Breaux Bridge - A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, March 6, 2020, at Pellerin Funeral Home in Breaux Bridge for Thomas Rousseau Patin, 77, who entered eternal rest on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at his home in Hemphill, TX.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 10:00 am until time of funeral service on Friday.
Msgr. Keith DeRouen will officiate at the Funeral Service.
Interment will follow at St. Bernard Mausoleum - No. 1 in Breaux Bridge.
Thomas was born in Breaux Bridge, LA on January 25, 1943, to Harold Joseph and Nursey Hebert Patin. He spent his formative years in Baton Rouge, LA and graduated from Redemptorist High School. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Thomas spent 40 years of his working life in the marine industry either in the retail or manufacturing section of it. He was the owner of Lake Country Marine, Muskogee, OK, sales manager of Quachita Boat Company of Arkadelphia, AR, and manager of Cooper Marine in Denham Springs, LA. He represented numerous boat manufacturers over the years from design to sales, and was instrumental in the design of Monark Boat's hi-performance fiberglass bass boat. He was named many times the top fishing boat salesman for the south. Thomas owned, operated, designed, and manufactured Bristol Fiberglass fishing boats until he retired to his camp on Toledo Bend Lake. He was a serious wood worker and could spend hours in his shop with his dog, Gumbo, listening to the radio and sanding.
He is survived by his son, Harold Patin, II and wife Maureen of Dallas, TX; daughter, Renee Moorefield and husband Dr. David Moorefield of Manitou Springs, CO; sister, Joan Martin of Zachary, LA; grandchildren, Mitchell Patin of San Francisco, CA, and Taylor Patin and Zach Miller of Dallas, TX; and great grandchild, Vivian Miller of Dallas, TX.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, James "Bub" Patin; and brother-in-law, Paul Martin.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.
