The Reverend Father Patrick Leo Sheridan, 70, entered Eternal Life on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Mohun Health Care Center, Columbus.
He was born May 11, 1945, in Columbus, a son of Leo and Margaret Carroll Sheridan, who preceded him in death.
He attended both St. John the Evangelist and St. Thomas the Apostle grade schools in Columbus, and then graduated from St. Charles Preparatory High School. He then graduated from John Carroll University and completed his theological studies at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary/The Athenaeum of Ohio. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati on May 16, 1998.
Father Sheridan served at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish from 1998-2001, and St. Susanna from 2001-03. He became pastor of St. Patrick Parish (Bellefontaine) in 2003, serving until January 2016. His final assignment was chaplain for the Ohio Dominican University.
Father also served in the U. S. Army in Vietnam receiving the Silver Star award. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his sister, Margaret “Peggy” Sheridan; and dear friends, Marvin J. Tibbetts and Dolores McShane Thomas.
His family will receive friends from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the John Quint Treboni Funeral Home, 1177 W. Fifth Ave., Columbus. Reception of the Body is at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at the Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Church, 328 E. Patterson Ave., with visitation until 8 p.m. Funeral Mass begins at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, at St. Patrick Church, with the Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr, Archbishop of Cincinnati, as the Celebrant. Homilist will be Reverend Father Reverend Jay M. Harrington, O.P. Burial follows in Calvary Cemetery.
His family wishes to thank Anne Reames, Bert Schwaderer, Dottie Poeppelmeier and Becky Meyer, his staff at St. Patrick; the parishioners of both St. Patrick and St. Mary of the Woods; his oncologist, Dr. William Blum; his hematologist, Dr. Sanjay Yadav; the oncology nurses in Marysville and Columbus and the staff of Mohun Hall for their dedicated care and love.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Fr. Sheridan’s name are preferred to Mohun Health Care Center, 2340 Airport Drive, Columbus, OH 43219.
Condolences may be sent via www.johnquint.com.