May God bless you and your...
Climbed for you on Saturday in Dallas....was an honor to do so. RIP all the way from Texas.
Honored Firefighter
September 11, 2023
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Obituary
A Gentle Enthusiast
Here's Patrick Lyons as a kindergartner, walking up the street in North Massapequa, N.Y., ringing doorbells and singing Christmas carols to make a little money. And here he is again, flinging off his clothes to streak past the babysitter after his older brothers promised him a dollar if he'd do it. And here he is, age 34, getting up at 3 a.m. to go fishing, selling everything he catches except for the crabs he steams and leaves on his mother's kitchen table as a gift. "I would see crab footprints on my stove, and I would know that he had been there," said Pat Lyons, who called her youngest son "my little entrepreneur."
He became a firefighter like his father, a retired lieutenant, and loved his work at Squad 252 in Brooklyn. He took books with him on his honeymoon in 1997 so he could study for the lieutenant's exam. As a backup, he started a limousine business that grew magically from one car to six.
All the while he is cheering for the Miami Dolphins and loving football in all its forms. He plays quarterback for the fire department team and flag football for Suffolk County. Here he is watching Monday Night Football at home in South Setauket while he and his wife, Irene, get the nursery ready for the baby they're expecting. The phone rings and it's the fire department, asking if he can work overtime the next day, Sept. 11.
On Oct. 7, Patrick Mate Lyons came into the world, with his father's eyes and eyebrows and a squeal that his mother calls "this little dolphin noise." He has a sunny nature that she credits to his father, too. "I really think my husband is making this baby a happy baby for me," she said. "He taught me so many things about life. He loved having fun."
Guest Book
22 years today and I still miss you and think of you when I watch the Dolphins. We had a great win last night.
Mollie Scruggs
September 11, 2023 | Southampton, NY | Friend
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Every year at this time I think about you and Patrick. I am praying for you tonight. God Bless you both
Debby
September 10, 2021 | Dahlonega, GA
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Soon after 9/11 I saw an article in The Dallas Morning News concerning ID bracelets a preacher's wife was selling in honor of 9/11 victims. I ordered 4 randomly for my family & me. The bracelet I kept was a bracelet with the name Patrick Lyons. My family & I researched all the names on our bracelets. I taught 7th grade Science & for 12 years always did a lesson honoring those who gave their lives on 9/11. Patrick was part of the story! What a hero! I saw the info his son posted today &...
Ann Brogoitti
September 11, 2016 | Kilgore
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ALWAYS REMEMBER , NEVER FORGET !!!!!
John Szczech
October 28, 2014 | Freeport, NY
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always the entrepreneur, at a family gathering one time my brother mentioned that some of the guys in high school were selling cigarettes. Without missing a beat Patrick asked him, "why aren't you selling matches?" getting a laugh from all who heard it.
He always had a smile whenever i saw him.
another time when my mother and I came to visit his mother after having moved out of state. A couple of hours after arriving Patrick and his brother Shawn came in from fishing and...
Lisa Egan
September 14, 2014 | Newnan, GA
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Dear Lyons family, I am a firefighter in Scottsbluff NE. Today I had the honor of representing Patrick J Lyons in a memorial stair climb in Denver CO. It was an amazing experience and I just wanted you to know he will never be forgotten.
Connor McDowell
September 11, 2014 | Gering, NE
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Dear Irene and Patrick JR . You are always in our thoughts and prayers and may God be with you and your family . love The Farrell's of Holtsville
John Farrell
September 10, 2014 | Holtsville, NY
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Dear Irene and Patrick Jr.
My thoughts and prayers have always been with you and remain with you and your family forevermore, Love ,Connie, Matthew and Sophia too.
Connie Pandolfo
June 20, 2014 | Stroudsburg, PA
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