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June 21, 2020
Happy Fathers Day

Not a day goes by that you are not in my thoughts.

Love and Miss you....
Mary Jo
March 10, 2020
Hi Dad,
Happy 95th Birthday. Love you and miss you everyday.

Mary Jo

Gone But Never Forgotten

December 24, 2019
Dad,
Another Christmas without you and Pat. I love and miss you more than you can know.
Please continue to watch over us. MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas

December 24, 2018

Hi Dad,

I love you and miss you everyday. You are always in my thoughts. Give Pat a hug from us and keep watching over us.

Mary


March 10, 2018

Happy Birthday Dad,

You are in my thoughts every day. Miss you more each year.

Love
Mary       

Happy Birthday

March 10, 2017

Daddy,

As always, you are in my thoughts today. It's been a rough year with illnesses, but I know you are up in heaven giving us strength.

I love and miss you,
Mary Jo         

The Non-Identical Twins

February 14, 2017

As much pleasure as I get from looking at the many loving family photos,  still my favorite (as a non-family member) is the one with Paul Malko and Shorty manning their stools at Sunnyside. I am always reminded of the characters on CHEERS, the special nature of the patrons at the bar. Many of us spent a number of hours whiling away the hours enjoyably. And certainly two of my favorites were Paul and Shorty. Also, Peter and I worked there for short periods of time and became good friends and have visited each other through the years in Utah, Thailand and China. Many fond memories of those days!   Your friend Glen!


Happy Valentine Day

February 14, 2017

Daddy,
 
You are forever my special valentine. I miss you. You are always in my thoughts. 

Mary     

Happy Birthday

March 9, 2016

Thinking about  you today. Life does go on but it's never the same. We all miss you so much. I have your picture on the dresser in my bedroom. You are the first person I see each morning and the last each night. I love  you.

Christmas 2015

December 21, 2015

It's been three years since you have been gone daddy. I miss you more each day that passes. I know you and Pat are together in heaven and taking care of us.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. 

Manhattan (not the city too)

December 26, 2013

Mom, MaryJo and Freddie spent Christmas with us in Florida this year.  In honor or the first year anniversary of Shorty's passing Mom and Freddie each had a manhattan too. Easier to make in Florida than Peter's adventure in China. 

From Deloris:  I miss you Shorty. 

One year anniversary: Dec 24, 2013

December 25, 2013
Manhattan (not the city): December 24, 2013 I has a brandy manhattan in China for my father tonight, on the one year anniversary/which is not as easy as it sounds/seven bars/first bar never heard of it/the second heard of it, but didn't have the ingredients/the guy at third bar just shook his head, so I'm not sure what that meant/four, five and six had similar lame excuses/finally had to make it/to the shangri la hotel/and even then, I had to walk the guy through the process/you would think the vermouth would be the hard part, but ice is not so easy to find in china either, nor olives/but it was worth it/best manhattan I've ever had/actually I think the only manhattan I've ever had/never cared for the drink/it will probably be another year until the next one Speaking of manhattans... I remember one time, during his first hospitalization. He was not in good shape. He kept trying to get out of bed to go home. For someone supposedly on death's door, he sure could put up a struggle. So they decided to send him home on hospice, figuring all was lost (he would show them, surviving for 18 more months). In any case, there was the doctor Mary knew. I can't remember his name and it doesn't matter. All useless bastards, every one of them. Anyway, he had stopped by, blathering something about the gallbaldder, wanting to to drain it (what an idiot, it would turn out the gallbladder had nothing to do with it). We had just told my father that yes, he was going home. And his first concern, of course, was that would he be able to have manhattans. At least that's what he kept telling me. That he was going to have a drink he didn't care what anyone said.And I was telling him that he probably shouldn't drink for a while. So when the doctor cam in, he asked him, "Doc, when I go home, can I drink?" And the doctor, misunderstanding his meaning, said, "Sure, you will still be able to swallow liquids." And he did make it home, and eventually had that manhattan, though it did take a few months.

my father-in-law

December 26, 2012

If there is such a thing as the perfect father-in-law I can say I had one in Shorty.  He was always on my side no matter what.  I would make awful coffee and he wouldn't say a word.  Even when I was there this fall he never complained about my chewy pancakes or french toast or if I didn't do something right.  He'd yell at everyone else but not me.  
I loved being your daughter-in-law Shorty and I'll miss you so much.
I won't miss Gunsmoke, Matlock, MaSH, Lawrence Welk or Two Men but when those shows come On I will fondly be thinking of you!
Love, Julie 

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