Eulogy for my Father
Lynae, Mark, Sharon and I, along with our entire family, would like to express our gratitude for all of you being here today and to all those who have reached out to us over the previous week. Although we may not have directly responded to all the messages, I can assure you that every note, phone call, voice mail and comment has been deeply treasured and has provided a significant boost at this difficult time. My dad was the greatest person I have ever known. In accordance with his humility, he would have scoffed at such a notion, but, to me, and I believe many others, he represented the best of humanity. As most of you know, dad fought for a long time against a number of health issues and bad breaks. It’s not my intention to be morbid, but I want to mention a few of his major challenges to demonstrate how much he was able to overcome over his 70 years. When he was 11, not only was he diagnosed with diabetes, his own father died at the age of 51. He overcame these ea