Pamela M. Primak

Pamela M. Primak, 82, of Chandler, Arizona, went to be with our Father on August 8th, 2025. Pamela (Pam, Mom), was born on August 26, 1942 in Cromer, England. She grew up there and was raised by her great aunt and great uncle. Mom lived an incredible and vibrant life marked by her faith, admiration of her husband, Thomas Primak, and love of her Family and Friends.

Pam married her beloved husband and soul mate, Thomas Primak, in New York in January of 1963, beginning a marriage of 34 years. She traveled with him across the country while stationed at many different Air Force bases while supporting his 27-year military career. Tom passed away far too early at the early age of sixty-one. Before he passed, together they raised two sons, Anthony (Tony) and Louis, in Chandler, Arizona. You didn’t meet many people in Chandler who didn’t know Mom, and everyone that knew her was her friend and adored her.

Mom (Pam) was the quintessential Mom, and grandmother of five (Mimi Pam), taking care of everyone that came into her home or the halls of Chandler High School, where she worked as the receptionist for over two decades. She had a magnetic personality that drew people to her; she had no enemies. All of Anthony’s and Louis’ friends spent a lot of time at the Primak house on Tyson Street because they were always treated as one of her own. It was common for one of the boys’ buddies to be seated at the kitchen table eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner with the Primak Family, taking advantage of Mom’s incredible cooking skill – especially her famous English roast beef and Yorkshire pudding at the holidays.

Mom’s talents with crafts, painting, knitting, and ceramics were unmatched, and her creations decorated the Primak house and neighbors’ homes for decades. There are many children and relatives to this day that wear her knitted hats, mittens, gloves, and scarves and use her hand made blankets to keep warm on a chilly day. She knitted hats for newborns that were born at the local hospital and veterans that simply needed a hand. Her cheerfulness was accentuated by her lovely English accent, which everyone enjoyed.

Mom held a special place in all the Primak relatives’ hearts; she took joy in doing things for her entire Family. Her English Trifle was always a big hit as an after-dinner dessert at the Holidays for the relatives, and she was always having to chase Tom’s brother, Alex, out of her kitchen while she created her Holiday masterpiece. No one ever went home hungry after being at her house for a meal.

Mom was always involved with the boys’ sports teams at their Chandler schools, Pop Warner, and Little League; and nobody was surprised to see Mom when she was on a float in the Homecoming Parade down Arizona Avenue. She constantly donated her time to Little League baseball and Pop Warner football activities. And as late as last Christmas, she was still baking cookies for the local firefighters at several local fire stations.

Our Mother is and was a saint; and that’s why God called her to join him in Heaven.