PAUL “MOOSE” SAVASTANO Relation to Deceased: OLD FRIEND BERNIE,EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN’T SEEN EACH OTHER IN 40 SOMETHING YEARS, I’LL NEVER FORGET THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS .MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, AND YOU ALSO,SHARON.
Mary Ann Gruttadauria-Courtright Relation to Deceased: Grammar school friend Dear Sharon, I am so sorry to hear about Bernie. You and your beautiful family have my deepest sympathy and will be in my prayers. The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
Erik S Emblem Relation to Deceased: Friend Bernie is a bridge builder, he built many a bridge for the young to cross and have a better life. To Bernie the student/apprentice/journeyman were his passion and he did his best to share his knowledge, passion and love for the sheet metal trade. The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
Erik S Emblem Relation to Deceased: Friend An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm, vast and deep and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim- That sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when he reached the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. “Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near, “You are wasting strength in building here. Your journey will end with the ending day; You never again must pass this way. You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide, Why build you the bridge at the eventide?” The builder lifted his old gray head. “Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said, “There followeth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been naught to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.” The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
Donna Naglik Baker Relation to Deceased: School friend My thoughts are with all of you at this sad time of your lives. Its been a long time since I have seen Bernie and I am so sorry for your loss. May God Bless all of you. I’m sure that he will be truely missed.
Daniel Rose Relation to Deceased: Friend Bernie, thank you for your love and dedication of our Industry. You touched and change so many of your students’ lives. You made us all better Sheet Metal Workers and you made me a better person. Thank you for all that you did for our Training Center. It was my pleasure to know you and to work with you. You will be missed and remembered.
Bette Anthony Relation to Deceased: Friend and neighbor Warmest thoughts and love to all of you at this very sad and difficult time. Bernie was a quality human being,and a sincere and trusted friend. His gentle ways and caring manner will be remembered always. Sincere sympathy, Bette The celebration of life, shared in the beginning, and again, in the end. Yet we forget to celebrate it, in every moment we live. Time, days, years, go on, but are we alive? Alive and do not know it, sleeping in the world and dead to the life we are to live. To celebrate all life, the sparrow who sang in the morning, and died in the night, why do we not celebrate its life? To know thyself is to know you are alive – to give, to love, to seek truth, beauty, and suffer pain. In life as it is meant to be, pain is forgotten, and strength is all that’s left to be gained in the moment by moment celebration of life. By Deborah Peabody
Annette Petrillo Sharon, My heart goes out to you and your family. I haven’t seen you in years but always remembered you and Bernie. You and your family are in my prayers. The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
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PAUL “MOOSE” SAVASTANO Relation to Deceased: OLD FRIEND BERNIE,EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN’T SEEN EACH OTHER IN 40 SOMETHING YEARS, I’LL NEVER FORGET THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS .MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, AND YOU ALSO,SHARON.
Mary Ann Gruttadauria-Courtright Relation to Deceased: Grammar school friend Dear Sharon, I am so sorry to hear about Bernie. You and your beautiful family have my deepest sympathy and will be in my prayers. The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
Erik S Emblem Relation to Deceased: Friend Bernie is a bridge builder, he built many a bridge for the young to cross and have a better life. To Bernie the student/apprentice/journeyman were his passion and he did his best to share his knowledge, passion and love for the sheet metal trade. The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
Erik S Emblem Relation to Deceased: Friend An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm, vast and deep and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim- That sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when he reached the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. “Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near, “You are wasting strength in building here. Your journey will end with the ending day; You never again must pass this way. You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide, Why build you the bridge at the eventide?” The builder lifted his old gray head. “Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said, “There followeth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been naught to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.” The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips
Donna Naglik Baker Relation to Deceased: School friend My thoughts are with all of you at this sad time of your lives. Its been a long time since I have seen Bernie and I am so sorry for your loss. May God Bless all of you. I’m sure that he will be truely missed.
Daniel Rose Relation to Deceased: Friend Bernie, thank you for your love and dedication of our Industry. You touched and change so many of your students’ lives. You made us all better Sheet Metal Workers and you made me a better person. Thank you for all that you did for our Training Center. It was my pleasure to know you and to work with you. You will be missed and remembered.
Bette Anthony Relation to Deceased: Friend and neighbor Warmest thoughts and love to all of you at this very sad and difficult time. Bernie was a quality human being,and a sincere and trusted friend. His gentle ways and caring manner will be remembered always. Sincere sympathy, Bette The celebration of life, shared in the beginning, and again, in the end. Yet we forget to celebrate it, in every moment we live. Time, days, years, go on, but are we alive? Alive and do not know it, sleeping in the world and dead to the life we are to live. To celebrate all life, the sparrow who sang in the morning, and died in the night, why do we not celebrate its life? To know thyself is to know you are alive – to give, to love, to seek truth, beauty, and suffer pain. In life as it is meant to be, pain is forgotten, and strength is all that’s left to be gained in the moment by moment celebration of life. By Deborah Peabody
Annette Petrillo Sharon, My heart goes out to you and your family. I haven’t seen you in years but always remembered you and Bernie. You and your family are in my prayers. The butterfly emerges from its silken shell- Reborn, it arises, no longer bound to earth. Free at last, the butterfly glides to heights unknown before. So do our loved ones find a beautiful release as, earthbound no more, they leave our sight and joyfully rise to a garden of matchless beauty, a place of light and peace. -Evelyn Phillips