Obituary of Patrick Toner

Franklin Springs – Patrick Toner, 68, went to The Lord on September 25, 2014 in the comfort of his own home, with his loving family by his side after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born in 1946, in Clark Mills, NY to Henry B. Toner, Sr and Ersal (Edwards ) Toner. He had a love of baseball, family, hunting, fishing and trapping. He enjoyed teaching any of these to any child willing to learn! On August 5, 1967, he married the love of his life, Mary Baxter and they had 47 wonderful years together. He was employed at several manufacturing plants, drove truck for GI and retired from Orion Bus Company in 2008. He is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters, Annette Petrie (companion Kurt Lyons), Denise Toner and Heather Toner; grandchildren, Tim and Kyle Petrie, Zachary, Warren and Allie Breen (companion Stephen Sroka) and Sharece and Shaniece Toner (companion Naaem McCall); two loving great-grandchildren Marri McCall and Michael Sroka; a sister Beatrice Leake (Mike) and brother Henry B Toner Jr. (Linda) and in-laws Patricia Coe (Junior), Wendy Hyle and William Baxter (Colleen) and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Hospice & Palliative Care or The Regional Cancer Center. The family would like to thank Sally O'Callahan, Windy Mitchell and all the folks at the Regional Cancer Center. A special thanks to the people at Hospice, especially Karen Puckey for the care and compassion they gave. There will be no calling hours. A private memorial will be held at a later date.