The father of former New York Post Publisher Patrick Purcell has died.

Patrick J. Purcell was 95. He was born in Waterford, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States when he was 3.

He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II before marrying his wife, Sarah, and settling in College Point, Queens. The couple had three children: Patrick, Kathleen and James.

The late patriarch worked in construction, mainly building elevators at sites to transport materials.

He cheated death at least once while on the job — slipping on scaffolding 30 stories above the ground before grabbing a steel beam 10 feet down to save himself, relatives said.

He also survived a job in Thule, Greenland — where he toiled in minus-30 degree temperatures to provide for his family, they said.

A regular ocean swimmer, he continued to swim even well into his 80s in Pompano Beach, Fla.

He became a hero, too — once jumping into the water to save a friend’s grandson who had tumbled from a pier.

The elder Purcell passed away in Pompano Beach on June 28. His wife died in 2001.

He is survived by their children as well as five grandchildren: Kathleen Rush, Erin Gallo, Patrick Purcell, Kerry Stanton and Patrick James Purcell; and seven great-grandchildren: Mack, Bennett and Caroline Rush; Finn and Liam Gallo, and Lola and River Purcell.

A memorial service will be held at St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church in Pompano Beach on Saturday, July 27, at 11 a.m.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Fidelis Church in College Point, Queens, on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 9:30 a.m., his family said.