At McSorley’s, honor, respect, and tradition live and breathe in unique ways: Back in 2002, on the first anniversary of 911, at 3:43 PM, Richie Schmidt stood atop the bar and gave the most loving, poignant speech about the brotherhood ever heard. The sawdust covered floors soaked up more than spilled ale. In tribute to […]
My parents were not shutterbugs, there are few pics of us kids when we were babies. My mom got more into taking pictures when we were a bit older. My guess this was probably taken at Sears or someplace similar back in the day.
The route out of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, heading to Mountain City, Tennessee, we passed a couple of old Gas Stations along the way. SuzyMae and I had to stop for a few photos.
Name: Samuel Thatcher Home Town: Ocean Isle Beach Date of Death: 06/05/2016 Birth Date: 08/14/1937 Service Date: 06/09/2016 at 10:00 AM Service Place: St. Brendan's Catholic Church What can be said of Samuel Thatcher, a man who was the father of five kids and the grandfather of five. Sam was a tenacious and devoted man, […]
My Dad. a man who loved life as much as he loved his beautiful wife of 56 years, passed away quietly in the hospital in South Carolina yesterday. A little over a week after the passing of my Mom, his wife — the love of his life — he succumbed to a broken heart and […]
Friday, family, and friends buried my beautiful Mother in a wonderful ceremony. It was a moving, sad and emotional experience full of love for my Mother. Yesterday afternoon my Father collapsed suffering from a heart attack. My nephew Dennis Runkowski and I performed CPR for about 7 minutes until the EMT's arrived — they were […]
Helen Thatcher Home Town: Ocean Isle Beach Date of Death: 05/24/2016 Birth Place: Brooklyn NY Birth Date: 08/18/1938 Service Date: 05/27/2016 at 10:00 AM Service Place: Saint Brendans the Navigator Catholic Church Interment: St. Brendans Columbarium In the face of such great loss, what can be certain is that Pat, Pepper, Nan, Mom, or any […]
Very disheartening to hear the news of bombings in Brussels. I visited this wonderful city back in 2010 when I gave a talk to budding entrepreneurs for The Founders Institute. Stay Strong!
