devoted to her dog, Gizmo, who was described in her obituary as her loyal companion.

Hasting is survived by her sister, Jennifer Leahy, her "bonus sister" Tammy Chapman, and a wide circle of nieces and nephews. Public reporting on her life so far consists of a funeral home obituary rather than news coverage, and it does not mention a spouse or children, so it appears she was unmarried and had no children of her own, though this has not been separately confirmed beyond the obituary's silence on the subject.

No cause of death has been made public. Her death was announced through an obituary published by Arlington Memorial Gardens Funeral Home and Crematory in Cincinnati, where services are being arranged. As with many private individuals who are not public figures, detailed information about her final illness or the circumstances of her death has not been released, and this page will be updated if further verified details become available.