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Uncle Florry's Will

This week, trying to winnow down a file box overstuffed with my father's papers, I rediscovered a curious, heartwarming copy of Uncle Florry's will.

Uncle Eddy and the Gift of Family

Like Santa he would always come at Christmas.

My Father and His Father's Grave

In the last year of my father's life he obsessed about his father's grave. His life had been upended in nearly every way, yet regularly he would call the office at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Butte, Montana to assure that his father's grave was being cared for.

identity, place, cultureNancy EganMarch 17, 2021Butte MT, Ventura CA, Robert Emmet Literary Association, Ireland, ancient Order of Hiberians, St. Patrick's Day, Robert Emmet, Irish Republic, Ivy Lawn, St. Patrick's CemeteryComment