Bryan Patterson, a resident of Johnsburg, formerly of Skokie, passed away peacefully at home on September 18, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 7, 1959 in Switzerland.
He was an avid boater and enjoyed motorcycles and snowmobiling, as well as planting flowers and plants, he also loved animals.
Bryan will be deeply missed by his dear wife, Barbara Lauren (nee Bieniek), to whom he was united in marriage on August 29, 1992 in Skokie; his sons Brandon Eugene and Bryson Matthew Patterson; his parents Theodore Milton and Yolanda "Lana" (nee Cataldo) Patterson; his sister Anita (Kenneth) Hollingsworth; his nephew and Godson Joseph Theodore Hollingsworth; his friends Judy & Pete Loeblich, Don & Lois Olsen and Janice Iacullo and many other friends and relatives and by his dogs Rocky and Angel.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and again on Thurs., Sept. 22 from 8:30 a.m until 9 a.m. at the
K. K. Hamsher Funeral Home ("The Chapel on the Lake") 12 N. Pistakee Lake Rd. (1 blk. west of Rte. 12 and A