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Jack Penn Jude Patten, 19, lifelong resident of Orange passed away Sunday, April 1.

A memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 5, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon Melvin Payne of St. Mary Catholic Church. A gathering of family and friends will be from 4:30 p.m. to service time on Thursday.

Jack was born August 5, 1992, in Orange to Gary Matthew Patten and Cheryl Lynn (Johnson) Patten. He was a 2010 graduate of LCM and member at St. Mary Catholic Church where he was an altar boy when he was younger. He worked for Broc at Motiva and enjoyed listening to music and spending time with his friends. Those who knew him, loved him and will remember him as the sweet, caring and giving person that he was.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jack Patten; grandmother, Jane Johnson and sister, Sarah Patten.

Those left to cherish his memory are his mother, Cheryl Patten of Corpus Christi; father, Gary Patten of Orange; grandmother, Betty Patten; grandfather, Penn Johnson and sisters, Ellie Duhon and husband, Erik of Bridge City and Laurie Echols and husband, Colin of Beaumont.

Jack is also survived by his nieces, Harley Grace Duhon of Bridge City, Adison Grace Echols of Beaumont and Payton Raine Waldrum of Deweyville; numerous loving aunts, uncles and cousins who will all miss him.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Jack’s name to St. Mary Catholic School Scholarship Program, 2600 Bob Hall Rd, Orange TX 77630.