SOUND ADVICE

EVERY MAN LEAVES A LEGACY

EVERYMAN LEAVES A LEGACY. SOME MEN BUILD BRIDGES, OR EMPIRES, OR FORTUNES

BILL COYNE BUILT LIVES. IT WAS WHAT HE WAS BEST AT. HE WAS A TRADESMAN, AND







HE WAS A RESPECTED ONE. A MAN WHO KNOW WHAT IT WAS TO DO A JOB EVERY DAY







AND BE PROUD OF IT. EVERY JOB WAS HIS BEST JOB. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A







GOOD TRADESMAN. HE WAS A HUSBAND WHO LOVED HIS WIFE. IT WAS THE KIND OF LOVE







THAT SHOWED THROUGH THIRTY YEARS OF PUTTING HER FIRST. MAYBE ITS THE KIND OF LOVE







YOU SEE BEST IN A SINGLE SMILE, OR A LOOK....EVEN A FROWN. IT IS WHAT KIDS NOTICE







WHEN THEY ARE GROWING UP. THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY







DONT UNDERSTAND IT. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND.







HE WAS OUR FATHER. THAT MEANT SHOWING US HOW TO WORK WITH AND FOR PEOPLE.







THAT MEANT TEACHING US HOW TO SHOOT A BASKET, KICK A FOOTBALL, OR PITCH A BASEBALL.







IT MEANT TEACHING US HOW TO WIN OR LOSE A GAME AS WELL AS HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.







IT MEANT SITTIING UP LATE NIGHTS BY THE WINDOW, WAITING FOR US TO GET HOME WITH THE







CAR, OR SHOWING ONE COULD GAIN RESPECT WITHOUT RAISING YOUR VOICE. IT MEANT







RINGING DOORBELLS DURING AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN TO SHOW YOU WERE NOT AFRAID TO







WORK A LITTLE IF YOU BELIEVED IN SOMETHING. IT MEANT MAKING A HOME, LOVING A WOMAN







BUILDING A FAMILY. IT MEANT LETTING US SEE THAT ALL THESE THINGS WERE WORTH THE







TROUBLE. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD FATHER.







MOST OF ALL, IT MEANT LOVING US. YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LOVE, AND WE HAD A TEACHER.







THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD FATHER. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD







HUSBAND. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD MAN......







delivered at St Denis Church, July 6th, 1970, by William Patrick Coyne

1931 FIRE TUNNEL GAS EXPLOSION...HERITAGE

A LINK TO ROBERT RYAN HOLLYWOOD AS FATHER CONSTRUCTION SEWER TUNNEL COLLAPSE TAKES WILLIAM COYNE-CHICAGO



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