Obituary of Patrick Byrne

Byrne, Patrick Clay age 33 of Ridgewood died unexpectedly on December 6, 2010. Beloved son of Robert and Lynn (nee Clay). Devoted brother of Peter, Elizabeth, Cooper, Colby, Matthew and Joseph. Also survived by his grandmothers, Joyce Byrne and Eloise Clay Mathison and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Predeceased by his grandfathers, Robert S. Byrne and Richard E. Clay. Patrick was a 1996 graduate of Ridgewood High School and spent one year in Nepal in the Oxford Beyond Borders Program before attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Patrick worked at UPS for the last 9 years, most recently as a Packaging and Dispatch Supervisor. Patrick was completely devoted to his family and to his work. The family will receive friends on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home,www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff, NJ. A Service will be held on Saturday 9:15 am at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church, 1 Passaic St. Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Interment at Valleau Cemetery, Ridgewood, NJ. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Covenant House of New Jersey, 330 Washington St., Newark, NJ 07102. (convenanthousenj.org).