In Memory

Patrick O Ryan - Class Of 1948

Patrick O. Ryan, age 81, died on February 1, 2012, losing his battle with cancer.  He was born May 27, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio to C.G. and Doris (Cook) Ryan.  He was delivered by his maternal grandfather and baptized by his paternal grandfather.

In 1936 the family moved to California and Patrick graduated in 1948 from San Marino-South Pasadena High School.  He joined the Navy and served in the Korean War as a BM3 on a minesweeper, the USS Mockingbird.  He was an alumnus of both Ferris and Michigan State Universities.  He married Anne Wheeler in Lansing, Michigan in 1957.

Pat retired from Federal Forge in 1995.  He was preceded in death by his daughter, Kathy, and his parents.  He is survived by his wife, Anne; sister Mary Ann (Bert) Heinold; and brother, Randy (Jane) Ryan.  Patrick loved hunting, fishing, gardening, and going to Las Vegas.

Lansing State Journal, February 5, 2012