Going into 2018 without my father......................
This is the final thoughts I have on my father after his death. I want to thank everyone for the support over the past month and share with you my final thoughts on this man. Read after the funeral to those in attendance.
Today we come together to celebrate the life of a man who gave all he could the best way he could. He was my father. For his life I want to honor him and thank him.
I have so much to be grateful for in my life today because this man gave me a vision for success and a spirit contained in a legacy that always goes forward.
There was a difference in this man from other men because he did not accept average. Nor did he back down to what the average man backed down to. He
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• He was there when my best friend died in road march next to me and I kept going
• He was there when I survived my son’s heart surgery while holding onto a prayer
• He was there when something inside of me told me I could do it
• He was there when we were stranded in sub-zero temperatures in the North Dakota tundra
• He was there when the well blew out and we lived another day
• He was there when I decided to love again
• He was there every time I got back up
• He was there when the impossible was done
• He was there when warm tears touched my cheek
• He was there when I became a man
• I feel his smile come over me when someone tells me it can’t be done because he showed me the impossible is
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I have the honor of seeing what only my mother and I saw him overcome shortly after the war at home.
Coming home left him another war for recognition and compassion from a people that denied him the right to grieve. Vietnam was in my opinion our worst war because we punished our veterans twice. First in combat and then again when they came home.
A war fought against and for a country he loved
He was denied dignity, a clean conscience, denied mercy, denied peace,
Years ago I had forgotten many amazing things about my father and I ask apologies and forgiveness as to honor your father is a biblical law. To not honor your father is a terrible sin that at times I committed. Most sons make that mistake yet in my heart I think my father was the type of son who never made that mistake with his father. He expressed his love.
Only through our humility and unity and never forgetting this man can we honor him.
I too over this past week have felt the loss of a solider
My father by birth
And my brother in service and love of country
Most of us are unaware of the sacrifices he made for us because we only see life through our eyes and circumstances presented to us.
A SOLDIER KNOWS THIS THAT LIFE CHANGES IN A MOMENT
Dad knew that more than
I’m glad we have Maurice, my mother’s younger brother here today. Ella, her older sister, unfortunately couldn’t make it, but I know the news of my mothers death hit her hard. And I know that she prayed with all her will, for my mother.
When my father died, I was too young to participate in a meaningful way, so at some level this is my eulogy for him, too.
It showcases the kind of character that deserves our respect. Not only for their military service, but also for the many contributions to society afterward.
His life has been such a journey from a dreamer to an achiever. When I
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On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank all of you for your compassion and for being present here today. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Mauri-Lynne, and I'm Lionel's daughter. Dad was devoted to every one of you. We all hope that you'll share your memories of him with us, if not today then in the weeks and months to come.
I can’t begin to express how hard it is for me to stand here before you and give my last respects to my loving mother - name here. From the biography that was handed out you can recall that during the her early years in the united states she studied and worked in New York where she met and married my dad, the love of her life. They spent the rest of their days loyal and in love with one another. Unfortunately, one day my father passed away with cancer at a young age. My dad was the one who suffered the most, but my mom suffered right along with him. She felt powerless, and for my mom- powerlessness turned in to guilt and grief, a painful distress she lived with on a daily basis for the next six years. When he died part of her died! Life for her was never the same again. I was not able to completely understand her loss- until now…
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Before I begin I would like to thank all of you here on behalf of my mother, my brother and myself, for your efforts large and small to be here today, to help us mark my fathers passing.
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