Merle Dean Patterson (1929-2010)

PATTERSON, JONES, PAULEY, VALENTINE, DUNAHOO, JOHNSON, RANDALL, LUNDQUIST

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 8/1/2010 at 08:32:24

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, July 31, 2010.

Merle Dean Patterson, 81, of Nevada, died Saturday, July 31, 2010, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 708 Fifth St., Nevada, with Pastor David R. Burling officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens in rural Nevada.

Merle was born on June 17, 1929, in Baxter to John W. “Dick” and Velma F. (Jones) Patterson. On March 4, 1947, he married Virginia Faye Pauley in Newton. He was a carpenter and truck driver. He enjoyed woodworking.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Pauley Patterson, of Nevada; two sons, Harold L. (Cristie) Patterson, of Nevada, and Howard G. (Sherry) Patterson, of Ames; three daughters, Jean Valentine (Bill Stuve), of Ames, Joyce (Darrell) Dunahoo, of Albany, Mo., and Donna (Mike) Johnson, of Aurora, Colo.; one son-in-law, Don Randall, of Florida; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, John (Jenalva) Patterson, of Collins, and Larry Patterson, of Mesa, Ariz.; and a half-sister, Patricia (Chuck) Lundquist, of Omaha, Neb.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Kate Randall in 1996; one great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Johnson, and one sister-in-law, Bev Patterson.

Visitation will be Monday, Aug. 2 with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m., at Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada.

A memorial fund has been established in Merle’s name.

Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada has been entrusted with the care of Merle and his family.

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