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Bruce Ianacone posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
We all know about Irish Twins in our Family. Well, this is from my twin brother from another mother. I was born first on 15 Mar and David was delayed several hours and arrived on 16 Mar. We both went through Advanced Army Helicopter Training in Savannah, GA. I was the better pilot, but he was the better writer. Where Mothers and Eagles Dare By David Zamora Villareal Written in the time of Covid 12 December 2020...9am For My Brother Bruce For Our Mothers With tiny unformed wings I was thrust into this world. A world whose gravity I would one day escape. With love and patience and a firm hand of strength… You guided me thru this life... With far seeing eyes and a heart full of kindness... You picked me up when I fell. You witnessed my despair You smiled and quietly embraced my success. Always caring for her little eaglet that one day... Would spread his wings and fly away. With your strength and love. I have overcome many obstacles. I'm left wishing that I could have done more. Now you have flown away... flying to where only eagles dare. My Dear Sweet Mother My instructor in life and love. My flight instructor. You have taught me well. Thanks, David. I couldn't have said it better, and thank you, Mom.
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Bobbie Ebert posted a condolence
Friday, December 11, 2020
Lucy was such a part of our growing up. From prayer meetings, wedding dress gatherings at our house and being joined by my sister and Karl's marriage, I feel that we are all family. I have always loved Lucy and the kiddos. Beautiful family. I've also always loved telling people about this huge, fun family. She was the matriarch for sure and I am so sorry for the earthly loss. Much love, Tim and Bobbie Ebert
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Lawrence Fry-Bates posted a condolence
Thursday, January 1, 1970
Where Mothers and Eagles Dare By David Zamora Villareal Written in the time of Covid 12 December 2020...9am For My Brother Bruce For Our Mothers With tiny unformed wings I was thrust into this world. A world whose gravity I would one day escape. With love and patience and a firm hand of strength… You guided me thru this life... With far seeing eyes and a heart full of kindness... You picked me up when I fell. You witnessed my despair You smiled and quietly embraced my success. Always caring for her little eaglet that one day... Would spread his wings and fly away. With your strength and love. I have overcome many obstacles. I'm left wishing that I could have done more. Now you have flown away... flying to where only eagles dare. My Dear Sweet Mother My instructor in life and love. My flight instructor. You have taught me well
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Lawrence Fry-Bates posted a condolence
Thursday, January 1, 1970
Obit by Mark Stephen Ianacone 14 Dec 2020. Lucy Irene Fry, Ianacone, …had 17 children, 10 boys and 7 girls within 27 years of marriage. She packed up and moved the family 10 times during her husband Gerry's career in the military, having to find new schools for the kids every 3 years. They were featured in newspaper articles 7 times. They had one car in which the kids sat at least 2 deep, went to Mass every Sunday and all knelt down to say the Rosary after dinner every night like good Italian, Scotch-Irish Catholics. Lucy prepared all the meals and we started eating once everybody was seated, prayers before and after and each person had daily chores that changed every week on a duty roster posted on the refrigerator. Singing together while riding in the car or to entertain guest, was a popular event and usually started with the songs of the military branches. There were Christmas pageants and skits, each person had a role, made their own costume, said their lines, sang, and the older ones made props. After the Sound of Music came out with the Van Trapp Singers, we called ourselves the Van Tramp Family Singers. Bedrooms always had multiple beds, paperbacks and comic books were shared and you got new clothes when the older kids outgrew theirs. Throughout my life the things that made me happy and gave me a sense of home, peace and security was the image of Lucy cooking in the kitchen, listening to her records of Mario Lanza, Perry Como, Bing Crosby or more recently, the Irish Tenors. Lucy always had an apron on, a dish towel swung over one shoulder and tissues up her sleeve and always ready with a hot wash cloth to the face! Every chance she got, in between pregnancies, she'd be exercising. Another memory was the wonderful smell of Pine Sol after Lucy had mopped the floors, while the little kids were napping, or her singing out loud as she worked. Lucy loved movies; Adventure, Action, Romance, Comedies and Musicals. It ran the gamut from the Canadian Singing Mountie, Mario Lanza's Student Prince through The Quiet Man, A Christmas Story, Young Frankenstein and of course the Rambo series. Oh and did Lucy love Sports, so badly that she had to cut herself off from