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James McNamara Obituary
Proud Veteran, outdoorsman
DRACUT -- James J. McNamara, Sr., 79, of Dracut, formerly of the Highlands Section of Lowell, died Monday afternoon, August 27th, at home with his loving family by his side.
He was married for 46 years to the late Virginia R. (Robarge) McNamara who died May 1, 2003 and, after Virginia's death, was married to the late Elizabeth (Decelles) McNamara until her death in 2009.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, June 13, 1933, the son of the late Joseph and the late Anna T. (Ecklund) McNamara, he attended Lowell schools and was a graduate of Lowell Trade School in the Class of 1952.
A veteran of the Korean Conflict, Jim proudly served his country in the U.S. Army as a Corporal with B Company, 47th Infantry Regiment and was also awarded the Good Conduct Medal. He was life-time member of the American Legion.
Before retiring, he was employed as a carpenter and construction supervisor for nearly four decades. Through his association with Channel Builders, LaMont Associates and Gil Campbell Builders, he built hundreds of homes and commercial buildings throughout the New England states.
Among his many interests, he enjoyed family genealogy, nature photography and mountain climbing and had climbed more than half of "New England's Hundred Highest Peaks". He was a member of both the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Also interested in local history, he had participated in projects to inventory and preserve historical stones in local cemeteries and had compiled computerized data banks of vital statistics information for several area libraries.
Jim is survived by two daughters Mary Ann McNamara, R.N. of Lowell and Eileen Nutter and her husband James of Dracut; two sons James J. McNamara, Jr., and Brian L. McNamara both of Lowell; two grandchildren Kimberly McNamara and Kingston Farady; two great-grandchildren Jacob A. McNamara and Matthew J. McNamara; a sister Doris Decelle of Solitary Palm, FL; a brother Charles McNamara of Lowell; a very close brother-in-law Leon R. Robarge, Jr. of Wrentham, MA; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also father of the late Paul J. McNamara who died March 25, 2010, and the brother of the late Francis McNamara.
McNAMARA -- In Dracut, August 27, 2012, at home, James J. McNamara, Sr., 79, of Dracut, formerly of Lowell, husband of the late Virginia R. (Robarge) McNamara, and the late Elizabeth (Decelles) McNamara. Friends may call at the O'DONNELL FUNERAL HOME, 276 PAWTUCKET ST., LOWELL from 4 to 8 P.M. on Thursday. His funeral will take place from the funeral home Friday morning at 9 o'clock followed by a Funeral Mass at HOLY FAMILY PARISH at STE. MARIE CHURCH, corner of Grafton and Chamberlain St. in South Lowell at 10 o'clock. Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery in Chelmsford. Those wishing may make contributions in his memory to Meals on Wheels, c/o Elder Services of Merrimack Valley, 360 Merrimack St., Lawrence, MA 01843 or the Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA 01852.
E-condolence/directions at www.odonnellfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Funeral Directors, John W. Crane and James F. O'Donnell, Jr. (978 or 866) 458-8768.
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Mary Ann
May 4, 2016
Hi Daddy,
It's not a holiday or anniversary or any special day. Just a plain old regular day & I'm thinking of you as I always do. Sunday was the 13th anniversary of Mom's death. I miss her and think of her a lot, more & more often as time passes, in fact. Now that I'm not a self-centered teen, a 20-something looking for a husband, baby, & cottage with a white picket fence, or a 30-40 something scrambling to build and survive a career, I think more of Mom and wish I'd made more time to talk to her, learn to draw from her, and just have been more patient & less rushed in my relationsip with her. Tuesday marked the 13th anniversary of The Old Man of the Mountain's collapse. Things that seemed permanent prove fragile & life is transient.
Your "not so little" girl,
Mary McNamara
February 19, 2016
I still miss you and think of you every day, Dad. Say "hi" to Mom & everyone for me.
Mary Ann
August 24, 2013
I love you, Daddy. Next Tuesday it'll be a year since you died and I still think of and miss you every single day.
