Dr. Patrick Alan Burch Age 66
Pat Burch passed away on February 18th at The Homestead of Rochester at age 66. Pat was born on December 16, 1953, in Tuscola, Illinois, and grew up on beautiful Lake Geneva in Wisconsin, where he was a star athlete. He went on to attend college at Lawrence University where he received a BS degree and played on the football team.
In 1977, he began his medical training at Medical College of Wisconsin. In 1979, he married his wife Kathy in St. Paul. Following medical school, he was a resident in internal medicine in Milwaukee, ending with a year as chief resident.
Pat completed a fellowship in oncology at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore after which he joined the Department of Oncology at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He was a compassionate and dedicated physician who was adored by his patients, some of whom continued to stay in touch long after leaving his care. In 2006, he received the Mayo Distinguished Clinician Award for Internal Medicine. He continued to serve Mayo through clinical work and later by assisting with research until his retirement in December of 2017.
In addition to his career in oncology, Pat enjoyed golfing, bowling, biking, and swimming. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.
Pat is survived by his wife Kathy; his daughters Carolyn (Charles) Calvo of Spring Grove, MN; Allison (Justin) Clarke of Lawrence, KS, and grandsons Sullivan and Dean Clarke; brother Michael (Evelyn) Burch of Oregon, WI; and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his brothers, Kim (Sue) Burch and Scott Burch; his mother, Carolyn Burch Gramley, and her husband, Marvin Gramley.
A memorial service will be held at Rochester Covenant Church on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 10:30am. Visitation will be from 4:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home in Rochester, MN and one hour prior at church on Saturday.
Memorials are suggested to Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center – Please specify in honor of Patrick Burch.
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