Joseph Paul Buckley Jr.

Dear Dad:

You gave, so we would learn how to give; you held us, so we would learn how to hold others; you listened, so we would learn how to talk; you wept, so we would know it was ok to cry; you prayed, so we might believe in Him; you gave, so that we learned how to receive; you laughed, so that we would feel good; you kept your promises, so we could learn to trust; you loved, so that we could live.

On this, the first anniversary of your leaving us, you would be proud to know...

Dear Dad - while a young running back at the University of Kansas in the early 1960's, former Chicago Bears star Gale Sayers was in the office of his head coach and he saw a plaque that read simply "I AM THIRD." Sayers asked the coach what it meant.

The coach replied, "It means God is first, my family is second and I am third."

Dad, on this, the eve of your birthday, we can all look far and wide to those living and those who have gone before us and I don't think we'll ever find...

Dear Family, I admired Ma and Papa B more than anyone I have ever known. They represent all that Jesus asked us to be here on earth. I know that they are together, with our Father in heaven. Love Debbie

I'll always remember Joe and Helen Buckley and family.....as friends and next door neighbors on South Merrill in Park Ridge, Il. So long ago and yet still in my memory bank of happy memories. My prayers to you all. Beth Gusloff