Michael G. Patterson, age 58, of La Salle, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at the OSF St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill.Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at Schwartz Funeral Home in Lancaster, with Pastor Mark Dieter officiating. Burial will be in Windridge Memorial Park in Cary, Ill., at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13.  Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. until the time of services on Thursday at the funeral home. Online condolences: www.martinschwartzfuneralhomes.com.

See complete obituary in the Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 issue of the Grant County Herald Independent