ME AND MY SISTER KIM WENT TO NEW YORK DURING THE SUMMER TO VISIT MY DAD.HE TOOK US UPSTATE TO HUNTER MOUNTAIN FOR A FEW DAYS.I WAS 12 YEAR'S OLD AT THE TIME AND HE HAD THIS BRIGHT IDEA THAT HE WANTED TO TEACH ME HOW TO DRIVE.HE OWNED A BIG BLUE OLDSMOBILE.HE HAD ME DRIVE UP INTO J.C. RYAN'S DRIVEWAY AND MAKE A LEFT IN BETWEEN TWO TREES.HE THEN TOLD ME TO PUT IT IN REVERSE.WELL,I DIDN'T STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL SO WHEN I MASHED ON THE GAS THE CAR WENT FLYING BACKWARDS AND TO THE LEFT.THANK GOD I KNEW HOW TO PUT ON THE BRAKES.MY FATHER GRABBED THE DASH BOARD WITH BOTH HANDS.HIS FACE WAS COMPLETELY WHITE.WE ALL BURSTED OUT IN LAUGHTER.NEEDLESS TO SAY HE TOOK OVER THE WHEEL.WE HAD A GREAT TIME !

HERE IS APICTURE OF SPENCER SHANLEY IN HIS NAVY UNIFORM.WHAT A HANDSOME MAN.

HERE IS WERE JAMES SHANLEY,EDWARD SHANLEY,AND MAE SHANLEY ARE BURIED.THIS IS A PICTURE OF SPENCER'S TWO DAUGHTER'S DOREEN AND CARYN PAYING THEIR RESPECTS.

THIS IS WHERE JAMES SHANLEY,EDWARD SHANLEY,AND MAE SHANLEY ARE BURIED.HERE IS A PICTURE OF JUSTIN SHANLEY AND CARYN SHANLEY.SPENCER'S DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON PAYING THEIR RESPECTS.

ME AND MY SISTER KIM HAD WENT TO THE POOL WITH MY DAD TO GO SWIMMING.HE HAD COME DOWN FROM NEW YORK ON VACATION.WE DESPERTLY WANTED HIM TO COME AND PLAY WITH US,BUT HE WAS SUN BATHING.FINALLY WE BEGGED HIM TO GET IN AND TOLD US HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIS HAIR WET.WELL BEING THAT HE WAS BALD EXCEPT ON THE SIDES WE COULDN'T HELP BUT TO BUST OUT WITH LAUGHTER.THAT WAS JUST LIKE MY DAD,TO BRING HUMOR TO EVERY SITUATION.THIS MEMORY WILL FOREVER BE EMBEDED IN MY MIND.DAD,I LOVE YOU FOR YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR AND DRY SARCASM.I DEFINITELY INHERITED IT FROM YOU.YOU ALWAYS MADE LIGHT OF EVERY SITUATION.YOU ARE DEARLY MISSED.I WILL HOLD EACH AND EVERY MEMORY CLOSE TO MY HEART.TILL WE MEET AGAIN MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND.