Mark A. PATTERSON

PATTERSON, SUMMERS, HICKEY, CAHILL, LOWE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/15/2008 at 09:40:13

June 15, 2008
Fort Dodge Messenger

Mark A. Patterson, 34, of Fort Dodge, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 as a result from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 17 in the chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Henderson officiating. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery with Military Graveside Rites Conducted by the V.F.W. Post 1856. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Survivors include his wife Michelle; their children, Jace, Alea, and Arionna Patterson, all at home; son, Devin Summers of Fort Dodge; step-son, Trevor Hickey of Fort Dodge; step-daughter, Emaria Hickey of Fort Dodge; mother, Donna Cahill of Fort Dodge; father, Bernard Patterson of Sevierville, TN; mother-in-law, Darlene Lowe; a host of brothers, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother Michael.

Mark Allen Patterson was born on July 9, 1973, in Humboldt. He attended schools in Humboldt and Fort Dodge. Following his education Mark enlisted with the U.S. Army serving until his honorable discharge. On May 16, 1997, he met his soul mate Michelle Lowe. The couple was later married on June 13, 2003 and established their home in Fort Dodge. He was employed with White Transfer and Storage for 5 years. Mark had been currently employed with Advanced Drainage Systems in Eagle Grove. He loved spending time with Arie, Alea, and Jace. Family was very important to him. He and his brother Shawn were always there for each other. Mark enjoyed fishing, singing, cooking, and was always fixing up things around the home. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.

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Fort Dodge Messenger
June 13, 2008

Crash kills one
Mark Patterson, of Fort Dodge, hits semi

By BILL SHEA, Messenger staff writer

Article Photos

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen

Investigators and Webster County Sheriff’s deputies look over the wreckage of a Ford Escort that was involved in a head-on collision with a semitrailer Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 169 near Lizard Creek Lane just north of Iowa Highway 7. The driver of the vehicle, Mark Patterson, of Fort Dodge, was killed in the accident. The highway remained closed for several hours.
A Fort Dodge man lost his life in a head-on crash that set a truck on fire and caused part of U.S. Highway 169 to be closed for about three hours Thursday.

The Iowa State Patrol identified the victim as Mark Patterson, 34.

State Trooper Neil Morenz said Patterson was driving on the wrong side of the road when his car crashed into a semitrailer. Morenz said investigators don’t know why Patterson was in the wrong lane.

The collision happened at 9:10 a.m. on Highway 169, about a half-mile north of Iowa Highway 7.

Morenz said Patterson was driving south in the northbound lane when his 1993 Ford Escort hit a 1996 Mack semi driven by Dennis Nelson, of Bonaparte. The shattered car stopped on the highway while the northbound truck went off the east side of the road and caught fire. Nelson, 55, used an extinguisher to attack the flames before firefighters arrived, Morenz said.

Nelson was unhurt.

Patterson was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Dan Cole, the Webster County medical examiner. Cole said Patterson’s body was sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy.

Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to remove the car’s roof and doors to free Patterson’s body.

Highway 169 was closed between Highway 7 and Webster County Road D14 for about three hours. Even after one lane was opened to traffic, investigators and tow truck crews were on the scene until about 2 p.m.

Fort Dodge police and firefighters, Webster County sheriff’s deputies and Trinity Regional Medical Center paramedics assisted state troopers at the crash.