September 14, 2012
?If you're really in a mood for being outside around the birds and trees, maybe you'd want to join us on Saturday, September 29 at 9 a.m. for the annual clean up. Because most of the historic stones are laid flat, Mother Nature does her best to cover them with sod, leaves, geese droppings, etc.. These stones were laid flat in the 1920 and 30s. As the decades pass, they sink a little lower into the ground so it becomes necessary to edge around them. Bring a corn broom if you can. They're soft and won't harm the stones. When I was in Tyrone I spent many hours on my knees digging. Feeling is just beginning to return to my lower extremities. For those who are able to bend down and get up again, a set of knee pads would be helpful. We start early because the sun really warms up the yard. We're usually out of there by 11.
I want to give a tip of the hat to one of the great volunteers who was so helpful in the first days of our research at St. Pat's Cemetery. Jim McNamara recently passed away. Jim and Mary were among those volunteers who spent weeks on Saturday mornings uncovering and recording information from the early, slate stones. I recall walking Yard One when it was overgrown wondering how to approach the task, and Jim had the brainstorm idea to walk the Yard and poke holes looking for hidden stones. He was a man on a mission. It worked! He located dozens of hidden slates. And because of him our story continues to grow today. God's peace, Jim.
From Dave McKean's LowellIrish blog: http://irishlowell.blogspot.com/2012/09/st-patrick-cemetery-tour-saturday.html?spref=fb
Astri
September 6, 2012
Thank you so much Mary Ann. That was amazing! I read it for Michael Sunday morning and the tears were rolling down my cheeks.
Imagine, too, to see that redtailed hawk shortly after the poem lines:
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Please tell your niece as well. She appears to have the same wonderful gift of writing. My best wishes to you and your family.
Please let me know if you plan to come this way. Foliage is a bit tough for me, but if you would consider a more off-season trip and I know far enough in advance, I would ask for a day off to spend with you.
Lots of Love,
Astri
(Response after reading Kim's eulogy to Grampa; 9/5/12)
Dave McKean
September 2, 2012
I sure do. He went to the car and pulled out a screwdriver and BAM, he found one. BAM another. And yes, he found Patrick Tiernan, a regular on our annual tour.
Dave McKean, commenting that he remembered Dad using a "poker" to find buried stones to be restored at St. Patrick's Cemetery, including that of Patrick Tiernan, a young boy who "died by blasting" (fireworks) during July 4th celebrations in the 1800s!
September 1, 2012
A sign indeed that you have not completely lost and as long as you carry memories in your heart he will always be with you.
Takara Caston
via FB, in response to Jacob's post about the hawk that did a "fly over" immediately after the graveside military salute; 8/31/12
Jacob
September 1, 2012
I don't usually believe in signs, but when the most outdoorsy man I have ever known passes away and you see his favorite bird fly directly over the grave above you, you get that feeling and this man called out a hawk to me at his sickest point so he loved 'em. You just have to believe me when I say my great-grandfather sent me a sign and I dont think I'll ever forget it. I it was right after the funeral before anyone had left but after the soldiers speech (which was the coolest thing I had ever heard).
