to my "brother" Danny,
to one of the most loving, caring, generous, courageous man i have ever known.
Thank you for loving my sister Nancy with all your heart.. I will always be inspired by the love you shared, and have always hoped to one day have that kind of love.
Thk you for all the wonderful years and memories i have shared with you, Nancy and the kids. here are a few..
Starting with your wedding when i was 11.. i chased you and nanc throwing rice at your car with my 'flood' pants.. ha .. Going to the Weymouth Navy pool with you, and learning to swim over my head..
you moved to Mulberry St.. babysitting for Kenny.. and he cried the entire time..Helping you move up to Dover Foxcroft.. moving from Mulberry st.. you hanging the couch over the porch with a rope.. and it smashed to the ground and almost hit me.. The drive to Dover with you, Nancy and Kenny .. all of us packed in your truck.. Kenny getting sick all over me.. yek!!
all the summer vacations i spent.. our trips to Rockland to meet Nam & Barp.. Elsworth to meet your mom and dad.. and to the Skowhegan fair..
learning to drive a car for the first time.. a volkswagen.. with your cousing Dickie, and almost running you over as i could not stop it.. you yelling 'step on the clutch'!!
Breaking my arm roller skating at Sebago lake.. the doctors had all already gone home by the time we got there.. i had come up to help you take care of Kenny while Nancy was in hospital having Kellie.. some help i was.. trying to do the dishes with one hand as they spun around the sink.. took me hours.
then Bangor was the next trip.. Kellie falling into the basinet as she was trying to kiss David..
then off to Hudson.. all the Thanksgivings and summer vacations.. Two of my favorite memories there were.. the Thanksgiving we had the 'adult' muppet show with Johnyy,Irene, Mary, Richard.. then the year we went over your cousin David's house in the blizzard to cut down our christmas trees in his tractor.. it was one of the most beautiful trees i ever had..
for years we all piled in your house.. sleeping bags everywhere.. 4th of July's.. Thanksgivings.. and you loved every minute of it!!  They were all so special to me.. All the love, all the laughter.. oh how i miss those days..
i miss you Danny, bit i know you will always be with all of us.. your beautiful smile and laughter.. May you rest in peace, and may God and your Angels welcome you to a more beautiful, peaceful place than this world could ever provide..
All my love, "Mrs. B" ..

I will hold him forever in my heart! I've been told that at their wedding that once they were married (I was about 3 or 4) I declared "You're my real Uncle Danny now!" I loved my Uncle Danny! I watched all my life the LOVE that he had for his bride and the love she had for her groom! I am so grateful that 46 years later, I happened to be visiting them when they celebrated their anniversary. We were able to go out and have a nice dinner; he had his lobster!  :)  I had no idea I was going out during the week of their anniversary and as I sit here and write, I am thinking how amazing it is that I made my visit during that time! I knew it was a God ordained trip when the Lord gave me a scripture in
Isaiah 54:16 where it says “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work." I knew then that God was saying to me, "your Uncle Danny is important to me, tell him he's important!" and that I did. It was important to me to visit while he was still here, but it saddens me that I can't be there with you Auntie, Kenny, Kellie, Cameron, David and Brian.

I love being with your family. I love visiting you and hope I can do it again soon. I loved visiting you all in Maine on some of my summer vacations. I loved his sense of humor and I found that even though he had been going through so much, it was not lost. He was a wonderful dad, grandfather, uncle and loving husband. I have said to Auntie many times, I have admired their love for each other all these years. He is leaving a legacy of love and he did it his way....Love you all!!! I will continue to pray for your peace and comfort.

I will never forget you Uncle Danny!,
Your niece Karen
xoxoxox

Coming from another part of world, we had a lot to learn. Sometimes it was very hard, but in 1998, Dan stepped into our lives, he opened his arms and his big hart to our family, adopting us all like his siblings. He didn’t mind our strong accent, he didn’t mind our different culture, he just put us all in his big heart, and gave us his huge love, Dan was there for us, never asking anything for return. He was there to help before you asked him to help. We learned a lot from Dan. We could not ask for better friend. Dan left signature on our lives, hearts and all over our neighborhood. Dear Dan thank you for stepping in to our lives. We will never forget you.  Rest in peace our dear friend.

Aida and Rasim

I am not even sure where to start, but one thing that I know is that this life is missing an amazing individual.  One of the most caring, giving, sincere, honest, trustworthy, upstanding people I have had the honor of knowing and being part of my life.  You were basically a father to me and helped me grow and learn through most of my 20's and have helped to make me the man I am today.  I am truly honored to call you my family and can't even express how much you will be missed.  With the beautiful works of art you have created, to the amazing family you have brought into this world, and to Nannie the love of your life, your legacy will live on forever.  I know I will never forget you.  May you rest in peace CF

Love,

lil cf

Bill Paro