Micheal J. “Popeye” Pattison, 54, of North Manchester, died at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 3, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

He was born July 7, 1964, at Grant County to Hubert J. & Barbara E. (Wall) Pattison. His father is deceased and his mother survives at LaFontaine.

Pattison and Teresa Davidson were married on Oct. 16, 1993.  She survives.

Also surviving are a son, Montgomery Pattison, North Manchester; two daughters, Michelle (Adam) Reynolds, Connecticut and Micheala (Donavon) Rennaker, Fort Wayne; two brothers, Dale (Karen) Pattison, Marion, and Brian Pattison, Fort Wayne; four sisters, Diana Geistler and Della (Larry) Carter, both of Marion; Sondra Kay (Doug) Wooten, Bargersville and Teresa (Chad) Callahan, Texas; in-laws Ann and Phil Dailey, Huntington, and James and Lee Davidson, Wabash; two grandsons and several nieces and nephews. 

Pattison graduated from Manchester High School in 1983 and Vincennes University. In 1991 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University, where his son will attend this fall. He had worked for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources at Patoka Lake and was a security officer at Manchester University from 2000-2005. Later he was employed with ACS in Fort Wayne for five years and since 2007 has been employed with Allen County Division of Family Resources at Fort Wayne. He loved hiking and nature, watching sports including Chicago Cubs, Blackhawks, Bears and Colts football and especially I.U.  He was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Manchester. 

Friends and family may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at McKee Mortuary, 1401 SR 114 West, North Manchester. For those who wish to honor the memory of Micheal J. Pattison, memorial contributions may be made to Riley Children’s Hospital, 30 W. Meridian St., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204