Guest Book Archive
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June 21, 2008 |
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My condolences to Billys family and many friends. There will only have been a few like him to spread over many lifetimes. How lucky are we to have shared in his. Tir na Nog is Billys home now, and Billys Tir na Nog is where we can always remember him. It can never be the same, but I know his spirit will always make the Nog my second home. Margaret and girls my condolences, and prayers to you. |
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Mike McKenna (Hamilton, NJ) |
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June 21, 2008 |
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Will always remember you at the Hibernian picnics singing your Irish songs with that cigar in the corner of you mouth. It was our pleasure to know you Billy. Our condolences go out to your family. God Bless Bill and Jane Smith, Zephyhills, FL formerly of Hamilton |
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Bill Smith (Zephyrhills, FL) |
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June 21, 2008 |
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Billy, |
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The Conway Family (Greencastle, PA) |
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June 20, 2008 |
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God Bless Billy Briggs! God Bless Sligo Ann! God Bless Jim P’Simer, Pete Curtin, God Bless Bobby Sands and Francis Connell Up the RA!!!! |
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Jane Winterle (Hamilton, NJ) |
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June 20, 2008 |
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Our times with you were brief, but the impression you left on us was everlasting. God bless your family. Thanks for all the memories. Kate and I will miss you. |
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Ron Keller (Ft. Bragg, NC) |
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June 20, 2008 |
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds–buddha. |
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mary and paul maksimow (egg harbor township, NJ) |
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June 20, 2008 |
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I didn’t really know him personally, although I have been to TirNaNog a few times. But–I had an Irish husband, who I lost at the (his) age of 58. He was a handful, that I want to say. YET, no more loyal or decent man could I have asked for. He was not happy unless everyone around him, whether it be in a room, or a vehicle or a gathering place (usually our house) was caught up in laughter…and the music….. And Lord, he DID have the LUCK of the Irish…never discount that. |
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Lynne Mary Foley (Ewing, NJ) |
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June 20, 2008 |
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Dear Billy, I am honored to have known you and to be a part of the Tir Na Nog family, where I always feel welcome and loved. Thank you for the music and the memories. |
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Emily Hopkins (Ewing, NJ) |
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June 20, 2008 |
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Billy… you’ll always be missed by me. Many a night I’ve sat sipping a half n half to the tune o’ “Boston Rose” and the aroma of reb cigar. Although we may not always see eye to eye on the Union, I’ve always held you in very high regard and have always admired your fightin’ spirit and honesty. I’ve spoken to you once to say thank you for all the years of joy and musical experiences you’ve given me at Tir na nOg, but wished that I could’ve said “thank you” more. You don’t know me, but you’re existence has left its imprint upon me forever… and I thank you my friend. My prayers go out to you, your wife and kids. |
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Mark Elliott (Ewing, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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“A Hungry sound came across the breeze so I gave the walls a talking. |
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Michael Patrick MacNicoll (Mercerville, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Margaret and chidren Mairead & Ellen so sorry to hear of your loss.Billy was a good bud and a good man, he will be so missed. |
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Harry Browne (jersey city, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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St Michael as well as St Patty have got a good man to help them now. |
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Emil Woznicki (Hamilton twp, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Thanks for all the memories bro… Scott and Amy Lennon |
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Scott Lennon (Allentown, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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BRO: YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. YOU ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL. I REMEMBER OUR CARD GAMES, YOUR MUSIC AND SO MUCH MORE. NOW YOU CAN BRIGHTEN HEAVEN’S DOOR. |
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CAROLE RHODES (HAMILTON, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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God Bless Billy Briggs |
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Regan McGrory (Bradley Beach, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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to the briggs family for 7 years i was a patron of the tir-na-nog . it was my home away from home. billy always treated me and everyone else as one big family. i was his singing, his joking, his great laugh and sense of humor i know when he entered entered into eternal happiness on sunday the first thing the good lord said to him was “well done good and faithfull servant well done”. To billy”s family may god always keep you and bless you terry brennan |
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terry brennan (titusville, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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My prayers are with your family, Billy was a great and comical man. I got to know him a few years ago during some real estate transactions, he sure could make you laugh – Even while he was saying goodbye! God bless you all and know that he is watching down over you all. |
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Donna Wilson (Little Egg Harbor Twp., NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Billy you will forever be in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for all the good times at the nog. It became my home away from home and i will never forget you for that. God bless you and your family! |
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Rita Walsh (Hamilton, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Don’t grieve for him, for now he’s free |
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Carol Junz (Bordentown, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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My prayers go out to your family and all the people who loved you the way myself and my family did and do. Rest in peace, you wont be forgotten |
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Erin O’Neal (Trenton, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Our condolences and prayers are with Margaret, Mairead, Ellen, and the rest of Billy’s dear family. May God watch over you. |
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J McLaughlin (Hamilton, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Billy I never knew you but through my daughters (Jamie Panfili) eyes. She would speak of you with the highest regards. She had often said when she got married she wanted you to sing. Thank you so very much for keeping her Irish Heritage strong. She loved you and because of the smiles and memories you gave to my daughter I too will always remember you. God Bless You. I am sure Heaven is sooo Happy to have you. My dad is Irish and I know he’s bugging you now to sing. Sing him a song or two and get him off your back. You and your family will be forever in my prayers. |
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Jacquelyn Murray (Trenton, NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Briggs Family Thank you for sharing Billy with us. God gave him a gift in his singing, humor, giving and made only one “Irish” Billy Briggs. And we had the privilege of knowing Billy. God Bless and Keep you and yours. |
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Donna Dunn (Hamilton Sq., NJ) |
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June 19, 2008 |
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Dear Margaret and Girls – so sorry to hear about your loss of a great person. I will never forget our arrival in USA 23 years ago and the wonderful welcome from Billy. We have some wonderful memories of Bordentown and the gatherings at Quaker Bridge Rd. |
