Patrick McFadden

Patrick John McFadden Jr, 93, of Fairfield, CA passed away August 21, 2022 after a brief illness. Patrick was born on May 14, 1929, the firstborn son of Patrick John Sr. & Mary McFadden, in Pittsburgh, PA He grew up in Erie, PA and several nieces & nephews & their families still live there. Pat was a workaholic who had several careers during his lifetime starting with the US Air Force. He met the love of his life Betty when he was stationed at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS in the summer of 1951, they were married Oct 13 and enjoyed almost 70 years together until Betty's passing in 2021. He served in the USAF for 20 yrs, retiring at Travis AFB in 1969 and settling with his wife and 5 children in Fairfield. After retirement he worked for many years at Fairchild Electronics in San Rafael & Aurora Electronics in Sacramento. He taught computer classes at the Riegnierd School in Vallejo as well as traveling the country giving computer seminars for a company called Movonics. He enjoyed working behind the scenes for local theater companies, designing & running lights & sound. Occasionally he could even been seen onstage in productions such as The Music Man & 1776. Pat was an electronics technician, an amateur HAM radio operator, & computer wiz. He loved to tinker with electronic devices and could reverse engineer just about anything. He always took home movies of life with his family. Pat loved playing card games, board games, or his favorite domino game Chicken Foot. He attended Holy Spirit Church from 1968 to 1979 then Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church where he sang in the choir for many years and for the past few years he attended St. Michael's Catholic Parish at Travis AFB. He was a proud member of the Knights of Columbus since the 1960's Pat is survived by his sons Patrick John III, Paul (Carol), Chuck (Toni), daughter Barbara, and daughter-in law Monette, grandchildren Erin Paiva, Kat Ray, Brooke & Kyle McFadden, Joshua Chapman, Jessica & William McFadden, Major Richardson & Christopher McFadden, great-grandchildren Xaria Paiva and Daniel Gonzales. A funeral mass is planned for Sept 1, 2022 at St. Michael's TAFB, 9:00 am. There will be a committal of ashes ceremony at 11:15 am held at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. A Celebration of Life reception will start at 1:00 pm at the Tenbrink/Tolenas Winery 4185 Chadbourne Rd. Fairfield. All are welcome.

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Patrick McFadden

May 14, 1929 - August 21, 2022