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CAPT. PATTERSON DIES ON TANKER
[Welland Tribune October 25, 1943]
Succumbs as Vessel Plies Lake Superior
Toronto, Oct 25- Capt. Oscar W. Patterson, who sailed on the Great Lakes for nearly 40 years, died yesterday on a tanker in Lake Superior, his family has been informed here.
This summer Capt Patterson has been serving as a special pilot with the Imperial Oil Co.,, Ltd., and previously served nine years with the British American Oil Co., fleet. He was well known as a pilot in the Kingston and Montreal areas.
Surviving are his widow and three sons, two of them of whom are in the R.C.A.F .A brother, Capt Selby Patterson, is master of the Lemoyne, largest bulk carrier on the lakes, and another is master of the freighter Winnipeg
His many friends in Welland learned with regret over the weekend of the sudden death of Captain Oscar Patterson. The late Captain Patterson hailed originally from Toronto, was a well known Great Lakes skipper, and moved from Welland to Toronto two years ago. He married twice, and his second wife, nee Dorothea Mortimer, survives at their home 94 Rosewell avenue, Toronto. Among other surviving relatives are two sons of the former union. Pilot officer Norman E. Patterson, R.C.A.F. and corporal Oscar W. Patterson Jr. Also with the R.C.A.F. also a son from the later union Hugh aged 12, now at home, Toronto. Deceased is also survived by a number of brothers and sisters among whom are Harold and Miss Miriam Patterson of Toronto.
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