Death date: Oct 29, 2021
Richard (Pat) Albert Patterson was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1937 to Virginia and Leslie Patterson. He left this earth on Friday, October 29, 2021 after a long battle with COPD. He married Joette C. Schmidt of Manitowoc, WI Read Obituary
Colleen and Ann, on one of my trips to SLC, I visited your grandmother when she was staying with your folks. After dinner, we were talking about old times. I don't have any idea why I suddenly broke into an old camping song from my days of being camp secretary at Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, but was very surprised when Pat joined in and sang the rest of the song with me. That's when I learned that he had been a camper there in his youth. The song went something like this: "______, nobody like us. We are the boys from Phantom Lake. Always a-winning, always a-grinning, always a-feeling great. __________". The blank spots designate words that I can't even begin to spell. Sorry, that was about 65 years ago that I learned that song! Maybe your dad sang our camping song to put you to sleep at night and you remember the words! Even to this day, if I'm having a bad day, you might hear me sing Pat's and my YMCA camping song.
Love, Lois
