{"id":15520,"date":"2012-01-24T23:37:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T07:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15520"},"modified":"2012-01-24T23:37:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T07:37:40","slug":"dads-funeral-our-lady-of-angels-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15520","title":{"rendered":"Dad&#8217;s Funeral &#8211; Our Lady of Angels Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My father, Francis J. Danko,\u00a0was buried in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery where several other members of my family are buried .\u00a0 The funeral procession was met by a military honor guard who played &#8220;Taps&#8221;, folded the flag that covered my father&#8217;s casket, and presented the flag to my stepmother .\u00a0 Father Anthony Gulley led the prayers at the gravesite .\u00a0 One of the prayers he led, fittingly, was the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lord, make me an instrument of your peace .\u00a0 Where there is hatred, let me sow love;\u00c2\u00a0where there is injury, pardon;\u00c2\u00a0where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.<\/p>\n<p>O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. \u00c2\u00a0For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;\u00c2\u00a0and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Funeral-Procession.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15524\" title=\"The Funeral Procession\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Funeral-Procession.jpg\" alt=\"The Funeral Procession\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Funeral-Procession.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Funeral-Procession-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Funeral-Procession-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Funeral Procession<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Funeral Procession (Albany, Albany County, New York); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 09 January 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Taps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15525\" title=\"Taps\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Taps.jpg\" alt=\"Taps\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Taps.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Taps-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Taps-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Taps<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Taps (Albany, Albany County, New York); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 09 January 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Folding-the-Flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15527\" title=\"Folding the Flag\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Folding-the-Flag.jpg\" alt=\"Folding the Flag\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Folding-the-Flag.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Folding-the-Flag-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Folding-the-Flag-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Folding the Flag<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Folding the Flag\u00c2\u00a0(Albany, Albany County, New York); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 09 January 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mary-receives-the-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15528\" title=\"Presenting the Flag to the Widow\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mary-receives-the-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Presenting the Flag to the Widow\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mary-receives-the-flag.jpg 667w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mary-receives-the-flag-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Presenting the Flag to the Widow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Presenting the Flag to the Widow (Albany, Albany County, New York); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 09 January 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My father, Francis J. 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