The American Numismatic Society writes:

Donald Groves Partrick was born on January 4, 1926. He was a real estate developer living in Huntington, New York.

On November 30, 1984, he made a presentation at the first ANS Coinage of theAmericas Conference. I asked him to autograph a 4x6 index card as one of the speakers. This is the only personal interaction I ever had with him.

When I learned of his passing I noted there was no listing for him in my book American Numismatic Biographies. It was not that I thought he was unworthy, but I had never come across biographical information about him.

I looked for an obituary or death notice and found none. I checked local funeral homes for a funeral notice and found none. There was no mention of his death in numismatic publications.

Partrick was a generous supporter of the American Numismatic Society, an active participant at ANS events and served as their president. It was the ANS that finally made the public announcement of his death.The absence of a death notice is not the result of an oversight,absence of close family or financial hardship.Perhaps in this case the lack of a story becomes as interesting as the story would be.

Richard Margolis, Donald Partrick, Vincent Alones, John J. Ford at the 1986 Grand Central Coin Convention (Image courtesy George Cuhaj)

RIGHT: The Donald Groves sale by Stack's in November 1974.The sale consisted of duplicates from the Donald Groves Partrick collection.

For related reading on the Newman Numismatic Portal, see:
C4 Newsletter(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/510357?Year=1996&displayAmt=50)
The Donald Groves Collection of Colonial Coins and an additional consignment of United States Coins(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=3&AuctionId=516501)
Americana: Colonial and Federal Coins, Medals and Currency, Featuring The George C. Perkins, Esq. Collection of Connecticut Coppers, Federal Currency Proofs and Essays

To read a Coin World article suggested by Ray Williams:
Partrick's patterns Anchor Heritage's FUN Auction(https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/donald-g-partrick-collection-heritage-auctions-fun-show-florida-numismatics-coin-world-collecting-hobby.html)

To view all of The Partrick Collection Part I, see:
https://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=3183+790+231+4294953659+4294953388

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
HERITAGE TO OFFER DON PARTRICK COLONIAL COLLECTION(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n45a20.html)
READERS REMEMBER RICHARD MARGOLIS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n49a10.html)