On July 12th we said goodbye to my Uncle Al. Chris and I drove up Tuesday night for the Wednesday funeral. What we missed at the wake on Tuesday night was the out pouring of love and support of people who knew my Uncle and his family. Mom said that between 400 and 500 people stopped by the funeral home.
The next day, there were about 300 people present at the Mass and the longest funeral procession I've ever seen to the cemetery. My aunt picked out a spot near a tree that reminded us all of the tree that was in their front yard.
My uncle was not only my uncle, but he was also my godfather. I have so many fond memories of the time spent at their house. Either watching TV while my uncle took a nap, playing outside in his well manicured lawn, watching him pick vegetables from the garden, or spending time with him downstairs in his workshop, sometimes I even got to help some.
Uncle Al, you will be missed by lots of people.
My dad has a tribute to Al on the family website. His words are much better than mine. UPDATE: so it's not lost, I've added dad's tribute to this blog.
4 Comments
That's great that so many people came to show their support. (And cool that you have a family website to share info!)
I am sorry for your loss.
It sounds like Uncle Al was an amazing man!
Kelly, this is a beautiful tribute to Uncle Al.
Very touching what your dad wrote
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