Jacob
September 1, 2012
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Kim's Eulogy for her Grampa:
When I was a very little child my grampa once carried me up a mountain…literally. Although I can't recall the actual time that took place I remember many years worth of camping trips, foliage drives & nature walks. I remember crawling through the dump to see a litter of puppies, I remember being told to look up to see a hawk or even an eagle, I remember being brought to see the bears in the mountains including the 3 legged bear that is a legend in my mind, I remember eating maple sugar candy in the middle of a small new Hampshire town with gorgeous trees of orange, red & yellow around me. There are some things I'd like to forget like being shown a glass jar full of termites or being led over to see a snake in the leaves, but that was my grampa everything in nature had it's place & was to be respected & appreciated. Now, I may never get to the point of appreciating snakes or bugs BUT I do take my children camping every year to enjoy the quiet serene beautiful setting, I scan the skies for hawks & eagles although I'm pretty sure when I yell out “look it's a hawk” it's probably just a pigeon but that's not what matters. What matters is everyday there is a piece of my grampa inside me that appreciates the beauty God put around us. I also know that my mother, uncles & aunt have that same piece inside them-how do I know this? Because all Mcnamaras are hazards on the highways due to our inability to look straight ahead and focus on the road & our unconscious internal reflex to scan the skies & trees…If we had a motto in our family it would be look a hawk/deer/bear/moose! Grampa was many things to many people but his strength was clear to all of us…his physical strength, mountain man that he was as well as his strength of character. Grampa was a mans man, not in the way people think of it today but in the good old days of providing for your familys needs & happiness before your own, being a protector, teacher & a good example. Grampa was a mentor to a man named Cliff. When Cliff built a multimillion dollar building bigger than any grampa had done, all grampa said was “it's a compliment to the teacher when the student surpasses him”. This was grampa, he did not want fame, glory or even the credit, only the satisfaction of knowing he was helping the ones he cared about. Although I must say he had quite a bit of spirit in him from all the stories I hear of him as a child. I know first hand his spirit since it was grampa that on occasion would break me out when I was grounded & take me to a carnival or drive me & my friends to the mall. His spirit lives on through my family-I see my grampa when Uncle Brian or Uncle Jamie drop everything to save me from being locked out of my car, again, let me use their car when my engine blows up or any number of other emergencies that I call on them for, I see it in my auntie mary when I see the time she takes to document my life through pictures & the unconditional love she gives me, I see it in my mom in the importance she puts on doing a job well done & her if somethings worth doing its worth doing right mentality & commitment to supporting her family, I see it in the way my own babies-Jacob & Matthew looked at Grampa as if he hung the moon, sun & stars & I also saw it in the love he had for my gramma, watching them do anything together, even sitting at the kitchen table while he dictated his daily job report & she recorded it on his timesheets, it didn't matter, she was it for him. I also saw it in my Uncle Paul who a lot of people may not know was a great person to go to when life got you down…he was always there with advice that was practical & doable or sometimes just too funny to be upset anymore….I like to think that Paul welcomed grampa into heaven & is enjoying his time going from the middle child to the only child…for now! I'd like to share a personal story…when I was expecting my second child in all my pregnancy hormones I one day had a meltdown. I was sure there was no way I could love a second child as much as I loved Jacob & was sure I'd be an awful mother to the new baby…so I did what I always did when I was having problems, I drove to my grandparents house. Gramma had already passed at this point so grampa got me in all my crying glory. What he said to me made me realize the depth of his love for his family. He told me “Kimberly, stop it!” Which I did because when grampa said something you did it. But then he went on to tell me – “You will love the new baby with every piece of your heart because your heart doesn't get divided by the number of kids you have it grows to make room.” Whoa, I had never heard my stoic, quiet, unemotional grampa ever talk about love…this is the man who said yuck when I would kiss or hug him but here he was explaining to me the secret of a parents love. This is a man with five children so he knew what he was talking about. It's crystal clear to me now how he got to be such an amazing man….his heart had been multiplied by five. So going back to the story of how he carried me up a mountain….although I can't remember that exact occasion the support he provided to his family throughout his lifetime is something we will never forget. Grampa built beautiful houses & buildings for a living that still stand…that's how I know although We have lost the foundation of our family the lessons he taught us will hold us up throughout our lives. This poem has always beautiful to me but I read it the day my grampa passed & actually believed it…if anyone is to be remembered through nature it was him:
(Concluded with Mary Elizabeth Frye's 1932 poem: Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep)
September 1, 2012
Sympathy to My Extended Family
Mary, Eileen, James, Brian, Kim, So sorry to hear the news. God bless you. You are in my prayers. I have so many fond memories of your family. Love, Jim
Jim Dyment, via O'Donnell Funeral Home Condolences Page
September 1, 2012
To Mary Ann and family, I extend my sympathy during this difficult time. What a gift you gave your father to have care for him at home during his final hours. Will keep you all in my prayers.
