John Michael Patterson, ’73, 1946-2026
John Michael Patterson
Mike Patterson, 80, of San Francisco and Rocklin, California died on April 7, 2026, in Rocklin. A private funeral will be held on April 30th at the Murray Family Funeral Chapel in Rocklin with burial in Rocklin Cemetery. A celebration of his life will occur on May 1st at 1:30PM at the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose where he was a board member. Another celebration of life is scheduled near Washington, Iowa, in May with exact date and location to be determined.
John Michael Patterson was born on March 6, 1946, in Washington, Iowa, the son of J. Kenneth, Jr and JoAnn (Ross) Patterson. He attended country school and then completed his elementary and high school education in the Mid-Prairie district, graduating in the class of 1964. He attended the University of Iowa with a major in accounting and graduated in 1968. He served in the army from 1968 to 1970. He married Sara Kephart in 1968 and had two children, Todd and Staci.
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