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Patrick Moon Howard Bean Sr.
Patrick Moon Howard Bean Sr., a Sitka resident since 1960, died peacefully at home on Oct. 11, at the age of 88.
A traditional ceremony will be held 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi. A visitation followed by a rosary will be 3-9 p.m. Wednesday at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church.
The funeral Mass will be at noon Thursday at the church, followed by a graveside service. A reception will be held afterward at the church, at 2 p.m.
Patrick was born Aug. 25, 1925, in Kake, the son of Aaron and Mary (Howard) Bean. He was an Eagle, Was’ineidi of the Wrangell Platform House. His Tlingit name was Dis.
He attended elementary school in Kake, then went to Wrangell Institute before entering Cushman Indian Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., for treatment of TB.
After moving to Sitka, he worked at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. He retired from SEARHC environmental services.
He served in the National Guard.
He married Brenda Ryan, the love of his life, on Oct. 7, 1972, at the Salvation Army in Sitka. They were married for 41 years.
Like his father before him, he was very musical – he played the piano, drums, guitar, ukelele, trumpet and banjo.
He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, boating with his family, and building things.
Patrick was a gentle, quiet man, patient and understanding, and accepting of others.
He deeply loved his wife, children and grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Emmajean Bean and Lionel Bean I.
Survivors are his wife, Brenda Bean; children Cynthia J. Bean, Cathie VanVeen, Pat Bean Jr., Aaron Bean, Nathanial Bean, son-in-law Erick VanVeen; daughters-in-law Cyndi I. Bean and Mellissa Bean; and grandchildren Felicia Allinger, Theresa VanVeen, Aaron VanVeen, Brittney Bean, Adam Bean, David Bean, Kate Bean, James Bean and Ashton Bean, all of Sitka; sons Patrick Seth Bean, Elliot Bean, Lincoln Aaron Bean and Lionel Bean; and daughter Deborah Berkley (Bean), all of Kake.
Pallbearers will be Pat Bean Jr., Nathaniel Bean, Aaron Bean, George Skeek, Victor Littlefield, Dan Littlefield, Harlen Adams and Tom Schank.
Flowers and cards may be sent to Brenda Bean, 708 Sirstad, Sitka.
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