Dr. Robert Kenneth Patterson (1931-2009)
PATTERSON, BUSCH, MICHENER, HOOVER, COMARATA
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 4/17/2009 at 22:14:04
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, April 17, 2009.
Dr. Robert Kenneth Patterson, 77, of Northcrest Community in Ames, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, following an illness of several months. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Ames, with a gathering of friends and family from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the church.
Bob was born May 11, 1931, in Cedar Rapids, to James LeRoy and Amelia (Busch) MacDonald. As a young boy, he was adopted by his stepfather, Paul Patterson. He graduated from Wilson High School and attended the University of Iowa, his undergraduate work interrupted by four years of service in the U.S. Navy. In 1960, he graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, served an internship in general medicine at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, and in 1962, came to Conrad to begin a solo practice in family medicine. He was joined in the practice by Dr. Glendon Button, and he and Dr. Button, and later, Dr. Dohn Kruschwitz, continued to serve that community until Dr. Patterson left in 1979 to take a position in Ames with the Iowa State University Health Service.
After serving as a staff physician at Student Health for five years, Dr. Patterson became director of the Health Service, which position he held until his retirement in 1997. During his tenure there, he was instrumental in creating enthusiasm for a student-supported new clinic building, overseeing that project from its conception through its completion in 1997.
Of many honors and recognitions which he received in his professional life, the one he valued most was the Presidential Award given by the president of the Iowa State Student Body in 1994 for “faithfully dedicating himself to the health and well being of all students,” relating, in part, to the creation of a proposed new functional and imaginative space for medical treatment and health education to take place.
Other professional awards included the Ollie B. Moten award from the American College Health Association for “distinguished service to an institution of higher education,” the Superior Service award from the ISU Alumni Association, the Award for Staff Excellence from the Iowa Board of Regents, and membership in the honorary professional fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi.
Bob married Miriam Michener, daughter of Paul and Margaret (Hoover) Michener, June 29 1957, in Ackworth, while she was a student nurse at the University of Iowa. They were married for 51 years. To this union were born four sons, Kenneth Paul (Julie), of North Leverett, Mass., Thomas Paul, of Ames, Andrew Paul (Tina), of Marion, and Matthew Paul (Emily), of North Bennington, Vt. There are eight grandchildren whom Bob treasured, Fredd, Sarah, Emma, Rachel, Maggie, Hannah, Iris and Benjamin.
Bob was an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Iowa City, Conrad and Ames, serving as Moderator of the Presbytery of North Central Iowa in 1980. Other memberships important to him in recent years were the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith, Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation, Heartland Senior Services Foundation, Board of the Northcrest Corporation, Golden K Kiwanis, and the Golden K Men’s chorus.
Bob was a consummate gardener who took tremendous pleasure in creating areas of beauty wherever he lived. He was a woodworker in his retirement years, leaving for his family “heirlooms” in walnut, cherry, oak and butternut.
Left to remember him in love are his wife, Miriam; his sons and daughters-in-law; his grandchildren; a brother, Jim Patterson (Elsie), of Cedar Rapids; brothers-in-law, Carroll (Kitty) Michener, of Connecticut, and David (Dorothy) Michener, of Calif.; and many nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Amelia and Paul Patterson; and a niece, Patricia Comarata.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to Collegiate Presbyterian Church (Robert K. Patterson memorial fund), or to Homeward Hospice of Ames.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, April 30, 2009.
A memorial service for Dr. Robert K. Patterson, who died April 15, 2009, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at Collegiate Presbyterian Church, Sheldon Avenue and West Street in Ames. Visitation with the family will be from 7 to 9 pm. Friday, May 1, at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the R.K. Patterson memorial fund at the church, or to Homeward Hospice.
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