VALMORE F. DeVOST

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Val was always a fun guy at a party. He would sing around the piano with Mame playing old favorites & show tunes. And in this photo, Dad was dancing to Michael Jackson with me at Stephen & Barbara Wilson's wedding reception. He danced with each of his daughters, granddaughters, Kathy & Aunt Mary Workman. He kept up at 90! Dad was a welcoming host, a gentleman, and a good conversationalist. Reading the memories of our friends has brought a smile to my face. I remember the recliner in the...

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The Memorial Day flags, gently placed, Row on row.
Lightly flutter in the warm, late spring, afternoon sunshine.
With an indication of a deep respect and empathy for the patriots' past.

Here today as with the past Memorial Day remembrances.
We break and pause to honor the defenders of our country.
And move on, into the forward proceedings of that light and warmth of renewal.

Venturing forward with the understanding of the true costs of...

Rob Roy, Happy Hour and the Spirits of Mother's Day 2015 in Section 43




The Rob Roy is a cocktail of spirits created in 1894 by a bartender at the Waldorf Astoria New York. The drink was named in honor of the premiere of Rob Roy, an operetta by a French composer Reginald DeKoven and lyricist/poet and scholar Harry B. Smith loosely based upon a Scottish Highlander folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor. The Rob Roy is similar to a Manhattan but is made exclusively with Scotch whisky,...

Something about a bridge
And rivers run troubled
Sails and feathers in the wind
In the cold winter winds of change
Drifts a feather girl named Joan

Sail on silver girl, sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine

For they shine glowingly
In the depths of my past

Please accept my deepest condolences for your family's loss.