Patrick A. King

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King, Patrick A. Patrick peacefully left the experience of time and space September 19, 2022, after seventy- seven years. His spirit, now freed of personal ego, continues within a larger dimension, drawn inexorably to final and complete reunion with the Ground of All Being - or as Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous put it, The Great Reality. AA's Twelve Steps of Recovery were an integral part of Patrick's life. Born in Long Prairie, MN on May 25, 1945 to Frank King and Kathryn (Welter) King, Patrick graduated from Long Prairie High School and then St John's University in Collegeville. After graduation he served as a staff member for then-Governor LeVander. He then joined Proctor and Gamble as a sales representative, where he learned how to put the customer first. Patrick returned to Long Prairie to operate his own insurance agency. He served on the Long Prairie City Council, co-founded the Long Prairie Combined Fund, joyfully played center field on the town team, and coached a League Champion women's softball team. Patrick and his family then moved to Albert Lea where he worked at a firm specializing in the sale and administration of Defined Benefit Retirement plans and, later, by the US Chamber of Commerce as a membership sales representative and sales trainer. For three seasons he moonlighted, covering Tiger basketball games for the Albert Lea Daily Tribune, establishing close relationships with the athletes he covered. He joined The Research Institute of America (later Thomson Reuters) as territory manager, and became National Field Trainer for new sales representatives. Patrick closed out his sales career working at Thomson Reuters in Eagan. He then joined a major asset management firm to coordinate employee retirement seminars for the firm's professional advisors. He also held successful contract positions with The Carlson Companies during its national employee benefit enrollment process; and later with Best Buy for an in-store consumer finance pilot project. Nobody was a stranger to Patrick, and he would chat up anybody when given the slightest opening. He delighted in making people laugh, smile, giggle, and sometimes groan with his quick wit and sense of humor. He is survived by his beloved former spouse, Darleen, who for years had been his companion, partner, and loving best friend; by four brothers, John (Ruth Wingeier), Timothy (Janice), Vincent (Barbara), and Terrence (Neil Ludman); by his daughter Julie (Alex van Groenewoud) Christian and twin grand-daughters (Remarkable) Rachel and (Superstar) Sara; by his son Tracy, by seven nieces and nephews, two grandnieces and two grandnephews. Patrick was preceded in transition by his parents, wife Donita, infant son John Patrick, and infant sister Cathy. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 2PM at the Twin Cities Friends Meeting House, 1725 Grand Ave., St. Paul 55105. Condolences: cremationsocietyofmn.com

Published on October 2, 2022