{"id":720,"date":"2010-07-27T13:54:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/arrangements-for-als-memorial-service\/"},"modified":"2010-07-27T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:54:47","slug":"arrangements-for-als-memorial-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/arrangements-for-als-memorial-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrangements for Al\u2019s Memorial Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#73018f\" size=\"4\"><strong>I have had so many emails concerning plans for Al\u2019s Memorial Celebration from those in our area.&#160; I had intended to have just a very private family service, but some of our friends said they would like to attend.&#160; There is absolutely no reason for anyone to feel obligated to attend as Al and I would not expect it. Even so,&#160; I thought I would post the arrangements:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#bf0000\" size=\"5\"><strong>Just finished arrangements for Al&#8217;s Memorial Service, no viewing. St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Sunbury, Ohio. 7 PM, Thursday August 19, 2010.&#160; Light Refreshments in social hall after.&#160; <\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#73018f\" size=\"4\"><strong>Al was not Catholic, but I am very Catholic. Father Sizemore, pastor of St. John Neumann, has graciously given the privilege to me of having Al\u2019s Service in the Sanctuary of my church.&#160; I am very grateful.&#160; Father Shalk from my childhood church has been a friend to both Al and me.&#160; When we were talking about Al he remarked that \u201cAl was Al\u201d and truer words were never spoken.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#73018f\" size=\"4\"><strong><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#73018f\" size=\"4\"><strong>Donna Riess who has a very special Rattlebridge ruby girl, just sent a lovely email to me with words I have printed below.&#160; I am so thankful for all the emails and cards in memory of my Al.&#160; Thank you.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#73018f\" size=\"4\"><strong><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#73018f\" size=\"4\">Donna\u2019s words:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#bf0000\" size=\"4\"><strong><em>The day I picked up Lucy from you, I noticed something that I very rarely         <br \/>see.&#160; It was a look that passed between you and Al.&#160; The look said it          <br \/>all; there was understanding as though you could read each others minds,          <br \/>there was respect, there was playfulness, there was devotion, there was          <br \/>love&#8230;. Not everyone gets the chance to find that perfect soul mate.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#bf0000\" size=\"4\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#bf0000\"><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had so many emails concerning plans for Al\u2019s Memorial Celebration from those in our area.&#160; I had intended to have just a very private family service, but some of our friends said they would like to attend.&#160; There is absolutely no reason for anyone to feel obligated to attend as Al and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}