Patrick John Tester, 61, died Jan. 29, 2021, at Methodist Hospital of Dallas. Patrick was born May 4, 1959, in Park Forest, Ill.
Raised in the Chicago area, he was a diehard Cubs fan. After high school at Rich South High School in Richton, Ill., he spent a year at Ripon College in Wisconsin before joining his family in Fort Worth, where he attended TCU.
Patrick loved to tell stories about working at Six Flags over Texas during the summers, an experience that taught him he had to work for something better.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from TCU and then worked in education for more than 25 years in Austin, Denver and, primarily, the Dallas Independent School district, focusing on special education.