Master and Commander
Posts: 1528
Location: NE Florida | Subject: Sunday Obits
https://www.facebook.com/ussvi.eternalpatrol/
https://ussvi.org/membership/eternal-patrol (USSVI members only)
The above link goes to the USSVI (United States Submarine Veterans, Inc.) Facebook page where their members who have gone on “Eternal Patrol” are noted.
I’ll keep my work here going, trying to get others who were not USSVI members. You’re encouraged to look there as well as here! Obviously, there’ll be some I miss and some I duplicate.
LONG .. .. .. Old Lyme- David Ralph Long, 85, of Old Lyme, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. David was born Nov. 24,1940, in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Ralph and Mary Long.
He attended Ohio State University where he played basketball with Bobby Knight, Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. He proudly played trombone in the Ohio State marching band. David served in the U.S. Navy for seven Years on the USS Abraham Lincoln submarine out of Groton. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1971, and had a career in construction management last with Fusco Corporation. The building he was the proudest of as project manager was the UConn 2000 chemistry building. In retirement, he served as president of the CT Rose Society, Yankee district director and regional director of the American Rose Society.
David is survived by his wife Sandy; daughter Bethany (Paul) Conroy; and grandson Jack David Conroy; sister and brother-in-law Scottie and Pete Adams and their son Joshua; and four nieces. He was predeceased by his wife Janet (Adams); and son Michael.
PATRICK .. .. .. Thomas Edward Patrick July 10, 1957 – May 11, 2022 Thomas was born in Hayward, CA where he attended All Saints School. He moved to Santa Rosa in August 1969 and went to St. Eugene’s School where he played soccer and little league. He went to Cardinal Newman High School and made the tennis team. Due to some great teammates, Newman won their first championship at that time.
Thomas loved teaching ballroom dancing as a junior instructor with Burkart’s Juniors Ballroom Dance Studios. He also enjoyed time spent rafting, fishing, woodworking, and gardening with his dad… whatever was mechanical, he would be into it. After graduating Newman, he enlisted in the Navy and was accepted into the submarine school in Groton, CT. He then attended the U.S. Naval propulsion engineering school in Great Lakes, IL. He was assigned to the nuclear sub the USS Puffer, his home port being in Hawaii.
After being home for a while, he went to work for Sonoma Cutrer Winery. It was during that time he sustained a life changing injury. After months of retraining and determination, he was on his way again.
He had the most wonderful and infectious smile. He looked forward to his trips with the spinal cord group from the V.A. hospital in Palo Alto. Every year he attended both summer and winter sport clinics in whatever city or state they were being held.
He spent time with his grandparents, aunts, uncles and all of his cousins in Hayward. He will be so deeply missed.
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