From my father-in-law funeral
Welcome to the memorial service of a man who welcomed so many people into his life and home.
Good morning, my name is Dave Rodgers, Pat's favorite son-in-law, without a doubt.
I am going to paraphrase a comment someone made on one of Krista's posts. "Pat & Lori were not normal."
Pat was not normal
According to him, he controlled how well the University of Michigan played. When he was in the room watching, they played poorly, and when he left the room and was not watching, they made great plays.
According to that post I mentioned earlier, the way they served was not normal. Many of us were served by Pat Ryan
87 years at one church is not normal. Through amazing times and hard times, Pat faithfully served the Lord at Emmanuel Baptist Church. He faithfully prayed for this church and the churches his children and grandchildren were a part of.
Pat was not normal. He was an amazing prayer warrior, faithful church member, loving husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandmother, and a great man of God because his hope was in the Lord.
One of the verses that Pat had marked in his Bible, would quote often, and lived out, is Psalm 42:5
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