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Carmel Mc Cabe – Larese (Wallingford, CT) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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To the Dearest Briggs Family, What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us…. Our condolenses to your family. He became a part of my life when I was a little girl around 7, at Denny and Billy’s Pub on Olden Ave, what a lasting impression. Now, 28 years later, we had several facets in common: same date of birth and twins. |
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The Clendenin Family (cincinnati, OH) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Deepest Sympathy to you all. Our prayers are with you. |
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Mick and Jeanne Cullen (Lawrenceville, GA) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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With sad hearts and our deepest sympathy to your family, we say… Thanks for the memories, bro. |
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Sharon and Paul McAdams (Yardville, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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girls, remember when you were born and i had stars named for you, well when you think of your da, think of this,,”,and when he shall die take him and cut him into little stars and he shall make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night…”. so you can look to the sky and know your dad is always there with your stars,giving that little twinkle he always gave,and you will always feel safe and loved |
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ilene sullivan (hillsborough, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Aunt Gerri, Uncle Russ, Sue, Colleen, Trish, Timmy, Maggie, Ellen and Mairead, “Death is nothing at all. |
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Carl, Debbie, & Shane Zendrosky (Browns Mills) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Dear Margaret and Girls, |
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Diana Ashley (Trenton, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Our condolences and prayers are with Margaret, Mairead, Ellen, and the rest of Billy’s dear family and friends. We cherish the memory our beloved “Bro”. See you again in Tir na nOg! God Bless All, Sean & Noirin Kinnevy |
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Sean Kinnevy (West Creek, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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I wouldn’t know where to begin to praise my former singing partner and long-time friend Bill Briggs. He will be sorely missed, both in the pub and here in our shared neighborhood. I am sure he will have little trouble getting into heaven, since he always had the heart of a child. One possible snafu follows: St. Peter: “What’s that you have there, Mr. Briggs?” Billy” “This. This? Oh, that’s my banjo.” St. Peter” “I’m sorry, but you’ll need to tune that thing before I can let you pass through.” Not going anywhere for a while??? For a heartwarming performance of the Bobs, Bill and me doing The Unicorn, go to: http://video.google.com/videoplay?d |
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Bill O’Neal (Lawrenceville, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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To the Briggs Family |
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Patricia Kelly (Trenton, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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“How in the world do you thank a man for a million laughs?” (from “The Last Hurrah”) God Bless Billy Briggs. YNWA |
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John Davis Jr (Doylestown, PA) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Godspeed,Brother Billy Briggs–With admiration and prayers. May many loving thoughts and prayers carry the family through this time with hope and healing…. You’ll not be forgotten for being a a great patriot and a corageous warrior for good in the world.God Bless. |
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Mary Fitzpatrick Moore (Plainsboro, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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My Friend; |
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Helene P’Simer (Hamilton Square, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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To the Briggs family, I met Billy only once and that was when he was in the backroom of my parents restaurant with the late State Senator Walter Kavanaugh as he was singing one of his Irish tunes for him and those he was with. I went in and said who was singing and they all pointed at Billy and said he was, and my reply to him and will always be ” Very Good. ” May God Bless Him and welcome him into His Heavenly Kingdom. May God Bless You All. Pete Lieggi |
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Pete Lieggi (Lawrenceville, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Tír na nÓg is a place where sickness and death do not exist. It is a place of eternal youth and beauty. Here, music, strength, life and all pleasurable pursuits come together in a single place. Here happiness lasts forever, no one wants for food or drink. Here is where Billy will always be remembered. |
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a friend |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Maggie and Girls, We send our deepest sympathy on the loss of your beloved husband and father. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Natalie sends her love to her friends- Ellen and Mairead. |
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Debbie Monroe (Hamilton, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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even though I never the got the opportunity to meet Bill I feel as if i know him thru all his freinds who love him so much-he will be missed my thoughts and prayers are with you-Mary Wylie |
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mary wylie (TRENTON, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Dear Margaret, Gerri and Russ, and family. There is no greater loss then a loved one, may it be a husband or son, our prayers are with all of you at this time of Billys Celabration of his life. He will be truly missed. May the road rise to meet you. We will remember you always, |
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Dianne McGuire (Dover, DE) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Maggie and Girls, |
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Debbie Monroe (Hamilton) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Sunset and evening star, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Twilight and evening bell, For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place By Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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claudia grippen – crawford (n hanover) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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With deepest and heartfelt sympathy |
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Trisha and Ray Hobora and family (NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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I was so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow. |
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Bruce Kafer (High Point, NC) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Bro, Our world will never be the same without you and heaven will never be the same with you. You did so much for so many…you will always be in our thoughts and prayers. God Bless Billy Briggs Mike, Nancy and Jack Rhodes |
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Mike Rhodes (Ewing, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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It’s a long way to Tipperary have a safe journey home “Bro”, we’re going to miss you. |
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Timothy McMahon (Trenton) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Dear Russ, Gerry and Family: It is with deep sadness that I extend my sympathies to you and your family on the loss of your beloved Billy. I can not imagine the emptiness your hearts must be feeling. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Give my special love to Colleen. May God bless you all. Joann |
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Joann Mercantini (ormond Beach, FL) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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We offer our condolences to all the Briggs, especially Margret and the twins in the lost of their husband and father. Dennis, Caroline, Rosie, and Alanna Griffin |
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Dennis Griffin (Ewing, NJ) |
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June 18, 2008 |
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Condolences from the Griffins to Margaret, the two angels and the entire Briggs family. |
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Dennis Griffin (Ewing) |
