[Magdalen] Alan Chionh's funeral

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Claudine Chionh <anglican at claudinec.net>
>Sent: Jul 20, 2016 11:58 PM
>To: Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: [Magdalen] Alan Chionh's funeral
>
>My uncle’s funeral will be held on Thursday, 11am Pacific time – that’s a few hours from now?
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>I’ve just sent off my contribution to our family’s eulogy, a first for me. And on Tuesday I made initial inquiries at the Melbourne cemetery where my grandparents’ ashes are interred, to start the process for accommodating Uncle Alan here and having a memorial service for his Melbourne family and friends.
>
>This is going to stay with me. I’m 40 and have barely lived, and my parents’ generation has started to die off.
>
I was 45 when my father died, but only 12 when his father died in 1955 (anniversary coming up) I was 53 when my mother died at 94. My three other grandparent died before I was born in 1940 and 41 and 1931. My oldest grandfather was born in 1853 and his father was born in 1810 so we have a wide generation. I am the youngest grandchild of Ulrich and Margaret Carolan Milord. The next youngest grandchild and my god father has to be about 85. I haven't heard from him in about 20 years but he inherited the construction business and now his son and grandchildren operate it  (I hope--My grandfather and his first cousin started it in the 1890's or so)

Joe