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stephen posted a condolence
DEAR MOM HAPPY NEW YEAR WE HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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stephen posted a condolence
dear mom we love you and miss you very much stephen</b></font><br><br>
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a stephen ceccarelli posted a condolence
happy new year mom we hope you are happy with the LORD WE WISH YOU CAN HOME STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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stephen posted a condolence
dear LORD WE MISS MOM TELL HER WE LOVE HER AND WE HOPE SHE IS HAPPY STEPHEN HAPPY NEW YEAR MOM WE LOVE YOU</b></font><br><br>
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a stephen ceccarelli posted a condolence
happy new year mom we will miss you stephen</b></font><br><br>
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stephen posted a condolence
DEAR LORD WE WISH MOM CAN COME HOME WE NEED HER BACK LOVE STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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a stephen ceccarelli posted a condolence
dear mom we miss you today we wish you can come back too see me and dad love you mom steve</b></font><br><br>
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Jeanne posted a condolence
Hey Mom, Tell steve to stop hogging all of the candles!</b></font><br><br>
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a stephen ceccarelli posted a condolence
dear mom we wish you can come and see us stephen</b></font><br><br>
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stephen posted a condolence
we miss you mom and we hope you are happy with the LORD STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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Jeanne posted a condolence
Hey Mom,
Just think. This Christmas you'll be singing with choirs of angels.</b></font><br><br>
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a stephen ceccarelli posted a condolence
dear mom we wish you can come back home stephen we will ask the LORD TOO HELP US</b></font><br><br>
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Hadley-Ann posted a condolence
Dear Grandmother,
I love you very much,and I will miss you even more but I know you are watching over us all now.</b></font><br><br>
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a stephen ceccarelli posted a condolence
dearLORD TELL MOM THAT WE MISS HER HELP MY DAD AND ME SO WE CAN SEE HER SOON LOVE STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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Mary posted a condolence
Grandmother, I'll never forget you.I love you so much, and I know you're happy in heaven. Thinking of you always,
Your Goddaughter,
Mary</b></font><br><br>
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Annette and Mickey D'Agostino posted a condolence
We miss our wonderful and beautiful Aunt. You meant the world to us and we
know that you are with God and all the Angels and Saints now - you are suffering no more. We love you and you will never be forgotten. Rest in peace, lovely Aunt! Hugs and Kisses!</b></font><br><br>
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stephen posted a condolence
we love you mom ask GOD TO HELP DAD AND ME WE WILL SEE YOU SOME DAY LOVE STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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Anonymous posted a condolence
dear LORD TAKE GOOD CARE OF MOM WE LOVE HER VERY MUCH STEPHEN</b></font><br><br>
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Anonymous posted a condolence
my dear mom we will miss you love your son stephen</b></font><br><br>
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Jeanne posted a condolence
...I'll see you in the sky above, in the tall grass, in the one's I love. You're gonna make me lonesome when you go...</b></font><br><br>
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Nick Mc Gregor posted a condolence
Thanks for the memories...
God Bless you.
Your loving one and
only,
Grandson Nick</b></font><br><br>
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Anonymous posted a condolence
Mass readings:
First reading: Proverbs 31:1029 (adapted)
If you can find a truly good wife, she is worth more than precious gems! Her husband can trust her, and she will richly satisfy his needs. She will not hinder him, but help him all her life. She buys imported foods… She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household, and plans the day’s work … She is energetic, a hard worker, and watches for bargains. She works far into the night!
She sews for the poor, and gerously gives to the needy… She is a woman of strength and dignity, and has no fear of old age. When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule fore everything she says. She watches carefully all that goes on throughout her household, and is never lazy. Her children stand and bless her; so does her husband. He praises her with these words: “There are many fine women in the world, but you are best of all.” The Word of the Lord
Second reading: 2 Timothy 4: 5-8
Stand steady, and don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Bring others to Christ. Leave nothing undone that you ought to do.
I say this because I won’t be around to help you very much longer. My time has almost run out. Very soon now I will be on my way to heaven. I have fought long and hard for my Lord, and through it all I have kept true to Him. And now the time has come for me to stop fighting and rest. In heaven a crown is waiting for me which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of His return. This is the Word of the Lord
Gospel: John 14:1-6
Let not your heart be troubled. You are trusting God, now trust in me. There are many homes up there where my Father lives, and I am going to prepare them for your coming. When everything is ready, then I will come and get you, so that you can always be with me where I am. If this weren’t so, I would tell you plainly. And you know where I am going and how to get there.</b></font><br><br>
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Anonymous posted a condolence
One of my mottos in life is that if life gives you lemons make lemonade. As grueling as these last 4 years have been, there were a few benefits. One is it allowed us to realize that life is precious and fleeting and we better appreciate our loved ones while we can. This experience brought my siblings, father and I much closer. The phrase “I love you” became commonplace. It also gave me the chance to talk to my mother on a deeper level and tell her how much I loved her and that I appreciated all that she had done for me.
My mother was always the unsung heroine; the wind beneath my father’s wings quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, in the background. My mother was like pasta, basic and ordinary but the substance of life. If you polled my family they would probably say that one of the things they remember most about my mother was her cooking and feeding her family. I came to learn that to her food equaled love and it was one of her major ways of caring for us.
