Wrangell Sentinel -

Michael R. Patterson passed away September 23, 2012 near Laramie, Wyo. He loved traveling and died doing what he loved.

He was born in Astoria, Ore. on November 9, 1942 to Cora Halvorsen Patterson and Clair LeRoy Patterson. The family lived in a floathouse on the John Day River. In 1951 he moved with his family to Anchorage.

Mike attended school in Anchorage and joined the Navy after high school in 1960. Part of his service time was shipping out on the Aircraft Carrier Midway.

After his honorable discharge in 1964, he lived in Vancouver, Wash. and Redwood City, Calif. He spent many years w...