Sunday, December 9, 2018
What can I say about my dad? We certainly had our ups and downs. But without Dad, Beth and I would not be the people that we are. He always looked out for us and taught us things that parents don’t teach kids today. I would always tell him why xccv don’t we hire someone to do this but he continued to do it anyway. Plumbing was always his favorite. It wasn’t like it is today with screw on hoses. He be under the sink with the bendable copper pipe yelling at me to hold the flashlight still. If not for his tutelage I would never have gotten near a sink. He worked at Aetna Chemical for the majority of his life to provide for Beth and I . That was a job that no one should have had to endure. Yet he did it. Beth and I have a lot to be thankful for, having had such a great dad. He served in the Air Force for 4 years and got to travel to Taiwan and other exciting places like Omaha Nebraska. He made a bunch of life long friends in the service many of whom our family are still in contact with today. Dad always made sure that we had a summer vacation. Him and mom would usually take us to the Jersey shore or the Poconos and on the rare occasion take us to California or Florida. Dad took me to my first hockey game and that was it I was hooked. He would always try to come to my games. Even when I visited him in the nursing home and told him I had a game, he would want to come. As Beth and I grew and got married and had our own families, dad was still always there for us as we went through our trials and tribulations with our lives. Pop as the kids called him loved each and every one of his grandkids, and they all love him. As dad grew older we had to endure changes in his life some good some not. There were some trying times when we may not have agreed with his decisions, and we may regret some of the decisions we made. Along the way he started to slow down and his motor skills began to decline. This was the beginning of the Parkinson’s disease that went undetected for far too long. I wish that we knew more about this disease that slowed him down so much. When I look back at some of the things he was accomplishing its crazy. Dad was driving from Brewster NY to his Home in Buena NJ. It took him a long time but he did it. As dads falls became more and more he had to be moved to a nursing home. This was one of the worst things that we ever had to do. We really have to thank Uncle Chuck for everything he did for dad. We cant thank you enough. To conclude even this last week while we were at the hospital as dad was crossing over to the other side, Dad continued to fight. He did not want to leave his family and all the great memories.
Thanks again Dad......We all love you
