My Dad has passed away............... (2 Viewers)

gk5717 said:
George you got my email. But two things in regards to your dad. Never forgot when I walked in your room at OTSN one day and you looked at me and nodded your head pointing to your adjoining room and said "My security" I looked and there was your dad sound asleep sitting in a chair. Also when you described the last time you let your dad drive back from Chicago when you looked and he was almost asleep at the wheel. Always loved talking to him.
Gary
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Yup, two great stories, there are dozens more.

You'll appreciate this; at the wake tonight, I see a person that I thought was the Boston Police commissioner; someone I've seen on TV dozens of times, sure as ****, it was him. I thought he came to represent the department as my Dad served for 38 years, no small potatoes.

He comes to the receiving line, my Mom was first, I was second. He tells my Mom "I was devastated to hear of the passing of Chris, he was a good friend of mine, he took me under his wing when I first came onto the force, he did that for a lot of new officers, he was a legend in District 1, the department is what it is today thanks to your husband."

I was floored; he never told any of us he was friends with the commissioner.

I really wish I had known this when he was alive, but it's still incredible to find out regardless.....................
 
George,

My condolences to you and your family. I enjoyed talking to him when he was able to make the shows.

He will be missed.

Ken
 
Sorry to hear about your father. I had a few good conversations with him at Chicago. You had the good fortune to have such a great person as a father

Terry
 
Mascleo said:
George,

My condolences to you and your family. I enjoyed talking to him when he was able to make the shows.

He will be missed.

Ken
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Thanks Ken, I'll miss him every day for the rest of my days on earth.
 
Today was the funeral, the day I was dreading and it held true to form.

The BPD provided a motorcycle escort to the church, one ahead of the other blocking traffic; as we passed each one, they stood at attention and gave the hearse a salute.

We get to the church, the BPD had an honor guard to escort the casket into the church, two flag bearers, myself, my two brothers, one brother in law and two nephews also escorted the casket in.

In the Greek Orthodox church, during the funeral ceremony in the church, the casket stays open, so once it's done, all the mourners go pay their respects one last time, immediate family is last..........................and I was last after my brothers, sisters and mom.

I had built a wall for five days, not sure if I was in denial or not, but when my turn came to say goodbye, the wall came crashing down.

Sorry fellas, that's where it hit me like a ton of bricks and it wasn't pretty.

It went from bad to worse once we got to the cemetery.

My Dad was an army veteran, so yes, an Army honor guard, they escorted the casket to the grave. Once the ceremony was over, they played taps, then folded the flag on the casket and handed it to my mother.

So, so sad................................................Dad is officially gone, as is a large piece of me, I know I'll never be the same.

Not going to sugar coat it, it is what it is.

Thanks again everyone for the condolences, it means a great deal to me and my family...............................................
 
So sorry to hear this George.I send sincere condolences to you and your family at this awful time.

Best
Rob
 
George,

I just saw this and my sincerest condolences. All I can say is cherish those bygone memories, cherish the love you have for him and cherish the richness he brought to your life. I will throw a good prayer your way for you and yours.

John from Texas
 
hotel3alpha said:
George,

I just saw this and my sincerest condolences. All I can say is cherish those bygone memories, cherish the love you have for him and cherish the richness he brought to your life. I will throw a good prayer your way for you and yours.

John from Texas
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Thanks John.
 
George, I just saw this myself and would like to offer my Condolences to you and your family.

Wayne
 
Just to let the members here know; in the Greek church, 40 days after someone's death, a memorial mass is held, this marks the souls assent to heaven in the Greek church.

That mass was yesterday.

Out of respect to my Dad, I refrained from posting here, I kept running my business but kept everything else low key, just my way of paying respect to my Dad.

At this point, I might start posting here again; not sure to be honest, I do read a lot of the threads, but have kept posting to a bare minimum.

Thanks to many of you for asking how I've been doing and what I've been up to.

So there you have it.
 
sorry for the loss of your pops George, I don't know where I have been the last few months to not have seen this. I liked your dad, you could tell he was a trooper. I liked the dry since of humor I saw in him. chief of security was a great tag too. Some body earlier said cherish the love , the memories and the richness he brought into your life and that's great advice. I am still not over the sadness of losing my son Jonathan, its still rough. but it was great having him in my life that's why it hurts so much. So I guess I am telling you to appreciate what a great dad you had because a lot of people never have had or have the relationship you had with your dad. I don't think we will ever get rid of that sad feeling of losing our loved ones, we can't replace that emptiness but hopefully we learn to manage it. GOD BLESS YOUR DAD GEORGE
 
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