Louis R. Patras

Dear Bud: I thank God you were my big brother. I learned much from you. You were wonderful to my family and we all loved you and will miss you. You excelled in everything that is important and right in life. You educated many more people in addition to your students. May God bless you forever. Love, Ray, Sue and family

I graduated Rich Central High School in 1979 and my sister Diane graduated in 1981.(Our maiden names were Meyer) We both had Mr. Patras and he was one of our very favorite teachers. We are very sorry for your loss.

Mr Patras,
Your class was one of my favorite out of the whole day. You treated us like we were equal. You believed learning was supposed to be a discussion and not a lecture and I think that is great! It really inspired me that you went back to teach even though you were retired. I could tell you really loved what you did for us, which was a lot even though we only met you five weeks ago. I could tell you lived your life to the fullest and enjoyed life. I wish I could have...

Lou,

I was fortunate enough to have you as a high school english teacher and get to work with you at Rich Township. I truly enjoyed our days spent talking about Rich Central and the new news of Rich Township. I will miss you forever!

Love,
Sally

I will always treasure the pleasant visits I have had with Lou in the Rich Township Office in recent years. He was never my teacher-- I was not a member of his family-- but through his friendship, he offered all that and more. I enjoyed our conversations which demonstrated his warm and friendly manner and his true concern about other people (especially his family). I count myself among his many friends who will always remember him for his kindness, sense of humor and creative...

Uncle Bud,
You were truly a great, loving, funny and smart uncle. You were so good to me. I am going to miss you so much! I'm going to miss not worrying about you being my teacher. Today I would take you as my teacher any day. Thank you for being such a great Uncle!
Love always,
Eileen

To the Patras Family,

My deepest sympathies to you in the loss of such a wonderful man. I had the great privilege of having Mr. Patras for several classes at Rich Central in the mid 70's. He was an extraordinary teacher. I know he touched many lives in his years as an educator and community leader. May your memories, which I'm sure are abundant, comfort you in your sorrow. Thank you for sharing Mr. Patras with all of us.

To the members of the Patras Family-
Our hearts go out to you. Although Mr. Patras was only our son's teacher for a short while at Providence, Charlie felt he would truely benefit from being in his class. We share your loss with you. May your memories comfort you. God Bless.
Sincerely, Chuck, Margie, Sara and Charlie Palermo