Thursday, June 11, 2009
I grew up on East Prospect Avenue. Neil was one of my neighbors. His enthusiam for life and the joy I felt at hearing that Irish tenor voice remain with me to this day. I talked with Neil last in August 2006. We were so thrilled to see one another again after far too many years, but we talked in the August sun as if no time had passed. He remembered me as the little red- headed girl that lived on the corner. I remembered him as the WWII veteran who had been my late father's friend. I have a wonderful picture of Neil taken on May 31, 1974, the day I married my husband. The photograph has always been very special to me and will remain so, along with all the other treasured memories from the old neighborhood. We are all so fortunate for having known and loved Neil. Christ's peace be his and yours.
