C. Patrick Mahoney died peacefully April 24, 2020 from complications of a hip fracture, just a few weeks short of his 91st birthday. He was born in a small town in Colorado. He met his future wife Katie Furstenberg on a Catholic parish sponsored hay ride and married in 1952. Pat graduated from University of Colorado Medical School in 1955. Served as a Captain in the Army. Then completed his pediatric residency at Stanford University Hospital/UW. He became board certified in both pediatrics and endocrinology. Pat was part of the University of Washington faculty from 1964-68 as an associate professor where he did research in thyroid disease, and genetic disorders. By this time, he had 7 children. He left research and joined Dr. Dick Dion, at the newly formed pediatric department at Virginia Mason in Seattle, seeing both general pediatrics and endocrine patients from 1968-1993. Pat had a large number of juvenile diabetics in his practice as well as patients suffering from diseases related to his other interests including cystinosis, Vitamin D-resistant rickets and thyroidology. As a clinician and researcher, he and his colleagues referred difficult and unusual cases from throughout the Northwest. Pat sympathized deeply with the parents and children who he treated and remained in touch with many grateful parents and patients decades later. During his career affiliations at UW, Virginia Mason and Seattle Children’s Hospital, he had over 20 publications in medical journals, contributed several chapters to compendium texts and shared findings in correspondence with innumerable researchers worldwide. Once all of his children were through college, he returned to his true love of research. This time with a focus on juvenile diabetes. Pat mentored scores of pediatric residents, and pediatric endocrinology fellows, before retiring from Children’s Hospital at age 70.
He will be remembered for his intense desire to learn, quirky dry sense of humor, fierce competitiveness in family basketball games, enjoyment of golf, amazing ability to calm colicky grandchildren, and a love of service as a physician and as a parishioner of St. Bridget Catholic Church for over 40 years. After moving to Mirabella Retirement Community in downtown Seattle, he treasured his final years as a member of the warm and caring parish of Christ Our Hope Catholic Church.
He is preceded in death by his brother Jerry Mahoney of Denver, Colorado.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Katie, his 2 brothers Ron and John (Connie) Mahoney, 7 children Kevin (Lupe), Mike (Daisy), Jerry (Chris), Kathleen (Jim), Brian (Ligia), Susan (Dennis), Barbara (Tina), 14 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. A family memorial Service was celebrated virtually online.
Donations may be made in his memory, to Virginia Mason Diabetes Research at Benaroya Institute or Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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