THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW MY FATHER KNOW HE COULD DO EVERTHING HE WAS A MASTER OF MANY SKILLS HE WAS A IRON WORKER BY TRADE IN FACT HE BUILD THIS CHURCH SO I GUESS ITS ONLY FITTING THAT HE WOULD RETURN HERE FOR HIS FINAL GOOD BYE. MY FATHER WAS A CARPENTER,PLUMBER,ELECTRION ,A AUTO MACHINIC ,LIKE I SAID HE COULD DO ANYTHING HE NOT ONLY FIXED HIS OWN HOUSE BUT HELP FIXED OR REBUILD MY HOUSE ALSO MY BROTHERS PAT AND PHIL HOMES AS WELL AND DID MANY REPAIRS IN FAMILY AND FRIENDS HOMES TOO.IF SOMEONE TOLD HIM IT COULD NOT BE FIXED HE FINE A WAY TO FIX IT I REMEMBER HIM SAYING AS LONG AS I HAVE A HAMMER AND AWELDING MACHINE I,LL FIX IT MY FATHER LIVED IN BROOKLYN SO OF COURSE HE WAS A BROOKLYN DODGER FAN WHEN WE MOVE TO QUEENS HE BECAME A MET FAN HOW DID THAT HAPPEN I STILL DON.T KNOW I GUESS IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH DODGERS ALWAYS LOSING TO THE YANKEES IN THE WORLD SERIES JUST LIKE THE METS DO MY FATHER LOVE LINCOLIN TOWN CARS BUT DID NOT BELIVE IN BUYING A NEW CAR HE ENJOY BUYING ONE THAT WAS A TOTAL WRECK AND REBUILD IT LIKE NEW KEEP IT AWHILE AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY OTHERS HE WOULD SELL ONLY TO BUY ONE THAT WAS TOTAL WRECK AGAIN .HIS REAL PLEASURE WAS BEING IN HIS GARAGE NEXT TO THE POT BELLY STOVE COOKING SAUGESAGE AND PEPERS AND HAVING A SHOT OF CANADINA CULB AND BRANDY WITH MIKE AND SAMMY 2 OF HIS BEST FRIENDS SOMETIMES HE LET FAMILY IN TOO IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES HE TRY TO SHOW HIS LOVE EQUALITY TO HIS WIFE,SONS, DAUGHTER,GRAND CHRILDEN.THIS IS WHAT I WILL REMEMBER ABOUT MY FATHER HELP HAS ARRIVE UNCLE VINNY NOW THAT YOU BROTHER HAS JOIN YOU THERE IS NOTHING THE TWO OF YOU CAN NOT FIX IN HEAVEN OUR LORD HAS THE BEST ON HIS TEAM jimmy