Lynn, Thank you so much for this thought. It was beautiful. My Mom thought so too. It's such a great way to remember my Dad because he certainly did raise all four of his "little girls" to be very strong women. Therese Lynn wrote: > I am sorry for your loss. When people talk about strong Irish women and > wonder why that is true. I always say it is Irish fathers who make their > daughters strong women. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Therese" <tmack@hostpc.com> > To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:44 PM > Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] [Fwd: John Gavin] > > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: John Gavin >> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:26:57 -0400 >> From: Therese <tmack@hostpc.com> >> >> >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I joined your group a few months ago because I saw some really fun and >> interesting things on it to share with my Mom and Dad who are from and >> were raised in South Troy. I've only been on a few times to thank you >> for information I could share with them or to share information about >> South Troy with you. They really enjoyed hearing all of the old familiar >> stories that I could share with them from the site. It brought back so >> many fun memories that really made them laugh and smile. Thank you for >> that. >> >> Unfortunately the reason I'm writing to you tonight is to let you know >> that God called my Dad Home on 7/4th. He had a stroke on 4/2 and never >> really recovered from that. He ended up getting pneumonia in the end and >> it took over his right lung and he just couldn't get over it. Thank God >> we were all (except for one of his grandsons who lives out of town), 26 >> of us with him in the end. >> >> My Mom is such a strong woman and is keeping up so well. We try to be >> her strength but she ends up being ours. She's just obviously so very >> sad. She had started dating my Dad 66 years ago at a "Lincoln Penny >> Serenade Dance" while he was in Lasalle and she was in Catholic Central. >> They were married for 58 years, had 6 kids, 8 grandchildren, and 2 >> great-grandchildren. >> >> He was waked in Leahy's funeral home which has always been very special >> to them, and was buried yesterday from St. Joseph's in Troy, where they >> grew up; were married; and 2 of my sisters and brothers were baptized >> in. They'd gone to many churches in their life, but even at the end, Dad >> (and Mom still does) belonged to St. Joseph's because it meant so much >> to them. >> >> Mom doesn't get out of the house at all because she has terribly painful >> arthritis. She didn't get to the wake or funeral (which was a beautiful >> ceremony at the military cemetery in Saratoga) because it would've been >> too much for her, and I know he was OK with that. >> >> They were such a wonderful couple. The best God could ask for. Dad put >> God first, family second and country third. He was a very proud Marine. >> >> Thank you all for all of your stories that I could share with them. It >> meant a lot to both of them. >> >> Therese Mack >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Need cash? Click to get a loan. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mKiwTCHE2uIhNhzriGLCeALGKMYVb7DlmVolt1olPCagSu5/ > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >