~*~ Capt. U.S. ARMY ~*~
RESIDENCE : 432 Brooktree Drive, Ballwin, MO
HIS SPOUSE: Cynthia
HIS CHILDREN: Michael, Sean, Colleen
HIS SIBLINGS : Claire, Lois, Linda, Gail, Geraldine
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground ~
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest ~
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum ~
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God ~
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
~*~Codladh sámh~*~
{TRANSLATION: sleep peacefully}
~*~ Capt. U.S. ARMY ~*~
RESIDENCE : 432 Brooktree Drive, Ballwin, MO
HIS SPOUSE: Cynthia
HIS CHILDREN: Michael, Sean, Colleen
HIS SIBLINGS : Claire, Lois, Linda, Gail, Geraldine
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground ~
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest ~
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum ~
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God ~
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
~*~Codladh sámh~*~
{TRANSLATION: sleep peacefully}