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Thomas Connelly Obituary

CONNELLY - Thomas M., 94, of Bellmore on August 5, 2008. Beloved husband of the late Marie. Devoted father of Marie Harnett (Donald), the late Anne, Thomas M., Jr. (Roseann), Jane, Therese, Catherine Geary (John), and Fintan (Candace). Loving brother of Dorothy Reilly, Catherine Cummins, the late Jane McConnell, the late Anne Erwin, and the late Margaret O'Grady. Cherished grandfather of 15 and great-grandfather of three. Chief Petty Officer USN, retired. Visitation Wednesday 7-9:30pm and Thursday 2-4 and 7-9:30pm at C.S. Bartholomew & Son, 302 Bedford Ave., Bellmore. Mass of Christian Burial Friday 9:45am at St. Barnabas R.C. Church, Bellmore. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury.

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Published by Newsday on Aug. 6, 2008.

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Tara, Paul, Benjamin, Alexander and Reilly Davidson

August 7, 2008

Uncle Tom, You were a wonderful, loving man and will forever be in our hearts and thoughts. Our deepest sympathies to the entire Connelly family.

"Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Everything remains as it was.
The old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no sorrow in your tone.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effort
Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting, when we meet again."

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