Dr. Margaret (Peg) Fitzgerald
My Sympathy, 8/29/12
via O'Donnell Funeral Home Condolences Page
September 1, 2012
Dear Mary and Family, Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. Losing a loved one is never easy, may you find peace in knowing he is at peace and watching over you and your family. His presence will never leave as it lives on in you. He will forever be your Angel. Love you, Marie and Nan
Nancy & Marie Dalpe--Deepest Sympathy
LGH & Saints Medical Center
via O'Donnell Funeral Home Condolences Page, 8/29/12
Melissa
September 1, 2012
I don't know what to say...I can tell you that I am here for you. The world lost a WONDERFUL man today.
Melissa Thyne Marvin
(Partial) text, 8/27/12
September 1, 2012
I pray for God to give him strength and grace and to relieve his suffering. May his annointing be upon him and may his peace envelope him.
Angie Ibeh
A prayer Angie texted on 8/19/12 when Dad wasn't feeling well.
September 1, 2012
I'm here for you if you need me in any way. I especially love your last sentence--brought out the tears for me...
Paula Kelleher Cassella
Upon hearing Dad started hospice, via FB, 8/23/12.
September 1, 2012
OH Mary Mac...hug hug.
Jim Cahoon
via FB upon hearing Dad had started hospice, 8/23/12.
Dave McKean
September 1, 2012
Mary, remember your dad helping recover all those stones at St. Pat's? I think he enjoyed it even more than me. He was on a hunt. Peace to you and your family.
Dave McKean
via FB, 9/1/12
September 1, 2012
May the Lord almighty rest his soul in peace.
Joseph Muiruri
GLTS graduate
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
This is a treasure of a picture...what a photo!!!!! these children will surely miss him Sky...as you all will.
Eva Lee Pitcher
Canada
In reference to photo of Grampa & Matty having a face to face, heart to heart conversation over a snowglobe
via FB
September 1, 2012
I too am so sorry for your loss Sky. Been thinking of you constantly... your dad really enjoyed nature...he stopped to smell the flowers for sure! Remarkable man your dad was. Love you dear friend.
Eva Lee Pitcher
Canada
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry for you loss, thinking of you!
Missy Elie Swerchesky
GLTS, Class of 2012
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
Thinking of you! I can't imagine how you're feeling, I'd be lost without my Daddy ? :'(
Lots of love and cuddles for you ? xxx
Annie Gates, Isle of Wight, England
September 1, 2012
Dear Daddy,
Well, Dad, your wake, funeral and burial are behind us. We all cooperated to represent you well to friends and family and to make your memorial meaningful and memorable.
