This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byrne, Van Sant, Robinson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1723 Message Board Post: I would be interested in hearing from anyone connected to this family! The Washington Post and Times Herald 17 November 1955 p. 26 Patrick J. Byrne Holy Cross Football Star at 47 Patrick J. Byrne, 47, captain and quarterback of the Holy Cross football team in 1930, died yesterday at Casualty Hospital after suffering a heart attack on Monday. Mr. Byrne also captained the Ganzaga High School team in 1927 before going on the collegiate fame under Coach Hartley (Hunk) Anderson at Holy Cross. A Native of Washingtonian, Mr. Byrne was a clerk with the Post Office Department for the last 18 years. He lived at the Harris Hotel and had planned to join his wife and sons, Robert and Thomas, in Battle Creek, Mich., where they moved recently. Besides his wife and sons in Michigan, Mr. Byrne leaves a third son, Terrence, who is in military service; two sister, Elizabeth Van Sant of Washington and Sarah Robinson of New Hampshire; two brothers, Robert, of New York City, and Paul J. Byrne of Washington. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Aloysius Church with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.