Patrick J.

Ferguson

Patrick J. Ferguson of North Haven, NY and Hobe Sound, FL, passed away on May 21, 2023 from complications of a stroke. He was born in December, 1930 in New York City.  With his Irish-born parents and siblings, he immigrated to Ireland in 1934. He grew up in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. When he completed his primary education, he worked for a newspaper in Dublin, Ireland, before joining the U.S. Air Force in London in 1952. Patrick served for four years and was honorably discharged in the United States.  He settled in the Bronx, and began his career in Manhattan. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Fordham University.

Patrick was married to Margaret Doughty for almost 60 years before she passed away in early 2020. They raised their family in Old Tappan, NJ before retiring in 1994 to North Haven, NY and Hobe Sound, FL.    He is survived by his daughter Peggy and her husband Steve Gallagher, of Sag Harbor, NY, his son, Patrick Ferguson, of Mahopac, NY, four grandchildren (Julie and Connor Gallagher, Claire and Kate Ferguson), his brother Gerry Ferguson of Galway, Ireland, and his sister Kathleen Quinn, also of Galway, Ireland.

Pat enjoyed Irish dancing, Irish history, painting watercolors, gardening, collecting rocks and minerals, and above all, time with family and friends.  He is a former president of his neighborhood associations in North Haven, NY and Hobe Sound, FL.  He proudly marched as a veteran in far too many Sag Harbor Memorial Day parades to count.   When you conversed with Pat, he had a gift for making you feel that you were the only person in the world that mattered to him. Until his stroke, Pat lived a full, vibrant, and independent life.

Visitation will be on Friday, June 2 from 2 - 4 pm, and 7 – 9 pm, at Yardley & Pino Funeral Home, Sag Harbor, NY.  A funeral mass for Pat will be celebrated on Saturday, June 3 at 11 am at St. Andrews R.C. Church, Sag Harbor, NY.