William "Billy" Martin - July 1979 - Montrose, New York.
This is one of the beautiful things about finding old slides and having the technology - so easy! - to bring them to life!
This was my father's younger brother. I loved my Uncle Billy - always smiling, always laughing. As a child and teen, I can remember visiting his home, which is shared with my Aunt Marie, a fiery Sicilian who was also my godmother, and just laughing and laughing. My father teased his younger brother mercilessly, but Billy took it all in stride.
A memory - my father was one of five loud, gregarious Irish brothers. Jackie - #3 - was the first to die. The priest was in the middle of Consecration at Jackie's funeral when Billy started to go, "Psst! Psst, Father!" The priest stopped, and looked at him incredulously. Billy then said, "Father - could you give me and my brothers a general absolution, so's we can receive Communion?" The priest glared at him, and then said, "I absolve the lot of you!" Billy sat back, satisfied and smiling.
God rest his soul.
This photo is part of a series of photographs taken by me in the late 1970's - early 1980's, recently discovered and scanned.
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