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Lee O'Donald Patrick

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Lee O'Donald Patrick Veteran

Birth
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Death
12 Sep 2014 (aged 90)
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Burial
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7116095, Longitude: -86.2849662
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"QM 3" - Quartermaster 3rd Class. (E-4) Primary duty is navigation and recording the ship's continuous log. The ship he served in during World War II was a "fleet oiler", refueling combat ships of the fleet.
[Mike Lee, BMCS, USN (ret), cousin]

Lee & Marion were married on July 19, 1947

Lee O. Patrick
July 14, 1924 - Sept. 12, 2014

NILES - Lee O'Donald Patrick, age 90 years, of Niles, died on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Golden Living Nursing Home Center, Mishawaka, Indiana. He was born July 14, 1924, in South Bend, to Dolphus Canady and Opal L. (Pollitt) Patrick.

Lee was a 1943 graduate of Washington-Clay High School in South Bend where he was a star athlete. Lee was a World War II veteran, having served on the U.S.S. CACAPON (AO-52) ship in the United States Navy. He was the former longtime president of the Michigan Archery Association, longtime president of the Izaac Walton Archery League of South Bend and member of the Bend of the River Conservation Club, Niles. Lee enjoyed golfing and taught his boys the sport, as well as archery, hunting and fishing.

On July 12, 1947, Lee married the former Marion May Hall, who survives with their sons, Kelly (and wife Trish) Patrick of South Bend and Kevin Patrick of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and grandchildren, Jamus Patrick of Elgin, South Carolina, Roslyn Crowell of Saline, Michigan, Jennifer (and husband Jason) Doll of Pinckney, Michigan, Lisa Swieczkowski and Tracy Wojtas, both of Indianapolis, and Michelle Wojtas of Mishawaka. Also surviving are six great-grand-children, one great-great-grandchild; and Lee's three sisters.

Lee was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral services for Lee O'Donald Patrick will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014, at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles, with Randy Pearman of Bethel Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in South Bend, with military honors. The family will receive relatives and friends from 6-8:00 p.m. today, September 14, 2014, at the funeral home. Donations in memory of Lee may be made to the . www.halbritterfunerals.com

Published in South Bend Tribune on Sept. 14, 2014
"QM 3" - Quartermaster 3rd Class. (E-4) Primary duty is navigation and recording the ship's continuous log. The ship he served in during World War II was a "fleet oiler", refueling combat ships of the fleet.
[Mike Lee, BMCS, USN (ret), cousin]

Lee & Marion were married on July 19, 1947

Lee O. Patrick
July 14, 1924 - Sept. 12, 2014

NILES - Lee O'Donald Patrick, age 90 years, of Niles, died on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Golden Living Nursing Home Center, Mishawaka, Indiana. He was born July 14, 1924, in South Bend, to Dolphus Canady and Opal L. (Pollitt) Patrick.

Lee was a 1943 graduate of Washington-Clay High School in South Bend where he was a star athlete. Lee was a World War II veteran, having served on the U.S.S. CACAPON (AO-52) ship in the United States Navy. He was the former longtime president of the Michigan Archery Association, longtime president of the Izaac Walton Archery League of South Bend and member of the Bend of the River Conservation Club, Niles. Lee enjoyed golfing and taught his boys the sport, as well as archery, hunting and fishing.

On July 12, 1947, Lee married the former Marion May Hall, who survives with their sons, Kelly (and wife Trish) Patrick of South Bend and Kevin Patrick of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and grandchildren, Jamus Patrick of Elgin, South Carolina, Roslyn Crowell of Saline, Michigan, Jennifer (and husband Jason) Doll of Pinckney, Michigan, Lisa Swieczkowski and Tracy Wojtas, both of Indianapolis, and Michelle Wojtas of Mishawaka. Also surviving are six great-grand-children, one great-great-grandchild; and Lee's three sisters.

Lee was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral services for Lee O'Donald Patrick will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014, at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles, with Randy Pearman of Bethel Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in South Bend, with military honors. The family will receive relatives and friends from 6-8:00 p.m. today, September 14, 2014, at the funeral home. Donations in memory of Lee may be made to the . www.halbritterfunerals.com

Published in South Bend Tribune on Sept. 14, 2014


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