Obituary of Patrick R. Whirley

WEBSTER ... PATRICK WHIRLEY .... DIED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. HE LEAVES TWO DAUGHTERS, MARIE L. WHIRLEY OF KNOXVILLE, TN. AND PATRICIA WEAVER AND HUSBAND DEAN OF AYNOR, SC, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE ALSO LEAVES A SISTER, DORIS WEBSTER OF BROOKVILLE, FL., PATRICIA ANDERSON, PEGGY WHIRLEY, JOAN HEBERT, MARY CHARPANTIER AND ONE BROTHER JEROME WHIRLEY SALVADALENA ALL OF AUBURN, ME. HE WAS BORN IN AUBURN, MAINE, SON OF FREDERICK AND MARY (BILODEAU) WHIRLEY. HE SPENT MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. HE WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED WITH THE NEW YORK STATE PARKS COMMISSION AS A STATE PARK POLICE OFFICER. AFTER NINE YEARS HE RESIGNED TO TAKE A LIEUTENANTS POSITION IN ARMED SECFURITY FOR A PRECIOUS METAL SMELTING COMPANY. HE RETIRED IN 1988 ON DISABILITY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN WHICH HE SERVED AS A GRAND KNIGHT FOR TWO YEARS. EVEN THOUGH PATRICK LIVED IN NEW YORK MOST OF HIS LIFE HE WAS A LOYAL FAN OF THE BOSTON RED SOX AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. PATRICK CAME TO WEBSTER IN 2000 TO BE WITH HIS DEVOTED AND BELOVED COMPANION, SHIRLEY ANN LIESKE. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS MOTHER, MARY (BILODEAU) WHIRLEY AND FATHER, FREDERICK WHIRLEY OF AUBURN, MAINE. ALSO A SISTER, GEORGETTE CAIN OF LEWISTON, MAINE, FOUR BROTHERS, MICHAEL WHIRLEY OF MESSINA, NEW YORK, JOHN WHIRLEY OF LEWISTON, MAINE, TOM AND FREDERICK JR. OF AUBURN, MAINE, A GRANDDAUGHTER CHRISTINA WEAVER AND A GRANDSON, PATRICK UREY. SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2016 AT BARTEL FUNERAL HOME, 33 SCHOLFIELD 'AVENUE, DUDLEY, MASS AND HE WAS LAID TO REST AT MT. ZION CEMETARY, WEBSTER, MASS CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN MEMORY TO THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION WWW.bartelfuneralhome.com