Stanley Patrick, age 100, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at the White Healthcare Center in White, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the United Methodist Church of White. Stanley Allen Patrick was born at the family home near Stratton, Colorado, on March 26, 1908, to Thomas Franklin and Mabel (Lemon) Patrick. Stanley moved with his parents to Highmore, South Dakota, in 1910. On Stanleys birthday in 1913 they moved to Hartford, South Dakota, and in the spring of 1918 to the farm in Deer Creek Valley, Richland Township, between Elkton and White. The children attended District 48 Public School by walking or riding a buggy. Stanley graduated from White High School in 1926. Stanley was baptized at the Methodist Episcopal Church of White on June 20, 1920. He was a member of the Methodist Church for over 80 years. He was an active community member serving on the Lake Hendricks Township Board for 20 years He was involved in the formation and development of the Brookings-Deuel Water System, and he was a life member of the American Angus Association. The Patricks farmed east of White, and Stanley took great pride in raising purebred Angus bulls. They moved to a new home in White in 1978 as they retired from farming. Declining health required Stanley to move into the White Healthcare Center in 2004, where he resided until his death. In later years he enjoyed writing journals of his life experiences, which have been read by many local residents and the family. His active memory was an amazement to all who visited him. Survivors include his wife, Bernice Patrick, of Brookings; a son, Donald (Marian) Patrick, of Ottertail, Minnesota; daughters: Joyce (Bud) Knutson of Lake Benton, Minnesota, Darlene (Bob) Bailey of Ottertail, Minnesota, Debby Otten of Brookings, Diane (Harlan) Best of Pierre, South Dakota, and Darla (Doyle) Hicks of Brookings; step-daughter, Lynette Swindle, of Brookings; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Alice (Arnie) Barstad, of Renner, South Dakota. He was preceded in death by sisters, Florence Wytock, Mabel Lane, and Hazel Finley; a brother, Benjamin Patrick; twin infant grandchildren; a grandson, Allen Patrick; and a great-granddaughter, Kayla Knutson.