Gene Rolland Patton

GENE ROLLAND PATTON, 78, OF SYLVANIA, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY EARLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016. BORN NOV. 8, 1937 TO THE LATE ROLLAND AND LOUISE PATTON, HE ATTENDED DEVILBISS HIGH SCHOOL ’55’. GENE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, DONNA (SMITH) PATTON, ON AUG 31, 1957. HE WORKED UNDER HIS UNCLE RUSSELL PATTON AS A PAINTER WHICH LED HIM TO START HIS OWN BUSINESS. IN 1976, HE BEGAN BUILDING HOMES IN THE AREA UNDER GENE PATTON, INC. AND FORESTVIEW BUILDING COMPANY. GENE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BUILDING OF SEVERAL CUSTOM HOMES AND VILLAS IN THE SYLVANIA, PERRYSBURG AND TOLEDO AREA. HE WAS AN AVID GOLFER AND SPENT SEVERAL WINTER MONTHS IN ACAPULCO AND BONITA SPRINGS, FL. GENE WAS MEMBER OF THE SHRINE ORIENTAL BAND, MASONIC CALUMET LODGE AND THE SYLVANIA MOOSE LODGE. GENE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, DONNA; THREE DAUGHTERS, CHERYL (MARK) FISHER, JANICE (PHIL) EDINGER AND AMY (BRIAN) ZIENTEK; SISTER, NANCY HOWARD; GRANDCHILDREN, BRANDON (AIMEE), RYAN, LEXI, KEVIN (JEN), IAN, ALEX, ELLENA, NATASHA (ANTHONY), JILLIAN (EMILY); AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MAX AND MASON. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, JIM; AND GRANDSON, CHRISTOPHER. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO VISIT FROM 2-9 P.M. FRIDAY IN THE WALKER FUNERAL HOME, 5155 SYLVANIA AVE. (WEST OF COREY RD.) WHERE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:30 A.M., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016. ENTOMBMENT WILL FOLLOW AT TOLEDO MEMORIAL PARK. MEMORIALS ARE SUGGESTED TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OR THE A.L.S. ASSOCIATION.