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Obituary- Werick, Jerome 1

Jerome Werick
August 18, 1983 — November 4, 2021
Jerome Patrick Werick, 38, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.

Patrick was born to Kevin and Carol Ekman Werick in Topeka, on August 18, 1983. He graduated from St. Marys Academy in 2001. After years of travel and doing odd-jobs here and there, he studied at Kansas State University, Manhattan, and earned a BS in 2009, with a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing.

Patrick was the Vice President and Director of Marketing for Roll Products in St. Marys. He was a member of Assumption Chapel.

In February of 2011, Patrick and Amanda Perry were united in marriage at Assumption Chapel in St. Marys. He was a doting husband and father, and his wife and children were the love of his life. She survives of the home.

These are the brief but full facts of Patrick. But more should be said, for he had what the French call joie de vivre—the joy of living. His warmth, cheer, humor, wit, and his honest mischief were his constant companies. Hardly anyone who met him could not help but become caught in his infectious merriment. The people of St. Marys saw this nearly daily with him, cruising about town on his electric scooter, goggled and grinning, and the tune “The Ride of Valkyrie” blaring from his speakers.

But others around the United States and the world tasted some of Patrick’s joy. He was a traveler from his very early days of adulthood. After graduation, he and a friend, Robert Campbell, cycled across the United States and Canada. This journey and others, to Ireland and elsewhere, brought Patrick and his memorable character in touch with so many souls, not only with people he stayed with, but also people he met on the streets of Cork, Topeka, and everywhere in between.

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