[Tommies] FW: Dick Thompson

[Don Bryant]

Please read. If you wish to respond to Jeanne (Dick’s sister), her email
address is HYPERLINK "mailto:jcianciola at comcast.net"jcianciola at comcast.net

 

Dick Thompson was the person responsible for the majority of the gravestone
project photos and was a wonderful, generous cousin. 

HYPERLINK
"http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/cem_photos/index.html"http://www.wellsw
ooster.com/tommies/cem_photos/index.html

 

Regards, 

Don B

 

 

From: gcfraser at peoplepc.com [mailto:gcfraser at peoplepc.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:04 PM
To: Jeanne Cianciola
Cc: bryant at wellswooster.com
Subject: Re: Dick Thompson

 

Jeanne,

Unfortunately, I am booked solid and can't make the wake.  But if you'd like
I'll come to visit at a later point if you'd like help sorting through his
genealogical materials.  

 

I am forwarding this to the Tommies in case someone can attend.

 

Once again, I am deeply shocked and saddened by your brother's sudden
passing.  It is tragic.

Genevieve

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: HYPERLINK "mailto:jcianciola at comcast.net"Jeanne Cianciola 

To: HYPERLINK "mailto:gcfraser at peoplepc.com"gcfraser at peoplepc.com 

Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:33 AM

Subject: Dick Thompson

 

Hi Genevieve,

 

Thank you for your email.  Dick was at my house on Christmas and taking me
through the website.  We always joked that I like to scrapbook and have
albums of pictures of people while he has photo albums of gravesites.  I
knew I had to contact the organization.

 

Dick was the healthiest member of our family so this was such a surprise.
He was a runner since he was 15 years old, ate right, never smoked, rarely
had a drink, just took such great care of his body.  His wife Barbara said
he came down with the flu Monday afternoon, 12/31, and felt the same
Tuesday.  Around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning he got up from bed and fell but
was coherent.  She called 911 and he was coherent in the ambulance.  He died
in the ER.  Because his lab results were very odd (no white cells, no
ability for the blood to clot) his body was sent to the Boston medical
examiner.  His body has been returned but the results are pending.  We have
a history of heart attacks in our family so in some ways I’m glad they are
checking.  

 

The wake is Thursday, January 10, from 2-4 and 6-8 at Aubertine Funeral Home
in New Bedford; if there is anyone you think would like to have this
information, please pass it along.  Because he preferred cremation, there
won’t be a funeral but will be a luncheon and memory sharing on Friday, time
TBA.  I can also get that information if anyone is interested.  

 

Even as I cry as I write this email, I am thinking of my brother’s
interests.  And I realize that 100 years from now he is going to want
someone to be able to trace our line back to him.  I don’t know what Barbara
is planning to do with his ashes; she may choose to keep them.  I want to
add his name and dates to the family stone in Rockland with my parents and
paternal grandmother.  Do you think this would be right?

 

Thanks for your concern.  Although I was not involved in his genealogy
efforts, I will probably be inheriting all his work.  If you ever need to
reach me, my address is Jeanne Cianciola, 81 Old Town Way, Hanover, MA
02339.  My sister in law is Barbara Thompson, 2 Royal way, South Dartmouth,
MA 02748.

 

Jeanne

 

 

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