Sunday, March 30, 2014

My Great Uncle Frank

     I got news today from my mom that her Uncle, My Great Uncle Frank Liston Mc Donnell 91 passed away early this morning at 5 am.  The kids and I spent the day at my parents house talking about his life.
    What an amazing life it had been, he and his sister Nell played guitars on the radio .  A regular on The Arthur Godfrey show ,he played with The Sons Of The Pioneers and knew Roy Rogers.
     I knew Uncle Frank and Aunt Bonnie as really wonderful kind people all my life.  After I moved back down here to Delaware and after my great Aunt Bonnie's death , it wasn't uncommon for the kids and I to bump into him at the store and be greeted with a smile.   It also wasn't a family reunion without having Uncle frank there.
    Truly amazing and talented he was, a World War II Veteran for The Air Corps, flying in the Pacific.   After my grandmother's death (His sister) we all became even closer.  Although I never shared his birthday like I did my grandma, he did share the same month and would have turned 92 this November.  He too loved St. Patrick's Day, celebrating his Irish heritage with great joy.  A sweet and Loving man, I'm going to miss him,
Love you Uncle Frank, I am sure you are playing your music in heaven with your sisters by your side.
Condolences can be made at   www.snyderfuneralhomes.com

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