Dr. Patrick Franklin Flaherty

I echo Jodi's comments!  Dr. Pat had such a positive influence through my teenage years.  He had a the gift to convey the Lord's word in a language us teenagers could understand.  He then lived it through many trips to Appalachia.  I recall one trip in particular whereby I was on Dr Pat's work crew where he allowed a couple of us to install a window in a the home we were working on.  We broke the window trying to install it.  Dr. Pat remained calm and on the next day he took charge to install the replacement window only to have it break on him.  I will never forget all of us looking at him and he responding in a gentle tone that we will buy a new window and install it the next day.  The third time it was a success!  Simple story but it represents my memories of Dr Pat.  He put his true emotions aside to teach/show us how we should deal with adversity.  He was a great man who influenced many of us as to how we lead our lives to this day.  Thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

Dear Flaherty family,

My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. I have many good memories of working with Dr. Pat while I served at Grace Church in Morton. He always was aleways so gracious and kind.
In Christ's service,
Earl Cecil
Fort Wayne, IN

I am so sad to hear about Dr. Pat passing away.  He was such a great positive influence on my life.  I often think of him with great memories of my childhood and teenage years.  The trips to Appalacian Mountains to work on homes with big groups of kids.  What a great time in my life.  He was so wonderful to all of us kids and we all just loved him.  I couldn't agree with Monica more that the world needs more men like him.   My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

I would like to extend my condlences to the family of Dr. Flaherty. He and his wife were my first employers. They allowed me the opportunity to work for them as Taunie's babysitter when I was 13 years old. He was a very kind man who was always nice to me. I recently saw his wife and inquired about him and Taunie. The world needs more men like Mr. Flaherty. I will keep the family in my prayers.