Charles P. "Pat" Rhoades, 95, of St. Ignace, was a World War II veteran who worked for the Michigan State Ferries and later owned a St. Ignace gift shop and operated a Sears store in town. Mr. Rhoades died Friday, June 2, 2006, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace, where he had lived for several years.

He was born August 6, 1910, in St. Ignace to John Henry and Emmaline (nee Richardson) Rhoades.

He was graduated from high school and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked for the Michigan State Ferries before the war and after his discharge.

He and his wife owned Rhoades Economy Sales & Gift Shop in St. Ignace for several years, which later was the Secretary of State Office. They also operated a Sears store in St. Ignace. He later became the Star Rural Route mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office, working there until retirement.

He loved to operate heavy equipment with his son, Father C. Michael Rhoades, at their camp near Gulliver. He especially loved the bulldozer, moving the earth.

He was a life member of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church.

His first wife, Frieda, died October 23, 1970, and his second wife, Margaret McLeod Rhoades, died March 22, 2003. Father Rhoades died February 12, 2006.

He is survived by a daughter, Dr. Mary Margaret Rhoades of Madison, Wisconsin; nieces and nephews and their families, Mark Rhoades, Pam Langford, Mike McCann, Anna Kay McCanndeCandanosa of Montery, Mexico, the McGuire families, and the many members of the McLeod family in Hessel, Cedarville, and Canada.

A memorial mass will be held Monday, June 12, at 10 a.m. at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church with Father Jim Williams and Father Norbert Landreville officiating.

Burial will be in St. Ignatius Cemetery later in the summer.

Dodson Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.