Samuel Patch Obituary
Patch, Samuel A. 71, A true Chicagoan, devoted civic leader, and long-time aide to Mayor Harold Washington passed away suddenly January 5, 2005. Cherished father of Shari (Raymond) Wilson, devoted grandfather of Kurt A. Summers, Jr., Sharisse Summers, Samuel Wilson, and Shalyn Wilson. Loving brother of Vern Blackburn, Guiletta Hudson, Eugene Patch, and Milton (Evelyn) Patch, preceded in death by parents Minnie Esther Kublin and Daniel Webster Patch, and brothers Phillip, Daniel, Pompey, and Manuel Patch. Beloved uncle and friend to many. Sam was a graduate of Englewood High School (1951) and Kentucky State University (1955), a U.S. Army veteran, member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., delegate to the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention and long time resident of Chicago's 3rd ward. For the past seventeen years, Sam was the president of Balton Corporation located in the heart of Chicago's South Side commercial district. Arrangements by A.A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home, 318 E. 71st St. Visitation available after 3 p.m. Sunday, January 9, 2005. Services will be held at Progressive Community Church, 56 E. 48th St. on Monday, January 10, 2005. Wake 5 p.m. Funeral 7 p.m.To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Walter & Gloria Ricks
January 10, 2005
Vern and Gui:
It is after 11 P.M. on Monday, 1-10-05 when I read today's paper. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Sam. All of you are in our prayers. I would have certainly been there this evening had I known earlier. God Bless.
Love,
Gloria
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Patricia Ellis-Blackburn
January 10, 2005
I was sadden to hear of Sam's passing. I will remember him as the "All American Boy" that he was at Englewood High.My prayers go out to all the family. I know you must have been proud of Sam.
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