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Patrick Karns Obituary
Patrick Sanford Karns
Resident of San Jose
Patrick was born in Los Angles, Ca. on Oct. 29, 1941 and passed away peacefully on Aug. 17 2010. He is survived by his brother and sister-n-law Mike and Carrie Swanson and nephews, Jeff and Pat. Pat graduated from Pacific High School, San Bernardino, Ca. in 1959. He attended San Bernardino Valley College and was a founding member of the Xi Nu Epsilon Fraternity. He joined the Navy in 1961, and was discharged in 1964. His successful career in sales began with being one of the 1st employees of Atari Inc. in 1971. He was Vice President of Sales, Domestic and International. Leaving Atari, Pat worked for Fun Games and Sega Enterprises. In 1984 he co founded a rep company called Pacific Energy Group. From 1984-1994, Pat was a top producer and ranked nationally in the top 5% for McHugh Lincoln Mercury. Most recently, Pat was successfully selling commercial real estate for Matusich Realtors Inc. Pat had an optimistic view on life. He loved going to the office every day, and working on that next big deal. His favorite saying was, "Dial with a Smile". Besides working from sunrise to sunset, Patrick's passions were fine dining and elegant clothes. He will be greatly missed by family and friends.
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Steve Petulla
September 8, 2010
Sorry I did not get to say goodbye, you were a great guy Pat. I always enjoyed seeing you in the neighborhood. You will be missed...
Jim Henley
September 7, 2010
What a shock-- We just spoke to Patrick on the 16th of August-- he didn"t mention anything about feeling poorly---- Pat was best man in our wedding 39 years ago, and has been to all of our children's weddings --- the last one being in April--- there is definately a hole in our hearts!!!!!!!! We will miss him greatly.
Molly and Jim Henley
September 7, 2010
So sorry to hear of Pat's passing. A lot of his old friends from Lanai Apt days in San Jose would like to do something in his honor. What charity do you want a donation made to, or what can we do to show our love and loss? Pat was a great guy-always up, the life of the party, and always passionate about whatever he was doing at the time.
Please respond to JoAnn at: [email protected].
Thank you - he will be greatly missed.
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