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Burial Date January 17, 2024

Celebration of Life Services will take place on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from Greater Abyssinian Baptist Church 88 Lyons Avenue, Newark NJ.

       

Public Visitation will be from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

         

Interment- Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, NJ.

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Hi Daddy, I think about you and dream about you a lot. Lately my most pressing deep thought is that I thought I was right. I thought I was right to be upset with you, I thought I was right to hold on to the stance that until you did right by us I wouldn’t have you in my life. For years I thought I was right to dismiss you. At 43, I realize I had a right to feel all those things, but I was wrong for not being a daughter. For not looking beyond your faults, for not staying by your side until the end. I realized that I’m not the easiest person to love either and I don’t want everyone to walk away from me. I would want the ones that love me most to fight for me and stay in my life. For years, I thought I was right. I could have loved you from a distance and been there with you on your sick bed. You should never have had to die alone. This is why I mourn. Because even with the things about you I couldn’t understand, I could have tried. You were worth the try and as an adult I know I would have understood what I couldn’t as a kid. I’m sorry. Death is so powerful because none of this really matters now. I’ll never get a do over. I’ll live with these feelings of regret and shame forever. I just pray you found it in your heart to forgive me. And I pray you had peace knowing that we forgave you. I thought I was right.. all those years I thought I was.. and today I realize I was wrong, I had a right to feel how I felt but never had the right to give up on you. Ohana means family. No one left behind or forgotten. Im sorry 💕🕊️🪽

Posted by Nisha Alexander on November 8, 2025

Hi Daddy, I think about you and dream about you a lot. Lately my most pressing deep thought is that I thought I was right. I thought I was right to be upset with you, I thought I was right to hold on to the stance that until you did right by us I wouldn’t have you in my life. For years I thought I was right to dismiss you. At 43, I realize I had a right to feel all those things, but I was wrong for not being a daughter. For not looking beyond your faults, for not staying by your side until the end. I realized that I’m not the easiest person to love either and I don’t want everyone to walk away from me. I would want the ones that love me most to fight for me and stay in my life. For years, I thought I was right. I could have loved you from a distance and been there with you on your sick bed. You should never have had to die alone. This is why I mourn. Because even with the things about you I couldn’t understand, I could have tried. You were worth the try and as an adult I know I would have understood what I couldn’t as a kid. I’m sorry. Death is so powerful because none of this really matters now. I’ll never get a do over. I’ll live with these feelings of regret and shame forever. I just pray you found it in your heart to forgive me. And I pray you had peace knowing that we forgave you. I thought I was right.. all those years I thought I was.. and today I realize I was wrong, I had a right to feel how I felt but never had the right to give up on you. Ohana means family. No one left behind or forgotten. Im sorry 💕🕊️🪽

Posted by Nisha Alexander on November 8, 2025

Not a day goes by that I don’t wish u were still here. I pray that you continue to rest peacefully until we meet again big guy. Love always Mook

Posted by Nisha Alexander on January 11, 2025

Not a day goes by that I don’t wish u were still here. I pray that you continue to rest peacefully until we meet again big guy. Love always Mook

Posted by Nisha Alexander on January 11, 2025

Not a day goes by that I don’t wish u were still here. I pray that you continue to rest peacefully until we meet again big guy. Love always Mook

Posted by Nisha Alexander on January 11, 2025

Not a day goes by that I don’t wish u were still here. I pray that you continue to rest peacefully until we meet again big guy. Love always Mook

Posted by Nisha Alexander on January 11, 2025

I miss you daddy. Thinking of you. Always and forever. Can't believe you've been gone 7 months. I love you always.

Posted by Natasha Patrick on August 31, 2024

Thinking of you daddy. I miss you. I love you. -Snookie

Posted by Anonymous on February 28, 2024

I miss you, daddy. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. I love you and I await the day when we are together again.

Posted by Natasha on January 25, 2024

I love you daddy thank you for things you instilled in us loyalty over everything and to love and respect each other I remember our last conversation I hate we didn’t get to say goodbye watch over us big guy we love you so much your memory will always live on until we meet again I hope God allows you to open up the gate for us see you when I get there 💕💕💕💕 Shaheerah

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

I love you daddy thank you for things you instilled in us loyalty over everything and to love and respect each other I remember our last conversation I hate we didn’t get to say goodbye watch over us big guy we love you so much your memory will always live on until we meet again I hope God allows you to open up the gate for us see you when I get there 💕💕💕💕 Shaheerah

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

My dad and his kids💕

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

My dad and his kids💕

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

My dad and his kids💕

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

My dad and his kids💕

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

My dad and his kids💕

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024

My dad and his kids💕

Posted by Shaheerah smith on January 23, 2024