Patrick George Aylward

Aylward, Patrick A. Patrick passed into his heavenly home on June 23, 2021 in Hospice care in Prescott, AZ. His long struggle with congestive heart failure finally ended. He was born on April 21, 1928 in Emmetsburg, lowa to George & Mary Joyce Aylward into an Irish family with 6 older siblings. He attended St. Mary's Catholic School for grades 1-12. Patrick has one living sister, Loretta Carolla. He attended Omaha School of Electronics for 2 years and worked in that field in Chicago. While in Chicago he met, Angela Sarley, and married her in 1953. They had 5 children: Patrick J. Aylward, Kevin (Pam) Aylward, Mary Beth Aylward, Hugh (Laurie) Aylward, Gary (Nancy) Aylward. He has 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren and 2 stepchildren, Pamela Pierce and Steven (Diane) Swanson. His main career was as a Manufacturer's Representative of Consumer Electronics. Most of their lives they lived in Richfield, Minnesota and Patrick started businesses titled "Sound Ideas", retail electronics stores. Upon retirement, he became a realtor with Remax. Angela suddenly passed away in 2002 from an accident. He married Beverly Swanson in 2007 and they lived in Burnsville, Minnesota on Crystal Lake for 5 months each year and in Prescott, AZ for 7 months a year. Patrick felt that the most important thing that he ever did was to accept Christ as his personal Saviour at age 55 in 1983. He made this decision while watching the 700 Club on TV. Patrick served as an Elder for 15 years at Bloomington Assembly of God. During that time he attended Promise Keepers from which Patrick started Men's Saturday Morning Prayer meetings at Cedar Valley Church. When Patrick and Beverly moved to Prescott in 2008, he started a School of Evangelism of which people from 8 churches attended. There was some class training but he believed that each person needed to go out on the streets and practice leading people to the Lord. Hundreds of people made decisions to follow Christ during those years that it was active. He also brought the Courtside Ministry to Prescott and started the Ministry to young people at the Prescott Skatepark. Patrick had a great sense of humor, constant smile, deep booming voice and love for everyone he met. Patrick will be buried in Lakewood Cemetary in S. Minneapolis, Minnesota following a memorial service at Cedar Valley Church, 8600 Bloomington Ave., Bloomington, MN 55425. The Memorial Service in Bloomington will be on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. with viewing at 10:00 in theatre. Lunch following. Memorial donations can be to JESUS Film, 100 Lake Hart Orlando, FL 32832. Call 800-387-4040 for a memorial card in Patrick's name.

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Patrick George Aylward

April 21, 1928 - June 23, 2021

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Patrick George Aylward

April 21, 1928 - June 23, 2021

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