Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Mathews, Patrick Joseph  December 29 2004
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The Tehachapi News 
Patrick Joseph Mathews
Feb. 6, 1926 – Dec. 29, 2004

A memorial mass was celebrated Tuesday, Jan. 4, at St. Malachy Catholic Church 
for Patrick Joseph Mathews, 78, who passed away on Dec. 29 in a Thousand Oaks 
hospital.

Patrick was born on Feb. 6, 1926 in Belfast, Ireland to James and Elizabeth 
Mathews. He was a champion Irish dancer as a young teenager and started out as 
an amateur actor in the Belfast Arts Theatre with Stephen Boyd. 

Patrick played professionally in London’s New Theatre and with the BBC before 
going on to Canada where he was an ad-writer and eventually moved to Hollywood 
where he was a screenwriter for television and wrote for such series 
as “Wonder Woman,” “Switch,” “Hart to Hart,” “Quincy” and “Man from Atlantis.”

Patrick was a World War II veteran of the Royal Air Force and served in India 
and Pakistan from 1942 to 1946. He was just 16 years old when he joined the 
RAF.

While in London he married his wife of 47 years, Paula Mathews. He and his 
wife retired to Tehachapi where she passed away in 2000. Shortly after that, 
Patrick moved to the Thousand Oaks area to be near his daughter, due to 
illness.

Patrick is survived by his sons, James Mathews of Sand Diego and Peter Mathews 
of Lancaster; daughter P.J. Christoni of Newbury Park; grandchildren Courtney, 
Brooke, McKenna, Maddisyn, Ryan, Sydney, Matthew and Hunter; and sisters Alice 
McCaffrey of Pennsylvania and Philomena Murphy of Rhode Island.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the tsunami victims through the 
American Red Cross or the United Way.

Wood Family Funeral Service handled the cremation arrangements.


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