I just found out that my Uncle Jim passed away exactly 2 months ago. He was the last of my Dad's side of the family. Now, all that is left is my generation and beyond.
He was not blood to me, he was married to my Aunt Cookie, who I wrote a post about HERE.
He was an Irishman and he believed in public service. Spending much of his career, working up in Albany, NY.
The last time I saw him was 3 years ago, when we met at a local diner for a chat. He mentioned at the time that he still drove up to the Albany area, fairly often. I was shocked that a man of his age, would do that...but that was Uncle Jim.
I am glad that my Husband and I managed to carve out an hour or so to visit with him and my only regret is that I had wanted to visit my aunt's grave with him. Now it looks like I will have to visit both of them sometime.
Of all my Father's family, Jim was his only In-Law. They had no children and so me and my siblings are the only grandchildren of my grandmother and our 4 sons are the only great grandchildren that my Dad's side of the family had.
I will miss Uncle Jim. He was a good man and he loved my aunt so very much. I always appreciated that, because my aunt was so special to me.
You can read his obit HERE.
All I kept thinking of was he was the last person from my Father's age group. On the Fallacara side. we spend the most time since his Mother was still alive. This did not make my Mother happy, but Dad was the only driver & he was tired after work, but they were the only Family we spent the most time with. Good bye Uncle Jim, rest in piece.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, for us, that was the family we knew the best and Uncle Jim was a part of it.
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