Our plan was to fly down day early for our cruise and visit my Uncle Bill and Aunt Mary who live an hour north of Fort Lauderdale in Wellington. As our departure date drew closer my uncle, who's been fighting cancer for the last two years, started to rapidly decline and lost his battle on Tuesday, September 13th.
Much to my relief the wake and funeral were planned for Saturday evening, Dave and I were able to attend, pay our respects and give my father any needed support. Forever grateful to my mother for watching our girls so we could vacation in the first place, I felt horrible that she was unable to attend the services with my father.
What I've learned over the past year (this being our fourth family funeral), while always sad and sometimes untimely, it's always wonderful to see family and despite the reason we were together, I very much enjoyed the time spent with my father, Uncle Ted and Aunt Mary.
My Uncle Bill was a wonderful man, the life of the party, full of stories, full of laughter . .he will always be missed.
Picture taken, by Polaroid camera, at 1224 Southern Blvd circa 1964.
Approximate ages, Bill 18 and Ray 23 - Brothers forever.
My father, Uncle Ted and myself at the service.
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