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Joseph C. O'Reilly

Pleasantville, New York

1929 - 2016 (Age 86)

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O'Reilly, Joseph C.Joseph C. O'Reilly, born March 10, 1929 in the Bronx, NY, passed away on February 12, 2016 at the age of 86. He attended Manhattan College and graduated in 1951 with a C.E./P.E. (Civil Engineer/ Professional Engineer). After college, Joseph proudly served in the United States...

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Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped away
into the next room.
I am I,
and you are you;
whatever we were to each other,
that, we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name,
speak to me in the easy way
which you always used,
put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air
of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we shared together.
Let my name ever be
the household word that it always was.
Let it be...

A version of the Navy Hymn from a fellow Jasper Engineer '64 and Viet Nam Seabee

Lord, stand beside the men who build,
And give them courage, strength, and skill.
O grant them peace of heart and mind,
And comfort loved ones left behind.
Lord, hear our prayers for all Seabees,
Where'er they be on land or sea.

Great dad and loving husband. He will be missed by many for a very long time.

The Manhattan College alumni community shares the grief, and is now praying for our fellow alumni and the family at this time. The Alumni Office has been informed. As well as the Jasper Jottings community that I personally can reach. We are all a little poorer now. "No man is an island, entire of itself ... any mans death diminishes me". We are sorry for your loss.