…..to my knowledge, Irish Alice is the only mother posting here, with consistently good posts to boot, year after year. Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day, and hope that your “pops” is still fighting the good fight!
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Thank you! Yesterday was a very bittersweet Mother's Day as my Pops passed away early in the morning. I am sure there was a huge family reunion as he entered the Pearly Gates. My pops was the ultimate girls dad long before it was a thing. My love of sports and Notre Dame came him even though he was born in Delphos, Ohio and a Buckeye fan. He was a Sargent in the Army Air Corps in W.W. 2 and was part of a team that readied planes for the D. Day invasion. He could take apart anything and put it back together...plus design and build machine at the factory he worked at for 38 years and then consulted for the company. He was married to my mom for 71 years and very active in our church. For the times he was considered an older father as my parents were married for quite sometime before adopting me and several years later my sister. God gave me the best parents ever. Saying goodbye is never easy, but knowing how happy he was to see my sweet mama again is priceless.…..to my knowledge, Irish Alice is the only mother posting here, with consistently good posts to boot, year after year. Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day, and hope that your “pops” is still fighting the good fight!
Of course, I am still here. I am just not finding much to comment on.@irishalice are you still on our message board?
What an amazing man who lived a full, wonderful life. Sorry for your lossThank you! Yesterday was a very bittersweet Mother's Day as my Pops passed away early in the morning. I am sure there was a huge family reunion as he entered the Pearly Gates. My pops was the ultimate girls dad long before it was a thing. My love of sports and Notre Dame came him even though he was born in Delphos, Ohio and a Buckeye fan. He was a Sargent in the Army Air Corps in W.W. 2 and was part of a team that readied planes for the D. Day invasion. He could take apart anything and put it back together...plus design and build machine at the factory he worked at for 38 years and then consulted for the company. He was married to my mom for 71 years and very active in our church. For the times he was considered an older father as my parents were married for quite sometime before adopting me and several years later my sister. God gave me the best parents ever. Saying goodbye is never easy, but knowing how happy he was to see my sweet mama again is priceless.
Loved every word shared and sentiment expressed. Thank you!Thank you! Yesterday was a very bittersweet Mother's Day as my Pops passed away early in the morning. I am sure there was a huge family reunion as he entered the Pearly Gates. My pops was the ultimate girls dad long before it was a thing. My love of sports and Notre Dame came him even though he was born in Delphos, Ohio and a Buckeye fan. He was a Sargent in the Army Air Corps in W.W. 2 and was part of a team that readied planes for the D. Day invasion. He could take apart anything and put it back together...plus design and build machine at the factory he worked at for 38 years and then consulted for the company. He was married to my mom for 71 years and very active in our church. For the times he was considered an older father as my parents were married for quite sometime before adopting me and several years later my sister. God gave me the best parents ever. Saying goodbye is never easy, but knowing how happy he was to see my sweet mama again is priceless.
AliceThank you! Yesterday was a very bittersweet Mother's Day as my Pops passed away early in the morning. I am sure there was a huge family reunion as he entered the Pearly Gates. My pops was the ultimate girls dad long before it was a thing. My love of sports and Notre Dame came him even though he was born in Delphos, Ohio and a Buckeye fan. He was a Sargent in the Army Air Corps in W.W. 2 and was part of a team that readied planes for the D. Day invasion. He could take apart anything and put it back together...plus design and build machine at the factory he worked at for 38 years and then consulted for the company. He was married to my mom for 71 years and very active in our church. For the times he was considered an older father as my parents were married for quite sometime before adopting me and several years later my sister. God gave me the best parents ever. Saying goodbye is never easy, but knowing how happy he was to see my sweet mama again is priceless.
First Class gentleman!Thank you! Yesterday was a very bittersweet Mother's Day as my Pops passed away early in the morning. I am sure there was a huge family reunion as he entered the Pearly Gates. My pops was the ultimate girls dad long before it was a thing. My love of sports and Notre Dame came him even though he was born in Delphos, Ohio and a Buckeye fan. He was a Sargent in the Army Air Corps in W.W. 2 and was part of a team that readied planes for the D. Day invasion. He could take apart anything and put it back together...plus design and build machine at the factory he worked at for 38 years and then consulted for the company. He was married to my mom for 71 years and very active in our church. For the times he was considered an older father as my parents were married for quite sometime before adopting me and several years later my sister. God gave me the best parents ever. Saying goodbye is never easy, but knowing how happy he was to see my sweet mama again is priceless.
What a great man.i wish I had known more that generationThank you! Yesterday was a very bittersweet Mother's Day as my Pops passed away early in the morning. I am sure there was a huge family reunion as he entered the Pearly Gates. My pops was the ultimate girls dad long before it was a thing. My love of sports and Notre Dame came him even though he was born in Delphos, Ohio and a Buckeye fan. He was a Sargent in the Army Air Corps in W.W. 2 and was part of a team that readied planes for the D. Day invasion. He could take apart anything and put it back together...plus design and build machine at the factory he worked at for 38 years and then consulted for the company. He was married to my mom for 71 years and very active in our church. For the times he was considered an older father as my parents were married for quite sometime before adopting me and several years later my sister. God gave me the best parents ever. Saying goodbye is never easy, but knowing how happy he was to see my sweet mama again is priceless.
Thank you!What an amazing man who lived a full, wonderful life. Sorry for your loss
Thank you!Sounds like your father was very special. We are losing way to many of these guys from the greatest generation. I’m sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers.
Thank you! So missing the SB and even DoRonANole.RIP Gerry, may the four winds blow him safely home
Thank you for creating this thread. It has made me smile and laugh and I needed that!Loved every word shared and sentiment expressed. Thank you!
Thank you! You are right I was truly very fortunate from having great parents, great neighbors and friends and the first one on both sides of the family to earn a college degree. I was blessed!Alice
It’s so special to me to see poster names that go back years, decades. I enjoyed reading your post and you are a very fortunate girl to have such wonderful parents. My sincere best wishes to you and yours always
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Thank you and thank my Pops for the lucid football posts. 😁 I just haven’t been posting due to lack of interesting topics and the blowhard bickering that hijacks every thread. This is truly the Off-season...fa-la-la-la!Alice , you should post more often. I have never seen a chick that can write so lucidly on sports. Yes I'm a sexist, it's in my DNA.
Thank you and truly that generation was the greatest.What a great man.i wish I had known more that generation
Thank you. My Pops told me several times over the few months that he and Mom had a house that became a home when I first arrived and then my sister. They had a family. I don't ever remember not knowing I was adopted and I don't ever remember not knowing that I was chosen. 🙂I echo the sentiments of others expressed here. A WWII vet and married for 71 years. Wow! And on top of all of that, he and his wife opened their hearts and gave a home to two girls. He truly lived a life in full.
55 to 37 Irish defeat the buckeyes ! Tyler Buchner starts his Heisman campaign ! ELITE !Of course, I am still here. I am just not finding much to comment on.
I will say this...back in 2014 the Irish were 24 point dogs to FSU. Needless to say Vegas was wrong. Don't sleep on the Irish against OSU!!!
Thank you. Pops had a funeral he would have liked. The pastor began his remarks with a couple of stories (and trust me there are a lot of stories) about Pops growing up in during the depression in Ohio. Plenty of folks there that loved him as much as we did.Wonderful obit Alice, what a great tribute!!