Eileen selected the flowers. She chose things that looked like wildflowers 'cause she knew you loved natural over frilly. She included a dragonfly for me on the casket cascade and another inside the casket with you so that you'd remember that a piece of me is always with you. Kim wrote a wonderful eulogy...she's upset that she cried through part of it, but I'm pretty sure that you & listeners understood that. Jacob has been very brave, but I hope he knows that even brave guys can cry when they are sad. He was a pall bearer and at the wake he kept an eye out on Matty to be sure he didn't get into mischief. He also kept an eye out on Eileen, Kim & me and gave out hugs when needed. I think he's going to grow up to be a good man, like his (great-)Grampa. We were going to have someone babysit Matt, but he put his foot down, insisting that since he didn't get to say goodbye to you at the house, he was coming to the funeral home. Did you see when he climbed on the kneeler and said "Hi, Grampa, it's me Matty. Goodbye!"? He did it more than once, just to make sure you didn't miss it. He was extraordinarily well behaved at the wake, especially for a 5 year old, but also provided some comic relief when he told the funeral director that he should have a rocking chair for mourners and chastised an elderly woman for not giving him a tip when he opened the door for her. (Another person he'd opened the door for had given him a $ bill and told him what a good boy he was so he thought this was "standard protocol".) Brian and Jamie came to the funeral home to help make the arrangements and both served as pall bearers. Jamie & Johnny have been letting me stay at their place which has made it easier. Cliff was a pall bearer, too, and has called, emailed & texted to make sure I was okay and to offer any help I needed. Jim Dyment and Uncle Charlie were also pall bearers. I was worried about Uncle Charlie given his recent health issues, but he said if he could throw mattresses around at work, he could carry your casket. Oh, and both his shoes were the same color this time, unlike at your wedding. Johnny & Aunt Doris did the readings. Many cousins and even childhood chums attended and spoke of the old neighborhood and old times; more recent neighbors and associates and Mom's cousins came, too. Eileen's Jimmy has done a lot of lifting, shuttling and running around behind the scenes to help her & make sure all went well. He was very gracious when a glitch at the church meant he had to step back from a task he'd been invited to do as a tribute to you. My friends, Angie & Melissa, brought the gifts to the altar and both were prepared to hold me up at the cemetery if needed...I only wobbled a little. Beth opened her home for the gathering after the service and Mr. Demmons made delicious food. Fr. Lozier's remarks captured you well, I think. Marilyn called to offer condolences and was all choked up on my voicemail. I think she'll miss sparring with you at office visits. Many, many people have offered prayers. Lots of others pitched in, too---I'm sure I'm forgetting to list someone and something important, but even if I am, I know you saw them and are grateful.
You would've been proud to see the military tribute at your graveside today. Very moving and solemn. Taps made me cry, but I was glad they were there 'cause I know you would've liked it.
I put Paul's eagle and Spice's tag in the casket with you. Kind of silly, I guess, since both of them are with you. But it made me feel better. I put your AMC guide in there, too. I thought you'd like it and, since it was written in 1955, we agreed that the maps likely wouldn't get us where we were trying to go if we tried to follow your footsteps in the woods. I put "Kitty" in there, too. I gave Mom "Bunny" when she died and I didn't want you to think I was playing favorites. I was going to give you "Tiger", but Jamie still claims that stuffed animal was his (even though Mom mentioned Tiger in MY baby book!).
At the conclusion of your graveside ceremony, as mourners and visitors shared goodbyes, a red-tail hawk soared from over a distand stand of hillside trees (the one where the statues of the crucifixion are). It glided until it was immediately above the family, soared in circles over us for a few moments, then turned and disappeared behind other trees. But you knew that, right Dad? After hearing Kim's eulogy about your love of nature and seeing the photo of you with "Elmer the Hawk", everyone there knew that hawk wasn't an accident and they knew what it meant. Thank you, Daddy, for letting us know you are okay. I miss you, but I'm glad your spirit is soaring and no longer trapped in a worn-out, broken body.
Love you forever, your (not so) little girl, Mary Ann ?
September 1, 2012
What a testimony. My thoughts and prayers with you all.
Margaret A. Fitzgerald
In response to Kim's eulogy
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
Mary, your niece has the same way with words as you, utterly mesmerising. I felt that eulogy with all of my senses, and once again, I'll be mopping tears off my keyboard before I head for bed. As for the hawk - just wow! A truly significant moment. xx
Omi Gates, Isle of Wight
In response to Kim's eulogy
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
Yes me too Omi...I am crying too...and the hawk that made an appearance is really amazing! That was significant for sure! The closing poem was so beautiful and just reduced me to tears...the eulogy was so moving and so uplifting to read! Amazing all the was done to bring this all about in such a very short space of time...you'll be reminising for a long, long time to come I dare say!
