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Eulogy for… Richard J. MacDonald
Good Morning. I’m Rick, actually Richard Jr. and today, again like so many
before it, I couldn’t be more proud of carrying my Dad’s name. I loved and
respected him deeply. He was my best friend. The outpouring of love and
admiration for him over the past 24 hours has been absolutely inspiring and
heart-warming.
On behalf of my brothers and sisters…Larry, David, Susan, Gary and
Marybeth, our spouses who were just as much Dad’s children and who he
loved dearly, his (14) Grandchildren and (11) Great Grandchildren, his
brother John and my Mom’s sister Carolyn…
We thank you and we welcome you to our Celebration of Family, Friendship
and Faith.
Today we honor, respect and remember a Good-Good man who touched and
enriched all of our lives in so many different ways.
Let me try to put everyone, including myself at ease here. He did not want
this to be a sad day in our lives. He really didn’t. He told me so a couple of
times and asked me to make sure I let all of you know that too.
So please, for him…for all of us…let’s take a moment to shift our thoughts
from how much we’ll miss him to one of your own many funny, joking,
laughing, happy and comical times that you shared with him…and there were
many for all of us. So briefly…relive it…enjoy it and SMILE!
Whether you knew him as Dad, Bumpa, Richard, Mac, Uncle Mac, Dick or
just Mr. MacDonald, he was exactly the same guy to us all. He was your
trusted friend. You knew it and you felt it the moment you met him.