Opa

On November 10, 2010, in the early morning, my dear Opa passed peacefully away, and now he is in heaven. I am so glad I have so many good memories of him, and my only regret is that I did not take any pictures of him with the kids when we were there a couple weeks before. He said (like he did many times) that a" pregnant woman was beautiful" and gave Gerard his opinion on what should be done with some of the difficulties our church is going through right now. It was always so good to hear his wisdom on many different topics. And at 88 he had so much life experience.

On the day of funeral, the rain stopped and it was a beautifully sad day. He was at all my children's baptisms (and posed with all of them too) and there will be an empty place in a couple months when this baby gets baptized. D.V.

He will be fondly remembered by my Aunt Sylvia who he was married to for 28 years, 8 +3 children, 48 grandchildren, and 49 (and counting) great-grandchildren.