Eva Lee Pitcher, Canada
In response to remarks by Omi Gates about Kim's eulogy; via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
Mac your niece's eulogy was such a testimony to your Dad's legacy and love that he had for you all, as for the hawk, I truly believe that he was sending you a message that he was just fine and that his spirit would always be with you....Jo
Joanne M. Richard
LGH ED
In response to Kim's eulogy
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
Alright alright I cried too! That was beautiful and a great depiction of how I remember grampa "macamara" when i was a kid.
Really little.. I know im still a kid :)
Sarah (Rajchel) Goodwin
In response to Kim's eulogy
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
A stranger who I've never met, I now feel that I know him so personally. Thank you for sharing Mary.
Eileen Gurska
In response to Kim's eulogy
via FB, 9/1/12
September 1, 2012
MaryAnn..You are a beautiful person and I bet you get that from your dad..which means he was a beautiful man. May he rest in peace with no pain in a wonderful place watching over you. My thoughts are with you while you work through this loss. Hang onto all those special memories and remember he will always be in your heart. ..luv ya.
Sheree Thyne
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
May you RIP Brother. Melissa tell her I'm sorry for her loss..
Dave Mangold, Sr.
Friend of Melissa Thyne Marvin
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
A wonderful man, veteran of our country, and most of all one of my closest friend's Dad will be remembered today as we say goodbye. May you rest in peace Jim McNamara. MaryAnn I'm here for you. I ask for any of you out there to please say a prayer for my dear friend MaryAnn McNamara...that she have the strength to get through this horrible time and for her Dad Jim.
Melissa Thyne Marvin
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry to hear. On vacation and just went on FB. My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family hon.!!!
Michel Wight-Magee
via FB, 8/31/12
September 1, 2012
I searched for this song because I ALWAYS remember you telling me how when you were younger you always noticed his hard working 'carpenter hands'....and how you could still see them as he got older :-) sorry that it is a tear jerker but you need to hear this....you could have easily written this song.
Melissa Thyne Marvin
Sent with a link to Holly Dunn's song, "My Daddy's Hands"
via FB, 8/29/12
September 1, 2012
Mary I am sorry to hear about your fathers passing, you always apoke so highly of him and by the looks of your picture he seemed to be a wonderful father and gradfather! May he rest in peace! My sympathies to both you and the rest of your family!
Beth Corrigan
Paramedic & RN
via FB, 8/29/12
September 1, 2012
I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad. You were such a devoted daughter to him. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.....XOXO
Valerie Zanelotti-Gonzalez
GLTS, Class of 2012
via FB, 8/29/12
September 1, 2012
Sorry to hear about your Dad Mary, your in our prayers ?
Jennifer Jennings(Mrs. William)Kinch
via FB, 8/29/12
September 1, 2012
Sorry for your loss Mary.
Jim Dyment
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry for ur loss Mary. May he rest now. I didnt know him but I have been touched to know of him. Stay strong. Lots of hugs n xx
Alison Crowder, Australia
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Sorry to hear about your daddy. XO to you and your family.
Esperanza Angulo Sierra
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Hugs...no need to say more.
Nancy Harrington
GLTS
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
You have my sympathies for the loss of your father, Mary.
Garret DeJong, EMT, Paramedic Student @ NHTI, Class of 2013
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mary, just finding out your dad passed, I'm so sorry for your loss, thinking of you and your family :(
Sally Landry Coates
LGH ED
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
It has been 15 + years since my Dad died. I still talk to him and when I look in the mirror it is his face that I see. Requiescat in pace.
ML Sweet
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Im so sorry Mary- please give my love to Kim and Eileen and the rest of the family. My thoughts are with you.
Lauren Heeley
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Hey Ms. Mac,
I just want to stop by and let you know I am praying for you and your family. I was looking through your picture post and got teary eyed he looked like a big family man. I am so sorry for your loss.
Sarah Marie
GLTS, Class of 2012
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mary sorry to hear of your fathers passing. The sting of my mothers passing is still strong. Give yourself time to heal, hold on to those memories close to you. He is always there with you always.
