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Peter Rattigan Obituary
On Aug. 30, 2022, Peter J. Rattigan Jr. passed away after a sudden illness.
He was the beloved husband of Karen M. Cole (née Smoley); devoted father of Gabrielle Rattigan; loving son of Peter J. Rattigan Sr. and JoAnne Gallagher Rattigan; dear brother of Jim Rattigan, Joseph Rattigan and his wife, Jenny, Matt Rattigan and his wife, Sarah, Caitlin Rattigan and her partner, Jameson; cherished uncle of Ellie Rattigan, Jack Rattigan, Ben Smoley and Owen Smoley. Peter is also survived by many other relatives, friends, and his Trader Joe's family.
Peter graduated from Blue Mountain High School in Pennsylvania in 1995. He moved to Baltimore, Md., and worked at Trader Joe's for 15 years. In his free time, he loved spending time with his wife and daughter and enjoyed birding, skateboarding and watching the Orioles.
Visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at family-owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Road, Towson, Md. Funeral services will take place in the funeral home's chapel at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Interment will be at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in Peter's memory to the National Audubon Society, 225 Varick St., New York, NY 10014 or at https://act.audubon.org/a/donate.
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Dave and Jackie Kimmel
September 5, 2022
JoAnne and Pete,
Our deepest sympathy to you and the entire Rattigan family.
Dave and Jackie Kimmel.
Steve Raulin
September 4, 2022
Pistol Pete as I like to call him, we only worked together for a brief time at Trader Joe´s 652 but I really enjoyed our time together, our conversations of the North Country which we both love, and of course our Trader Joe´s history!
I´m sorry that life´s journey was taken way to soon , and you´ll be sorely missed
Terry Schrack
September 3, 2022
I am very,very sorry to here about your son,Peter.You have my most sincere condolence's for you and the family.
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