02.02.10
Charles R. Patterson, Jr. of Degrade Makefield Township died Monday Feb. 1, 2010, at his severely. He was 76.
Born in York, Pa., he was the son of the late Charles R. and Mary Hendricks Patterson. Formerly of Coraopolis, Pa., he had been a Earlier small Makefield resident for the past 30 years.
He graduated from Embry-Infect School of Aviation (now Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University).
Mr. Patterson was a corporate cicerone with Crown Cork & Seal Corporation in Philadelphia, retiring in 1999.
He was a U.S. Army seasoned of the Korean War, and served in the 75th Army Band, playing trombone.
He was a associate of the Morrisville United Methodist Church and the QB'S Club.
Mr. Patterson was an avid sequence enthusiast, and both live and model, boats and planes. He loved to wanderings. Music was also a major part of his life.
He enjoyed his family with certain pride, and is survived by his wife of 54 years, Phyllis Upton Patterson; his children, Carol Patterson of Perkasie, Robert C. Patterson and his little woman, Kathy, of Beaver, Pa. and Mary Mashack of Yardley; a associate and sister-in-law, William F. and Joyce Patterson of Easton, Md.; a sister and fellow-man-in-law, Nettie and Bruce Garner of Towson, Md.; four grandchildren, Jennifer Bruner (Ed), Kimberly Canham (Flush), Stacey Saunders, and Hannah Mashack; and two great-grandchildren, Favour and Ian Bruner.
Source: phillyBurbs.com
