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My thanks go out to everyone who has responded. It's another example of the compassion and quality of individuals on this Forum that make this place feel like family. The funeral on Saturday was a fitting tribute to him. So he'd have something to do upstairs, I put his favorite tennis racket and the driver out of his golf bag in the casket with him. At 92, after a battle with progressive dementia and congestive heart failure, my father passed away early Tuesday morning. His parents came here from Italy by ship in 1911, entering the United States the right way---through Ellis Island. They settled in the Boston area, and my grandfather became the caretaker for the estate of the owner of the largest grocery enterprise in Massachusetts. Most importantly, they had my Dad and his older brother. My Dad grew up with what seem to be long-lost values: a strong work ethic and strong character. I learned a lot about being self-reliant from him, and it kept me both out of trouble and ready to take on new and different things with confidence. I didn't have to ask him for advice too often, because I watched how he'd taken himself from department manager at a Sears store in Denver to a merchandise manager responsible for stores in several states. He had lots of friends at work, on the golf course and on the tennis courts. He enjoyed those two sports until his late '70s, when his knees made him quit. My Mom died in 1981, but my Dad was fortunate to later have a woman come into his life who, though they never married, gave him companionship for the rest of his life. They traveled a lot, which made him forget his bad knees and took him to several countries---including the northern Italian town where his parents started out. As I watched his decline, especially over the past two years, I found some solace in his lucid moments when we could talk about things that happened when I was a kid growing up. That made the difficult times better. Thanks for listening, everybody. The funeral's Saturday. Godspeed, Dad.This message has been edited. Last edited by: snoris, | ||
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Sorry for your loss. | |||
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Long term ammoholic |
So sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family! | |||
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Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. |
Sorry for your loss, will keep all in my prayers. Thom "Tulta munille!" NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Certified Instructor NRA Range Safety Officer SAF Life Member | |||
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| Triggers don't pull themselves  |
My condolences and prayers. Sorry for your loss. Michael | |||
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Sorry for your loss, Prayers for you and family. A few Sigs and some others | |||
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I'm Different! |
Sorry for your loss. May you find peace in your memories of him. “Agnostic, gun owning, conservative, college educated hillbilly” | |||
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| I'm No Quitter |
So sorry for your loss. I know this is a really hard time. Remember the good times. Prayers for your family. Most Sincerely, Donna | |||
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Sorry for your loss....it's never easy. That generation knew what hard work was and how to persevere. Thanks for sharing some insight into your Dad. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
That's a great story. Good tribute to your Dad. Sorry for your loss, Prayers for you and family. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I am sorry to hear that. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Genuinely sorry for your loss. Può tuo padre riposare in pace. | |||
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Admin/Odd Duck |
Yes, it's a big deal and sorry for your loss. Do as best you all can. ____________________________________________________ New and improved super concentrated me: Proud rebel, heretic, and Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal. There is iron in my words of death for all to see. So there is iron in my words of life. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
My condolences, may his memory be a blessing. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
Sorry to hear of your loss. | |||
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Sorry for your loss. PC | |||
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So sorry for your loss. | |||
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| And say my glory was I had such friends.  |
Prayers are up for your family. My dad passed a little more than two years ago at 89. Heart gave out. Still miss talking to him every week and hearing him say, "Kiss that good looking red head for me" when we would finish the call. "I don't shoot well, but I shoot often." - Pres. T. Roosevelt | |||
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Spectemur Agendo |
Sorry for your loss. It sounds like he was a great man. SIGforum's triple minority "It can't rain all the time." - Eric Draven | |||
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Sounded like a good man and a great Father. Sincere condolances and Godspeed Dad. Regards, Will G. | |||
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