Patty Grady-Hilton
St. John's Hospital
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mary I am So Sorry to hear of your Dad passing. I will keep you in my prayers . You did your Dad proud Mary I know you are grieving but Your Dad is in a place now free from Pain free from hurt God bless and Watch over you and yor Family especially now at your time of most need.
Lennie Malvone
LGH ED & Saints Memoria
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Beautiful. At times like this, such kind words are such a comfort. Sorry to hear of your loss. My dad passed in 1984 and not a day goes by when I do not think of him or one of my kids, now adults with their own families comment on something that Papa would have done.
Margaret (Peg) A. Fitzgerald
St. John's Hospital
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
I'm so sorry for your loss... sending you lots of hugs and love from Hawaii....
Gina M. Avila Holder
LGH ICU
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Sorry for your loss --love u if I can help in anyway please don't hesitate to call me-i will light a candle in your dad's memory at the shrine.
Donna Burke
LGH ED
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry for your loss.
Linda Walsh, GLTS
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mary, I am so sorry for your loss. It sounds like you gave your Dad an amazing experience that will always be something you carry with you. The concierge's words are beautiful, poignant and so very true, may your Dad be forever with you even thou he now soars on his own wings! God bless you and your family during this difficult time ?
Maureen Daly
GLTS and LGH
Commenting on the photo of Dad "flying a hawk" at the British School of Falconry on 10/12/11. Via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mary, I'm just now reading of your dad's death. My heartfelt wishes to you during this difficult time in your life. You have been such a wonderful daughter to him, and have devoted yourself to his care. The void will be great in your life, but I hope your heart will be full of the confidence that you did all you could for him, and he is now whole in Paradise. I will also hold you in my prayers!
Elizabeth Fisher
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
You are in my prayers...
Aloise Njenga
GLTS graduate
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Hang in there Mary.
Paul Gilmore, MD
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry Mary ... Too early to dream... He will visit though in nature's gift. Strength is inside your soul.
Diane Flynn Peterson
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mac, So sorry to hear about your dad. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family while you go through this ruff time. Just remember he will always be in your heart and you will always have your great memories to think about. There is no more pain. He is at peace. God is taking care of everything now. luv ya.
Sheree Thyne
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry to hear about your dad Mary...you and ur family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Norma Quinones
NERH
8/28/12, via FB
September 1, 2012
So sorry to hear about your Dad's passing, Mary. What a wonderful daughter you have been to him. All of you MacNamaras will be in my prayers.
Barbara Hackenberry
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
You are in my thoughts and prayers Mary....hugs.
Judi OHara
UMass Lowell
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Ms. Mac, I'm so sorry for your loss... I have you and your family in my prayers...hugs
Carla Fortes Spinney
GLTS, Class of 2012
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry for your loss...keeping you and your family in my prayers...
Shaleigh Russo
via FB, 8/28/12
September 1, 2012
Mary, I'm so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Brenda Beshara Pucciarelli
September 1, 2012
So sorry for your loss Mac, you are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Joanne Richard
LGH, via FB, 8/28/12
Louise
September 1, 2012
So sorry for your loss...thinking of your family at this difficult time...
Louise Tighe
St. John's & Saints Medial Center
via FB, 8/28/12
Sandra
September 1, 2012
I'm sorry for your loss.
Sandra Lerned
LGH, via FB, 8/28/12
Melanie
September 1, 2012
MM....what a wonderful daughter you have been. You provided so much love and care to your Dad. He is in heaven with your Mom and brother..happy and free from any discomforts and limitations. You have a new guardian angel in your corner. My thought s are with you pal!! xoxoxoxo
Melanie Villaras
Saints Medical Center
via FB, 8/28/12
Pat Moysenko
September 1, 2012
Mary .... So sorry for your loss. Please know you're in my thoughts
Pat Moysenko
St. Joseph's & Saints Medical Center
via FB, 8/28/12
Rema
September 1, 2012
In my prayers!