watching on TV to listening from another room because she'd get herself so excited. Then she would come running in when she heard a bunch of commotion from the kids. Lucy also loved playing cards, every chance she could and if not then crossword puzzles and then of course she was an avid Reader. In spite of all she had to deal with; taking care of babies, trying to watch and entertain us kids or running that household and feeding that mob, Lucy was a happy spirit. By all accounts and through a number of old photographs, when Lucy was very young, she was a wisecracking, gum chewing street urchin with a mischievous grin. Born and raised in the poor Irish section of old East St. Louis to Scotch Irish parents during the early depression, Lucy lived in a cheap ‘flop house' with little furniture. The family also lived in a ‘cold water flat' where you had to go down to the basement that had a dirt floor, use a hand pump, fill a bucket with water, climb up 4 flights of stairs to have water or put the bucket on the stove to get any hot water. As she got older Lucy always kept a positive outlook on life. Married at 15, she was faithful, honest and devoted to her children, family and religion. Lucy was very attractive with her long flowing red hair, bright blue eyes and fair Irish complexion. There was an excitement about her and she always kept her childlike playfulness. Lucy was happy and cheerful, fun to be around and everyone who meet her, loved her and loved being around her. Whenever she could she made time to play with us kids, showed us how to make paper airplanes and tents with a sheet over a table. Lucy had energy plus, tons of personality, a real character and as my granddaughter Gabby would later say, "Now I know where I get all my spunk and sass from." This was the perfect Mom anyone would love to have and she always found a way to make us smile. Even in later years when we'd be in public, like the Doctors office or better yet at Jack Quinns for an Irish Coffee, she'd always have a running joke, a fun little game or saying, to make people around her smile or laugh out loud. It just seemed like she was put on this earth to make everyone's life more enjoyable and had fun doing it. I asked Lucy one time how she'd like to be remembered, without hesitation she said, "Of course that I was a good mother to my children." She then told me, "Well also, as a good kind person," then after some thought and with a little giggle in her voice she said, "And maybe I guess for my sayings." Now I already had a huge list going of her words, crazy sayings and her answers to her kid's questions that she made up to make us laugh. Now this really was the essence of her personality and spirit. There was a Dueflinkie or Duefart instead of calling something by its real name and guess what was a Snot Rag? Squish Flops for shower sandals, Doorsh Banalls were the things the girls tied up their pony tails with that had 2 plastic balls on each end of a rubber band. Barbaretts instead of simply barrettes, your head was always your Noggin and we weren't ever to do any Shenanigans. It was Fricken this or Fregen that, till she was told what that was a substitute for. We were as thick as a Swede before PC was invented, hot chocolate was something to "warm the Cockles of your heart" and we always got a half a stick of gum, even as adults. Oh and when she was done with her gum she'd walk by you and say "Here, don't say I never gave you anything" and stick her used gum in your hand. Anywho or Anywhoways was instead of anyway and she was a dead shot with a house slipper on a moving target when one hand was full, likewith a baby in it, and we wouldn't stop doing something! Lucy loved playing 4 squares or stick ball with us kids and would be laughing continuously while she was running. She'd make a paper airplane out of a dollar bill and fly it into the collection basket as it went by at Mass just for the fun of it. Getting our names confused in the heat of battle always ended with, "Mark, I mean Karl, or BJ, Oh you know who you are, Stop that!" Then there were her favorite answers, "Yea but Mom, I was just…" "No yeabuts" or "You heard me your ears don't flop over!" Lucy would tell you to do something and you'd say what for? What fur? "Cat's fur to make kitten britches!" Go Figure? And of course the classic, "Clean your room" But Mom I am, "Yea, I ham, you baloney" I told you we were a musical Family, 9 of us self taught, could play the guitar, including Lucy. When we got together as adults we'd all bring our guitars out and play and sing together. It usually started with tons of Beatles songs, Simon and Garfunkel, Family favorites and usually when Lucy had enough and said she was going to bed we'd send her off with "Goodnight Irene!" Irene Good night Irene, Irene Good night, Good night Irene, Good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams! Mark Stephen Ianacone
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Lawrence Fry-Bates posted a condolence
Thursday, January 1, 1970
Lucy and No. 1 son Lance Anthony Ianacone
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