Ridgeline

Thanks, Uncle Bill. Good morning. Show of hands -- how many of you ever saw one of Mom's shows? Wow. Well, Mom loved a good audience, and you all are the best audience we could have hoped for this morning. Thank you. I also just want to especially thank the eighth grade from Trinity and Kathy Barnhart for you beautiful singing of the "Dona Nobis" -- I know it made Mom very happy. On behalf of the family, we’d like to thank each of you for honoring my Mom, Maureen McNulty, with your presence here today. We’d also like to thank the parish of St. Hugh for welcoming us, as they have for the past 35 years. It’s nice to be home. Here today with me are her children Tom, Liz, Mark & Meg, her brother Bill Tobin, her grandchildren, family, friends, colleagues and so many of her students. Many of us also honored my father on another beautiful morning. In 1993, we welcomed Dad into the arms of a loving God. It’s fitting that we gather here to do the same for my mother....

My mom, Maureen McNulty recently passed away -- April 23, 2006 -- which was her 69th birthday. We held her funeral at St. Hugh of Lincoln R.C Church in Huntington Station, NY on April 27, and buried her alongside my father, William E. McNulty, in family ground at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue, NY. About my Mom, I can't say much right now, other than thanks so many of our freinds, family and students who eased our grief by their presence, their love, their support, and all the wonderful stories we've heard this week. Thank you, thank you. Love you, Mom...