Doyle, Phillip J.

Philip Joseph Doyle died In Moraga, May 18, 2008. Born March 1, 1918, to a farming family in the small town of Neola, IA. There he met his wife of 57 years, Patricia Jane "Paddy" Cole. The couple were childhood sweethearts and later devoted husband and wife. After graduating from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA, he hitchhiked out to California to see Paddy who was attending Dominican College, San Rafael, and convinced her to marry him. After joining the Marine Corps to serve in WWII, and postponing their wedding three times, he and Paddy were married in Oakland on a three-day furlough in 1943. He was wounded during the invasion of Tarawa and was awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds and Silver Star for his heroic actions. After the war he graduated from Boalt Hall Law School, UC Berkeley, and practiced his profession for nearly 60 years in Oakland. A longtime resident of Oakland until losing the home he had designed and built to the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm. Active in his community, he established group homes and supported-living residences for the developmentally disabled in the East Bay. Preceded in death by his beloved wife in 2000. Survived by his loving daughter Sharon Quigley (Donald); son, Christopher Doyle; granddaughter, Tracey Holden (Jamie); grandsons, Timothy Quigley (Tammy) and Patrick Quigley (Sherry); great-grandson, Tanner Quigley; great-granddaughters, Tiffany Quigley, Alyssa Quigley and "PJ" Holden; and sisters, Dolors Waltz and Mary Ellen Hagendorn. Information we have is Phillip worked in the Circulation Dept at the Oakland Tribune for some time while working through college and was close friends with Bill Ortman.