{"id":38151,"date":"2013-07-05T16:20:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T22:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/end-of-a-family-era.html"},"modified":"2013-07-05T17:55:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:55:44","slug":"end-of-a-family-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/end-of-a-family-era.html","title":{"rendered":"End of a Family Era"},"content":{"rendered":"
My Uncle Al passed away this week. \u00a0He was actually my Great-Uncle, the last of my Nona's many brothers. \u00a0We weren't what I'd call close, but we exchanged cards each Christmas, handshakes and hugs whenever we met (sadly, most recently, as other family members of that era\u00a0passed away), and he was family.<\/p>\n

Oddly, one of my clearest memories of Uncle Al was at a milestone birthday for my bisnonna (great-grandmother, the Marianna mentioned below), when I was fairly young. The brothers were all jokers to one degree or another, and it was Al who suggested I smell the lovely frosting rose on Bis Nona's birthday cake. \u00a0Hilarity (and a frosting facial) ensued. \u00a0<\/p>\n

It's funny how little I knew about him, aside from his presence. \u00a0He was a lumberjack? He served on the USS Wayne<\/i> (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Wayne_(APA-54)<\/a> )? All things I didn't know, or, if I knew, never rose above the level of background noise I didn't really consider. \u00a0He was my Uncle Al — that was enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It's very strange, even a little disconcerting, to think of that generation of immediate family now being gone. They were a constant part of the ambiance\u00a0of my childhood, and now are just pictures, just memories. \u00a0<\/p>\n

But good ones.<\/p><\/div>\n

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My Uncle Al passed away this week. \u00a0He was actually my Great-Uncle, the last of my Nona's many brothers. \u00a0We weren't what I'd call close, but we exchanged cards each Christmas, handshakes and hugs whenever we met (sadly, most recently, as other family members of that era\u00a0passed away), and he was family. 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