Patrick Heffron, a loving brother, husband, father, grandfather and respected physician, and a dedicated volunteer at the Los Angeles Catholic Worker, passed away on July 17, 2011, at the age of 66 due to complications following a heart attack.
Born in Northern Ireland, Patrick and his family immigrated to the United States in 1950, living in the Bronx, N.Y., before moving to the Los Angeles, Calif., area in 1957.
An alumnus of Loyola Marymount University, he studied medicine and trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Creighton University in Omaha. He was the first OB/GYN in Norfolk when he and his young family arrived in 1981. With several hiatuses, he continued to practice in Norfolk for the next 30 years, until the time of his death.
In all aspects of his life, he was dedicated to pursuing the work of Christ — volunteering his medical skills to help those less-fortunate abroad in Ghana, Haiti, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone and St. Lucia, as well as domestically on the Rosebud Indian Reservation (South Dakota) and on the Mexican-American border in Nogales, Ariz.
Dr. Heffron is survived by his wife; their children and spouses, Sean Heffron and his wife, Soyoung Lee of New York, Timothy and Jessica Heffron of San Francisco, Calif., and Patricia Heffron of Washington, D.C.; his grandson, Theodore; his twin brother, Joseph Heffron.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Agnes (McKevitt) Heffron, and brother Joseph Heffron.
Memorials may be directed to the Los Angeles Catholic Worker.
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