Rema Zananiri Lictenstein
via FB, 8/27/12
Danielle
September 1, 2012
Ms. Mac, so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family.
Danielle Wandell-Thomas
GLTS Class of 2012
via FB, 8/27/12
Eva Lee Pitcher
September 1, 2012
Dear Sky....hope my lovely friend is holding up....thinking of you first thing this am and wishing I lived so much closer to you. Do you have a landline? I will come down ...and can do so in a day or two...just would have to make arrangements to get house sitter and I am sure I can do this even at short notice. I'd try climbing a mountain for ya girl!
Mary
September 1, 2012
You're so lucky to have had such a wonderful relationship with your dad; makes it so much harder now though. Thinking of you, Mary, my friend, and sending warmth and love your way. xxxx
Omi Gates
Isle of Wight
via FB, 8/28/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Sorry to hear that. I miss Jacob who used to come to pedi clinical with you for our benefit.
Eunice Wahome
GLTS; via FB, 8/28/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
There are some photo's that you don't need to see the faces for them to be priceless....
Lynne Shea
LGH; via FB, 8/27/12; re: canoe rowing away photo
Mary
September 1, 2012
OH my...SO SORRY! You have great memories...and thats what it's about!!!
Cathy Lundeen
LGH; via FB, 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Mary, I am sorry to hear about your dad. I will keep you and your family in prayer.
Tom Murphy
Tewksbury Fire Department
via FB, 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Oh Mary, I am so sorry. You are a wonderful daughter and I know that he felt that way about you. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Karen Hannan
Saints Medical Center
via FB, 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
All my thoughts and prayers to you and all the mcNamaras ?. Please tell Mac...
Marian Funaro Silk
via FB; 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Mary - I am sorry for your loss. Just reading these little bits about your dad is a wonderful tribute to the man who was obviously love by many. You are in my thoughts and prayers tonight.
Eileen Gurska
via FB, 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Mary, I'm so very sorry...what a lovely, touching tribute to your Dad. So often, children are the best barometers to show us how to deal with loss. Clearly Grampa is not "gone" to them; he will live on in their hearts (and in the hearts of all who love him). I wouldn't be surprised if the boys see him from time to time - feisty old Irishman that he is, and I'll continue to remember your Dad every time I see a heron. Mary, you and your family are in my heart and in my prayers. May God bring you comfort and peace. ?
Sally Webb Nolen
via FB, 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
I am so sorry Mary Ann XO
Julie Durkin Cassidy
LGH; via FB; 8/27/12
September 1, 2012
So sorry for your loss, Mary. May you find comfort and peace in the memories you hold dear.
Mitchell Sweet, MD
via FB; 4/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Thinking of you Mary.
Maria Zielinski
Saints Medical Center; via FB, 8/27/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
So sorry MaryAnn. Thinking of you and your family.
Cheryl Floyd Brown
LGH; via FB, 4/28/12
Mary
September 1, 2012
Mac, That is the perfect picture to post, he's on an adventure but he couldn't take you along this time, you and I both know that when you go on your nature walks he will be there, you might not see him but you will surely feel him.
Elaine Mousie Sutton
via FB; 4/28/12; re: canoe rowing away photo
September 1, 2012
September 1, 2012
Donna Burke
August 31, 2012
Mary Ann, I am sorry for your loss. I did not know your dad, but I know you and what a wonderful person you are and how deeply you loved your dad.
scott nadeau
August 30, 2012
a wonderful grandfather and great grand father to my son.
Patty Smith-Brown
August 30, 2012
Hi everyone, so sorry to hear about big Jim(dad) my heart broke when I heard the news. You are all in my payers. Jimmy thankyou for the time we had with him all the day trips we took over the years and all the great story he told me. we did have some great laugh together your parents were very big in my life and I thankyou for that. my tears are falling hard and my heart is full. Love you all. I will miss you DAD.
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