On Saturday, July 10, a funeral was held for Mr. Patrick Henry Christopher at Salem Baptist Church in Jenkintown. Mr. Christopher died in his 80s. He was buried at Fairview Cemetery in nearby Upper Dublin. Generations of people from La Mott, Germantown and many other neighborhoods were buried there as well.
Mr. Christopher was the father of fives sons, but one son predeceased him. He had three daughters-in-law, several grandchildren and a boatload of relatives. He was married for 57 years which seems amazing in this day and age. While I knew who he was, I really didn't know much about him. I learned that day that he worked in construction for decades, was always willing to lend a helping hand and didn't like talking on the telephone.
I think of him as being one of the last Fathers in La Mott. Like many of the men of his generation he was the kind of man you looked up and admired. You knew he had a strength about him and raised his sons to be strong men as well. Each of his sons is admired just as he was.
He will be missed, but at the same I think he led a long and fruitful life.
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