Author: Zelle Rettman

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Friend and Colleague

Patrick worked at NYHS when I was a student, then we became colleagues when I came to work at NYHS, and then we worked together again at the Kari Haas Real Estate Team. Patrick was always one of my favorite people. He was so pleasant, helpful and fun. We would talk about TV shows, music, food and so much more. One of my highlights of Patrick was during the summer at NYHS when we would rent out our exterior buildings for this science camp and Patrick absolutely loved interacting with the little kids. It made me happy to see him so happy.

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Zelle Rettman

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Pat Young at NYHS

I was a student at NYHS where Pat was the business officer and technology manager. Pat didn’t teach students but he knew all of us. I enjoyed taking sports with Pat and remember many conversations going over Seahawk draft picks and lineups. I remember we froze at the Seahawks parade when they won the Superbowl in 2014, my senior year. Here is a picture of the guys in my class with Pat. Though Pat wasn’t a teacher, he cared about all of us at the school. He had the reputation for being able to fix anything and we would often line up by his desk for tech assistance. May Pat’s memory be a blessing to all.

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Mathis Cohanim

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Pat and Music

I was a student at NYHS when Pat worked there. I remember Pat as a staff member who always cared about the students even though he didn’t teach us. Pat and I bonded over our shared love of music. He gave me the book 1001 Albums to Listen to before You Die and told me about some of his favorites albums. I love this book too. During my senior year, Pat came to some of my live concerts. He and a couple other faculty members came to my “graduation” gig from School of Rock at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard. It meant a lot to me. Here is a photo from that show.

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Ezra Cohanim

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Fondly remembering Patrick

I worked with Patrick for many years. Love looking through the pictures and memories of his life. Many times we miss those events and aspects when knowing someone through work. Patrick was kind, fair, high character, really smart on a number of different items, easy to get along with and overall a wonderful human. Friends, family and co-workers were all very blessed by Patrick’s presence. Thoughts and prayers to all family and friends.

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Linda Sullivan

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Always a smile, always helpful

Pat was a staff member at the high school my sons attended. I always looked forward to visiting with Pat when I popped in. He greeted me with a warm smile and was always eager to lend a hand. My kids shared with me what a great person Pat was. We need more people like Pat in this world. Let’s all strive to bring out the Pat in us.

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Lea Hanan

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First time I met Pat.

Danaan invited me to play poker and maybe I might know a few of the guys. Not knowing what to expect and not wanting to come empty-handed, I brought chips and drinks.

Before I went through the side door, into the backyard, I got hit with an incredible BBQ smell. I figured it was coming from next door or something because who BBQ’s for a poker game?

But when I got into the yard I could see an incredible amount of food and his BBG’s. OMG, brisket, wings, and so many good things to eat. All made by the host, Pat. My chips never got opened.

Pat came up to me, introduced himself, took me around the tables of food, showed me where everything was and started talking to me like we’d been friends for years.

I thought maybe we’d just hit it off nicely and related well to each other. But over time, and many games, I saw that Pat treated everyone that way.

I’ll never forget what a wonderful person Pat was.

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Harry Jigamian

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Intro to rap

Thanks to Pat I was probably one of the first suburban white guys in Washington that had heard rap music. The first stuff, Sugar Hill Gang, was pretty goofy, but enjoyable. Not life changing besides maybe Grandmaster Flash. Sometime in the late 80s Pat sat me down to listen to something new. It started out the same goofy beat and I went “dude this stuff is going nowhere” He said “wait for it” and with a record scratch my music world changed. That song was F***k the Police by NWA. For the next few years we cleared out many parties, (or were kicked out,) by putting on NWA or Public Enemy until that new fad caught on.

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Greg Mooseker