Elden Allen Patin

Funeral Services will be held at an 11:00 am Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, February 22, 2010 at St. Basil Church for Elden "Pat" Allen Patin, 69, who passed away on February 20, 2010 at 12:30 am at Lafayette General Medical Center. Reverend A. Rex Broussard, Jr., Pastor of St. Basil Church, will be Celebrant of the Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Burial will take place in St. Basil Cemetery. Mr. Patin, a resident of Duson, LA, was the son of the late Isaac Patin, Sr. of Cecilia, LA and the former Rowena Mouton of Scott, LA. He was a member of St. Basil Church. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force as a Jet Plane Mechanic before becoming a self-employed welder. Pat worked 15 years at PHI. He also worked part time at AAA Signs Incorporated. Pat was a very talented metal artist and creative craftsman. He enjoyied growing vegetables and fruits which he shared with his family and friends. He was a very generous person and volunteered with The Extra Mile Region IV and assisted St. Jules Knights of Columbus with their food basket program. The Family would like to extend a special thanks to Drs. Cain, Johnson, Mire, Mahoney, Kowalski, Guidry, Leleux and Paul Breaux, Fr. Millard Bower, Lafayette General Nurses and Staff, and the Staff at Hospice of Acadiana. The Family would also like to thank his special friend Frank Prejean. He is survived by his wife, of 40 years, Barbara Broussard Patin of Duson; two sisters, Anne Patin Polk and her husband J.B. of Smyrna, TN, and Dianne Patin Vincent and her husband Paul of Erath, LA; two brothers, Isaac Patin Jr., and his wife Henrietta of Lafayette, and Charles "Danny" Patin and his wife Anne of Lafayette; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Patin Sr., and Rowena Mouton Patin. The family requests that visiting hours be observed on Sunday, February 21, 2010 from 2:00 pm until 9:00 pm and on Monday from 8:00 am until service time at Delhomme Funeral Home of Lafayette. Pallbearers will be Darrin Patin, Mark Patin, Jeremy Patin, Jonathan Patin, Brian Menard, Dirk Menard, Damon Menard, and Kevin Benoit. Honorary Pallbearers will be J.B. Polk, Paul Vincent, Wyatt Vincent, Larry Menard, Paul Benoit, John Broussard, Jeffery Broussard, Scott Benoit, Brandon Broussard, and Frank Prejean. In lieu of Flowers the family would like donations to be made to Hospice of Acadiana, The Carmelite Sisters on Carmel Ave. or The Sisters of Mount Carmel at 504 St. Leo St. in Lafayette. Personal condolences may be sent to the Patin family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Elden Allen Patin

May 15, 1940 - February 20, 2010