Daniel J. Ipser

Hi Danny, Wow, it's been a while since I've written to you. Dad and I are getting ready to visit with Reid in Knoxville, TN. for his birthday.
It seems that you always come up in conversation. We laugh and cry about our times together. Dad and I couldn't have loved you more and I think you knew that. We never thought we would lose you so very soon. We often talk and wonder what you would have done with your life. You were such a giving person, I can imagine you would have helped others out...

Hi Danny, I didn't forget your 42nd birthday on the 29th. There was so much going on that day in my life with friends and family calling and meeting me for lunch and dinner, and having my hair done, but you were in my thoughts that entire day. It's very interesting that the night before on the 28th this month at 11p.m., I thought of you and that is the exact same time 42 years ago that I felt your first urge to be born, and I awakened dad to take me to Cook County Hospital. On the way there,...

Hi Danny, I erased what I had written you today, Christmas 2016, but you know what I said. I will talk to you tonight, as I do each night, when I say my prayers. Dad, Reid and I are in Gatlinburg, TN, in a fab cabin that you would love. You would be in the hot tub about now. Love you much and miss you lots, Mom

Dear Danny, I didn't write to you on the anniversary of your passing this year because I was in route from Knoxville, TN. back to Gainesville. It was a really tough day for me. Every time I read an email, text or received a call from a family member or friends, I would tear up. The security people and others who saw me looked at me kind of funny as my eyes were all red at various times. I had visited Reid for a week in his new home. We enjoyed each other and talked about you and old times. We...

Well Danny, 40 years ago at 11:00 p.m, June 28, 1975, I woke dad up to take me to the hospital. I was having contractions. You weren't due for another 3 weeks, oh well. Poor dad had helped friends move into their new home that day, and he was out like a light. But up he flew and we were in the car and off to Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. On the way there, the tail pipe on our Lemans fell off part way, and there were sparks flying out of it. Your entrance into the world was starting with...

Dear Danny, Dad and I were in New Orleans last week and we laid flowers on the steps of your home there where you passed away. It was an emotional day. We were there to celebrate dad's 55th Jesuit class reunion and to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. Being there brought back mixed emotions for both of us. We miss you very much and wish you were here to help us celebrate milestones. Save a place for us in heaven with you and the other angels. I love you, mom