Like pasta, she thought of herself as ordinary and unfortunately thought that of herself. She always regretted not having completed her college degree and went about converting herself into fusilli rather than being happy as ziti. She made sure that she had impeccable grammar and manners and always had to dress correctly.
Continuing my “Pasta” analogy, I always had a strong feeling of substance around my mother. She and my father always put their needs second to ours. There was nothing she would not do for her children and eventually for her grandchildren. Because she was physically larger than me I always felt enveloped when she hugged me. My mother was a great mother. She was nurturing and caring. I tried to model my mother’s mothering style with my own girls. If they feel about me, what I feel about my mother, I will think my life was a success.
During the last year of my mother’s life, I had the opportunity to ask her lots of questions. I actually learned things about her that I never knew, like her real age and the fact that to earn money for her wedding, she stopped going to college and worked at night in a garment factory. One of the questions that I asked her was “what in your life are you happiest about?” She told me, “It is my children. I loved you all so much”. Then she named each one of us and told me what meant the most to her. John, it was how thoughtful and considerate you have become always sending her cards and flowers. She really loved getting those flowers. Jeanne it is your playfulness and love of life; how you would liven up a room. (And this was before you last visit when you dressed up for Halloween sang at the October fest at the nursing home) Gerard, she grew to appreciate how compassionate and tender you were during her illness She liked to have you be with her in the hospital. She felt comforted and safe. Steve she was so pleased at how much you have matured the past few years and how well you are doing. She was no longer concerned about leaving you and thought of you as a big help to Dad.
The other thing that we talked a lot about was her life growing up in NYC. I especially liked to get her to talk about her antics with Lely and, how they enjoyed going to shows and movies. They never worried about what time a movie started, if they came in the middle of it they would stay and watch the whole thing again. Even at the end of her life, when my mother’s mind was pretty shot, you could always get her to start singing a Broadway tune”.
She was also aware and grateful for how much my father had been doing for her and worried that she was too much for him. She was afraid to go back to the house because she thought it would be too much for my father. Yet, she would also tell me that she couldn’t go home to her God her mother and sisters because “John still needed her”. I believe that she hung around so long for my father. And she proved this when she was dying. My mother’s heart stopped beating and her monitor flat lined for 4-5 minutes. When she heard my father calling her as he rushed into the hospital room, her heart started beating again and the monitor started up.
For the most part, I think my Mom was happy with her life. She was glad that she married my father and she was proud of her children. She and my father were so blessed to have Lely and Joe live so close to her. Sundays and most holidays the two families would get together and it was almost as if we all blended
She came to appreciate her nieces and nephews especially Annette and Mickey who were so faithful about coming to see her at the hospital every week. Two years ago, after her first debacle in the hospital, she was insisting that when she was better she was going to take Lely and the D’Agositno’s on vacation with her. This brought her much happiness as we looked at catalogs because she wanted to buy Annette and Lely outfits to travel in.
While the last 4 years of my mother’s life were a challenging, I think they were also gift. It gave her and us the opportunity to realize how much she meant to us. It gave us the opportunity to take care of her and pay her back for some of her kindness. It also gave her the time to put her spiritual house in order. She had a deep relationship with God that grew stronger in mid life and sustained her on an elemental level at the end. With the exception of leaving my Dad, she felt ok about going home to her “mother, sisters & Joe and would talk about them and the end stages of her life. My mother’s family is very spiritual and has a mystical legacy. Part of the family heritage is that on their deathbed, some of my aunts reported seeing Jesus or some spiritual presence. The past few months when my Mom was in the hospital, I would often sense an angelic presence or Aunt Rosie sitting behind her right shoulder companioning her. The last few minutes as my mother was dying, I had my hand on her heart and my eyes closed in prayer. I began to sense this feminine spiritual presence put her arm around Mom and begin leading her away. I know my mother is in heaven with her sisters, mother and Joe. She is there now, but as I told her, she will always be in our hearts. If you wish to connect with her allow yourself to be still and you will feel her great love and sense her presence.
So once again Mom, thank you for all that you were for us.</b></font><br><br>
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Laurie Goodwin posted a condolence
To the Loved Ones of my Aunt Vi -
I send my deepest sympathies and condolences to Uncle John and his family. God Bless all of you!</b></font><br><br>
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Allison posted a condolence
Grandmother-
You will be greatly missed but at least now I have an angel above watching over me. I love you.
Ali</b></font><br><br>
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Annemarie, Scott and Matt posted a condolence
We celebrate the life of our beloved Aunt Violet - she was a wonderful person, a terrific aunt and always a joy to be around. We extend our deepest sympathies and love to Uncle John, John, JoAnne, Gerard, Jeannie, and Stephen, as well as Aunt Lely and all my cousins. We wish we could be there to lend our support and love, but know that we are all united in our sadness over our loss, but mostly, our deep happiness that Aunt Vi is now in Heaven where there is no pain, no illness and only the highest joy. We love you! Love, Annemarie, Scott and Matt</b></font><br><br>
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John A. Ceccarelli posted a condolence
Mom,I'll always remember, thank you for love and support. Love you always.
John</b></font><br><br>
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Anonymous posted a condolence
Free of a body that served you so well,
A place for your spirit to use as a shell.
Look forward now to the Light up above,
And know that we send you our best wishes and love!
Bye Aunt Vi...
Gene, Nancy, Daniel & Chris</b></font><br><br>
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Kate posted a condolence
I love you grandma, thank you for being such a wonderful person in my life.</b></font><br><br>
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