I'm glad you had this wonderful person in your life. Some of the less obvious people (other than family, close friends) in our lives really make the world go round in such a good way. My sympathies, Barb. I have to say I am tickled to see you mention The Merry Mailman.  I don't think there are many of us who remember him but I certainly do.  I was on that show as one of the kids in the peanut gallery--a Howdy Doody reference but I don't remember what the kids were called on the Merry Mailman.  There were only about ten kids each day. Maybe fewer. It was one of the many perks of being a NYC kid--easy access to being in/on all those shows.  My friend was having a birthday and her mother got tickets for two.  She invited me.  It was fun but being on TV was basically just another day at the office for a NYC kid. I did not realize my dream tho and that was being in the peanut gallery on Howdy Doody.  My cousins were on the show and I begged and begged my parents to get tickets but no luck. And do you remember The Children's Hour on Sunday mornings--at 11 I think.  I went to the 9am children's Mass, where we sat with our class, and then rushed home to eat breakfast and watch that show with Ed Herlihy.  We later lived in the town where he lived and he was a neighbor of my best friend's parents so I met him a number of times--still a bit awestruck. This may seem off-topic for genealogy but wouldn't we all love to hear our great-grandparents' stories about growing up in NYC long ago? Someday our stories may be of interest in the future.                 Virginia From: mizscarlettny via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com; NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2016 11:46 AM Subject: [NY-IRISH] OBIT: John Thomas Quinn Growing up in the 50's we Ray Heatherton on B&W TV as "The Merry Mailman." Two decades later we had John Quinn as our real-live mailman in Westchester. I always appreciated John's sober wit, great stories and scruples. Many heartfelt thanks to John during some overstressed years. Barb ---------------------- JJ John Thomas Quinn, Sr. S September 17, 1947 - May 2, 2016 John Thomas Quinn, Sr, 68 of Poughkeepsie passed away on May 2, 2016 at Mid Hudson Regional Medical Center. Born on September 17, 1947 in North Tarrytown to the late Clement and Gertude Kane Quinn. John grew up in Sleepy Hollow and Attended Stepanic High School in White Plains and Fordham University. In 1967, after he graduated college, he enlisted in the United States Army and in January 1994 retired from the New York Army national Guard as a Master Sergeant. During the time he was in the National Guard he worked for the United States Post Office for 40 years and was postmaster in Wappingers Falls before retiring in 2009. He will always be remembered as a funny person with a great sense of humor and enjoyed making people laugh. He had a heartfelt devotion to his spiritual community. John is survived by his loving children Bridget Quinn and her husband Andrew Sorkin of Wappingers Falls, Patrick Liam Quinn and his companion Diana Miller of Accord, and Kathleen Siobhan Quinn of Poughkeepsie. Cherished Abba to Elijah Liam Quinn and Clara Grace Quinn. He was predeceased by his Son John T. Quinn Jr. Friends may call on Thursday May 5, 2016 from 2-4 & 7-9pm at Robert H. Auchmoody Funeral Home, 1028 Main St, Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website.  Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry:  http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You're so right about unusual/usual things being part and parcel with being a NYC kid. I remember being ushered onto the set of the Ernie Kovacs show while strolling the halls of a TV station back in the old days. Together with my friends and a few others we comprised an audience of "23 passing strangers", as we were referred to in my one and only TV "credit". Kovacs was an innovator, just then exploring the possibilities of live TV. Don't remember if Edie Adams and/or The Nairobi Trio was yet a part of his sthick. Jack Langton -----Original Message----- From: VLB via <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> To: mizscarlettny <mizscarlettny@aol.com>; nywestch <nywestch@rootsweb.com>; NY-IRISH <NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com>; ny-irish <ny-irish@rootsweb.com>; Metronycancestry via <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, May 6, 2016 12:22 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [NY-IRISH] OBIT: John Thomas Quinn I'm glad you had this wonderful person in your life. Some of the less obvious people (other than family, close friends) in our lives really make the world go round in such a good way. My sympathies, Barb.I have to say I am tickled to see you mention The Merry Mailman. I don't think there are many of us who remember him but I certainly do. I was on that show as one of the kids in the peanut gallery--a Howdy Doody reference but I don't remember what the kids were called on the Merry Mailman.