Part I - II and III Funeral for a Friend - Pat Conway at St. Stephen's of Hungary Church with Father Angelo Presiding - In Pictures and Film

Remembering a Friend

Stoop to Stoop

Greeting a Cheerful Pat on the 

Way to her Services

Thursday April 22th was Pat's Funeral at Yorkville's St. Stephen's of Hungary which she attended over the years.

Her Spirit was in Full Form with Cup of Coffee to share on the way to the Church on what was an Electric Spring Day in New York.

She passed the week before of complications from her Arduous and In-Your- Face-Courageous and even Damned Cheerful Battle with Cancer to which she succumbed at the age of 83.

Father Angelo among Family and Friends gave Tribute and Humorous Anecdotes some of which I captured in the Short Films below.

All this For me?

Remembering a Friend and Neighbor

Pat was a Fun Gal and the ever Kind and Spicy Neighbor on the 5th floor of  the  Brownstone we share here in Yorkville. 

Over about 8yrs Kay and I  attended her Tea-Parties engaging in the many subject on Art and Travel that so animated Pat...much of our discussions were to be had on our Iconic New York Stoop...

Our Stoop - Magical New York Dais - Pat's Ever-Present

...a simple staff of Stairs leading in and out of our Private and Public Lives

Breezy Sunny Afternoons...

In and Out with Pat of of Every Subject and Theme under the Sun...

including Mortality on the subject of which she was Fearless...living every Day to the Fullest and counting with no little effort the Blessings of her Friends, Family, Children and Grandchildren...

Interior St. Stephens - There was a Definite Glow 

that Morning of Mourning

            Pat's Curious Grand-Daughter

Portrait of Fran (Wilson) at Pat's Services...

Our Mutual Friend and Neighbor

Part I of Pat's Funeral 4/22/2012

Pat in Spirit Presiding over her Ashes

To each Moment her Presense...

I remembered what she would would Bring

to Our Discussions on Literature,Painting, Broadway and Opera

 on the Stoop...an Awe and Reverence and Biting Wit...

Stoop to Stoop Reflections

...that Art should Play Seamlessly with Life

And that Life

Should Play 

Seamlessly with Art...

Dances Eternal

Between the Real and the Imaginary...

Which tells the Lie to tell the Truth,

Which Tells the Truth in Search

 of a Lie...

Part II of Pat's Funeral 4/22/2012

Pat had that Fine Cutting Edge,

Love 

Her Defining Line...

Part III of Pat's Funeral 4/22/2012

The Book of Pat's Life in Pictures

On the Return that Day...She Gave a Final Refrain...

What a Wonderful Life...

Now a but Good Thought...Good Travels to you Pat.

Good is Good Enough.

Peter