The Flynn Wake

Earlier this evening Becky and I went over to a funeral home in Kenmore to attend the wake of Suzanne Flynn, the mother of John, Patrick, Kevin and Maureen. She had just turned 99 last month. Their mother was a wonderful person and one of the first people I met in Buffalo back when Ii moved here in 1979. We attended a party hosted by one of the Flynn brothers and their mother Suzanne was there. We had a long conversation as she welcomed me to Buffalo. It really helped too that I was Irish because she loved being Irish. We would run into her throughout the next few decades at the many Flynn parties we attended over the years although we probably hadn't seen her for nearly ten years but we remembered her fondly.

We talked with a lot of people at the wake. I was especially glad to talk with John who I haven't seen in a while. He and Patrick were part of our Men's Club group that met regularly over the years but not recently. It's a little weird that I had just run into Bob, another member of our group, at physical therapy where he has been recovering from a stroke. I thought I might have seen him at the wake too but we were there for about 45 minutes during a three hour wake.