Patrick Detzler

Your father was a friend of my Dad's (Maurice C. Baker) in Gulf Shores and I met him down there. What a true gentleman he was. Please accept my sympathies.

Carol J. Keesler
Madison, AL

Cathy,

You and your family are in my thoughts. Let me know if you need anything. Have safe travels back to WI. Liz Swank

My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.

I enjoyed coffee with your dad and Tony Balice every morning after I started with the State in 1970. One day my mother showed me a newspaper story about her brother's drowning, which was right after his graduation. It was Pat who found him during his first week with the State Police. When I told Pat (it was over 30 years later) he said it was the hardest day he ever had on the job. We remained friends for many years and I always enjoyed talking to him when we ran into each other (the last...

To Pat's Children,
I was your Dad's secretary way back at the Highway Department. He was very, very good to me. He was the last person I ever took shorthand from! He was very proud of both of you. When I became visually impaired, he took me to my first eye appt. to receive special visual aids in Flint, MI. I have thought of him often over the past years and wondered where he was hanging out! He was a very special man. Also, I knew your Mom at the highway department. I worked for...

Both Pauline and I wish to express the sorrow in our hearts. We will always cherish the times we spent together along with our combined friends of the "Snow Bird Coffee Club".

Michael --WE share in this time of sorrow with you and your sister. Our prayers and thoughts are with you. Paul and Joanne LaMacchia