Patterson, Alder Clinton - 90, Collingwood, passed away Sunday, November 15th, 2020 at home with his family by his side. He was born in Shulie on March 28, 1930. Alder grew up in Shulie and Joggins. He went to work as a young teenager in lumber camps. He was a member of the Army Reserves. He moved to Collingwood in his early 20's and married Doris Elaine Hyndman on October 4, 1952. He was a meat cutter and peddlar for Chesley Walsh Sr., in Stellarton and Saint John, NB, Co-op in Oxford on Water Street and at the Legion. He was a foreman at Oxford Frozen Foods, labourer at Cobequid Lumber Company and lumberjack for Flat Iron Forest. He was forced to retire due to back injury in his early 50's. He was a member of Royal Canadian Legion, Oxford. He enjoyed hunting, providing many meals for his family. He also enjoy baseball, fishing, curling, golf, darts, playing cards, four wheeling and going for car drives. He is survived by sons, Clinton (Trish), Lanark, ON; David (Gloria), Collingwood; Phillip (Amanda), Sarnia, ON; Darren, Lanark, ON; daughters, Bonnie (Stevely) Mitchell, Kolbec; Crystal (Delbert) Dixon, Port Howe; Terry (Michael) Mills, Linden; Angela (Shawn White), Mount Pleasant; brothers, Crandall and Robert, Toronto, ON; 22 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; beloved dogs, Hugs and Tugs, the pugs. He was predeceased by his wife, Doris, in 2005; brothers, Brenton and Stanley; sisters, Dolly Hebert, Alice Weeks, Julia Allaby, Lula Fage Ripley and Berlynn Fox; daughter-in-law, Sharlene Oliver; dog, Pugsy. The family would like to thank Gloria, VON Cumberland, Palliative Care team nurses and doctors for their care and support. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 18 in MacDiarmid's Funeral Home and Crematorium, 5075 Main Street, Oxford (902-447-2930). A private family funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 19, and will be live-streamed at www.mmcfunerals.com.