Patrick Koontz Ragland, an artist and volunteer tutor of students with learning disabilities, died Jan. 27 in Baltimore. He was 41.
Services for Mr. Ragland were held Feb. 1 at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Charleston, W.Va.
Mr. Ragland, who lived in Lutherville, was studying at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. He worked with fibers.
The native of Charleston, W.Va., graduated from Millbrook School in Millbrook, N.Y. He earned an associate's degree from Parsons School of Design in New York City and a bachelor's degree in education from Goucher College. He also attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Mr. Ragland volunteered with a program at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, where he helped students prepare for their high school equivalency diplomas. He also tutored people with learning disabilities.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. G.M.M. Ragland of Charleston; a sister, Marsha Musser of Lancaster, Pa.; a brother, George A. Ragland of Winston-Salem, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.