Patrick PJ 'Max' Enright

Born in Detroit, Michigan to Francis Enright and Marion Crankshaw, Max attended Servite High School and Wayne State University. He spent his working life in and around San Francisco toiling in the fledgling tech industry, both as a programmer and an engineer for companies like Hewlett and Boole and Babbage, before retiring to Seattle where he pursued his true passions, paleontology, fine cooking, and the history of World War I merchant mariners. In these pursuits, Max dug for bones with the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, wrote a book about the SMS Mowe, and helped others with research that combined all of his passions like the merchant vessel that sank during World War I with rare dinosaur fossils on board. In 2004, he met his wife, Sheridan, and they married in 2007. The newlyweds traveled extensively in Europe, Central America, and the South Pacific before moving to Los Angeles in 2012 to be closer to Sheridan’s children and grandchildren. Max and Sheridan lived at the Americana in Glendale, California together, enjoying the lively scene off their deck, until Sheridan’s death in 2022. Max passed 2 years, nearly to the day, after Sheridan.

Max is survived by his brother Michael, his niece Sarah, his nephews Nate and Hunter, his step-children Steve (Chieko) and Ariadne (Costa), and his step-grandchildren Gene (Tran), Ken, and Kizziah. Max was preceded in death by his wife Sheridan, his brother Charlie, his sister Frances, and his nephew, Nick. Remembrances and gifts should be sent to the Royal Tyrell Museum in his honor.