Monday, May 27, 2024
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Dear Maureen & Jenny,
Please know that Dan, Maria and I have cherished memories of George and we love you. There is boundless love and prayers being offered for you both.
Maureen, your half century with George was an incredible gift—a silver lining to his life. Though your beloved Lee passed before George, I believe they rest safely together in Peace.
I know you will always be grateful for the way George was good to his kids, their cousins and their friends. George had his struggles, but had an undiminished capacity to love. George said he appreciated the genuine goodness and selflessness of our Dad, his father-in-law, John Costello, “his compass” in that regard.
You & Jenny have so much to be proud of in George's life. His creativity, poems and drawings, his quick wit, and ability to tell it like he saw it, George’s sobriety against all odds, George’s perseverance, yet acceptance of his life, even his ‘end of life’.
And Maureen, you have made me and all who know you proud, too, because we can see so much of how you & Jenny supported George in countless ways!
I will miss George. His intelligence. His sense of humor. I will miss his appreciation of the very simple things like postcards that Don & I sent while traveling cross-country over the years. I’ll miss George’s ‘always being around’ - even when not present at family events. I’ll miss him cutting to the chase when I’d be anxious & overthinking…he quipped they were my “phone calls from the edge”.
In this time of sorrow, mixed with gratitude for the sheer joy of the fun parts of George’s life, please know we are with you! And the good parts we loved of George are always still around!
Sympathy and Love,
Marilyn
3180 Bellevue Avenue