Joseph D. Patch
Private funeral services will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) for Maj. Gen. Joseph Dorst Patch (U. S. A. Ret.), 80, of 2801 Ocean Drive, who died late last night at his home. The Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, will officiate at services. Burial, with military honors will be in Seaside Memorial Park under direction of Cage-Mills Funeral Home. A career Army man, Gen. Patch was author of several books on military history: "Concentration of Gen. Zachary Taylor's Army at Corpus Christi, Texas," published in 1962. "The Battle of Bladensburt," in 1963; "Bloody Shiloh," in 1964; "Hannibal, 249-183 B.C.," in 1965, and "A Soldier's War," about the First Division in World War I, in 1966. Gen. Patch had been a member of the First Division. Born in Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., the son of an Army officer, Gen. Patch entered the Army in 1911 as a second lieutenant and was sent to this area and the Rio Grande Valley during the Pancho Villa raids, serving under Gen. John J. Pershing. In 1917, he went overseas with the first Army troops, which became part of the First Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at Soissons in 1918, and received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in the battle. He was promoted to captain during World War I and served as brigadier general and major general during World War II. He retired in 1945. Survivors are his wife, the former Minerva King of Kingsville, granddaughter of the founder of the King Ranch and sister of Richard King of Corpus Christi, and two sons, Lt. Col. William A. Patch of Leesburg, Va., who returned this summer from a tour of duty in Viet Nam and is now stationed at the Pentagon, and Joseph D. Patch, Jr., an artist living in Washington, D.C. Cage-Mills Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to a favorite charity.
CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, Tuesday, 11/22/1966, 7-B
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Father: Alexander M. Patch
Mother: Annie Moore
Brother of Alexander M. Patch
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Private funeral services will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) for Maj. Gen. Joseph Dorst Patch (U. S. A. Ret.), 80, of 2801 Ocean Drive, who died late last night at his home. The Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, will officiate at services. Burial, with military honors will be in Seaside Memorial Park under direction of Cage-Mills Funeral Home. A career Army man, Gen. Patch was author of several books on military history: "Concentration of Gen. Zachary Taylor's Army at Corpus Christi, Texas," published in 1962. "The Battle of Bladensburt," in 1963; "Bloody Shiloh," in 1964; "Hannibal, 249-183 B.C.," in 1965, and "A Soldier's War," about the First Division in World War I, in 1966. Gen. Patch had been a member of the First Division. Born in Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., the son of an Army officer, Gen. Patch entered the Army in 1911 as a second lieutenant and was sent to this area and the Rio Grande Valley during the Pancho Villa raids, serving under Gen. John J. Pershing. In 1917, he went overseas with the first Army troops, which became part of the First Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at Soissons in 1918, and received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in the battle. He was promoted to captain during World War I and served as brigadier general and major general during World War II. He retired in 1945. Survivors are his wife, the former Minerva King of Kingsville, granddaughter of the founder of the King Ranch and sister of Richard King of Corpus Christi, and two sons, Lt. Col. William A. Patch of Leesburg, Va., who returned this summer from a tour of duty in Viet Nam and is now stationed at the Pentagon, and Joseph D. Patch, Jr., an artist living in Washington, D.C. Cage-Mills Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to a favorite charity.
CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, Tuesday, 11/22/1966, 7-B
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Father: Alexander M. Patch
Mother: Annie Moore
Brother of Alexander M. Patch
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Joseph D. Patch
Private funeral services will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) for Maj. Gen. Joseph Dorst Patch (U. S. A. Ret.), 80, of 2801 Ocean Drive, who died late last night at his home. The Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, will officiate at services. Burial, with military honors will be in Seaside Memorial Park under direction of Cage-Mills Funeral Home. A career Army man, Gen. Patch was author of several books on military history: "Concentration of Gen. Zachary Taylor's Army at Corpus Christi, Texas," published in 1962. "The Battle of Bladensburt," in 1963; "Bloody Shiloh," in 1964; "Hannibal, 249-183 B.C.," in 1965, and "A Soldier's War," about the First Division in World War I, in 1966. Gen. Patch had been a member of the First Division. Born in Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., the son of an Army officer, Gen. Patch entered the Army in 1911 as a second lieutenant and was sent to this area and the Rio Grande Valley during the Pancho Villa raids, serving under Gen. John J. Pershing. In 1917, he went overseas with the first Army troops, which became part of the First Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at Soissons in 1918, and received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in the battle. He was promoted to captain during World War I and served as brigadier general and major general during World War II. He retired in 1945. Survivors are his wife, the former Minerva King of Kingsville, granddaughter of the founder of the King Ranch and sister of Richard King of Corpus Christi, and two sons, Lt. Col. William A. Patch of Leesburg, Va., who returned this summer from a tour of duty in Viet Nam and is now stationed at the Pentagon, and Joseph D. Patch, Jr., an artist living in Washington, D.C. Cage-Mills Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to a favorite charity.
CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, Tuesday, 11/22/1966, 7-B
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Father: Alexander M. Patch
Mother: Annie Moore
Brother of Alexander M. Patch
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Private funeral services will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) for Maj. Gen. Joseph Dorst Patch (U. S. A. Ret.), 80, of 2801 Ocean Drive, who died late last night at his home. The Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, will officiate at services. Burial, with military honors will be in Seaside Memorial Park under direction of Cage-Mills Funeral Home. A career Army man, Gen. Patch was author of several books on military history: "Concentration of Gen. Zachary Taylor's Army at Corpus Christi, Texas," published in 1962. "The Battle of Bladensburt," in 1963; "Bloody Shiloh," in 1964; "Hannibal, 249-183 B.C.," in 1965, and "A Soldier's War," about the First Division in World War I, in 1966. Gen. Patch had been a member of the First Division. Born in Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., the son of an Army officer, Gen. Patch entered the Army in 1911 as a second lieutenant and was sent to this area and the Rio Grande Valley during the Pancho Villa raids, serving under Gen. John J. Pershing. In 1917, he went overseas with the first Army troops, which became part of the First Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at Soissons in 1918, and received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in the battle. He was promoted to captain during World War I and served as brigadier general and major general during World War II. He retired in 1945. Survivors are his wife, the former Minerva King of Kingsville, granddaughter of the founder of the King Ranch and sister of Richard King of Corpus Christi, and two sons, Lt. Col. William A. Patch of Leesburg, Va., who returned this summer from a tour of duty in Viet Nam and is now stationed at the Pentagon, and Joseph D. Patch, Jr., an artist living in Washington, D.C. Cage-Mills Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to a favorite charity.
CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, Tuesday, 11/22/1966, 7-B
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Father: Alexander M. Patch
Mother: Annie Moore
Brother of Alexander M. Patch
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