Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Social Evolution

Everything is a Remix - part 4


Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.


if you liked this one, you should get to see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
they are all available here: http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/

Thanks to Mark Hurst for pointing this out!

Monday, February 27, 2012

1984

Rita had already left us (in 1983) when this was taken in 1984 in Linden, NJ where we were living at the time.

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My how times change! Go stripes!



Sunday, February 26, 2012

Hardly Normal





I have been fortunate to know Mark. I was at SOBCon last year when GMC gave him his vehicle to get around and do his work to fight homelessness.

You can follow Mark on Facebook and Twitter.

You can read his blog and view the videos of the homeless he helps



Friday, February 24, 2012

Preparation

The preparation is behind us (mostly), now comes the time. The wake for Dad is this evening with the funeral on Saturday morning. Arrangements made and finalized with the collaboration and cooperation of my brothers and sisters. Many hands made light work.

The family will line up to greet all that come to pay their last respects. Hopefully, the names will come to us as we recognize the faces. There'll be plenty of conversations as we all catch up on this or that since we last met.

And we'll plan for the photo party. A get together with some of our aunts and uncles to help identify who is who is some of the photos we found in the archives.

The photos below were easy to identify!


Jerry with Allison back in the day

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Jerry with Carolyn back in the day

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Jerry with a bunch of the little ones at the time

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Jerry with his grandchildren no longer "little ones"

Sherlock Christmas

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Gerald (Jerry) Sherlock



Sherlock, Gerald F. 86, passed away Sunday, February 19 after fighting the good fight against his illnesses. He was the husband of the late Rita C. (Joyal) Sherlock who passed away in November 1983.

Gerald was born and lived most of his life in Pawtucket. Jerry graduated from St. Raphael Academy in 1943, joined the US Marines, and served in the Pacific Theater of WW II where he fought in the battles of Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima.

He was a cost accountant working for many years at Washburn Wire Co, then Golden Eye Seafood and the Ronci Company before retiring. He was active in the parents’ associations for St Joseph’s School and St Raphael Academy. He also served one year as the RI State Chairman of the United Way and in leadership positions with the United Steelworkers and AFL-CIO. A long-time communicant of St. Joseph Parish (Pawtucket) he served some time as Parish Council President.

He leaves six children: Stephen Sherlock of Franklin, MA; Robert Sherlock of Barrington, IL; Michael Sherlock of Westmont, NJ; Eileen Harriman of Saco, ME; Joan Sherlock Moody of Cranston and Patricia Palardy of Smithfield; 13 grandchildren; a brother, Henry Sherlock of Providence and three sisters, Martina Higgins of Bristol, Angela Brousseau of South Kingston, and Helene Mainor of North Kingston. Pre-deceased by siblings Frances Campbell, Jack, Edward, and Paul Sherlock

Funeral Saturday at 8:00 AM from the ANDERSON-WINFIELD Funeral Home, Route 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:00 AM in St Michael’s Church, 80 Farnum Pike, Smithfield. Burial with military honors in Notre Dame Cemetery, Pawtucket.

Donations in memory of Gerald can be made to Honor Flight at http://www.honorflight.org/ Honor Flight works to transport America's veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit those memorials dedicated to honor their service and sacrifices For directions and condolences visit www.andersonwinfield.net