3 responses to Charles Henry Connelly

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   M.A.Edwards says:

   March 12, 2020

   This was his favorite poem:

   If”
   BY RUDYARD KIPLING
   (‘Brother Square-Toes'”Rewards and Fairies)
   If you can keep your head when all about you
   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
   If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
   But make allowance for their doubting too;
   If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
   Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
   Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
   And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

   If you can dream”and not make dreams your master;
   If you can think”and not make thoughts your aim;
   If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
   And treat those two impostors just the same;
   If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
   Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
   Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
   And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

   If you can make one heap of all your winnings
   And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
   And lose, and start again at your beginnings
   And never breathe a word about your loss;
   If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
   To serve your turn long after they are gone,
   And so hold on when there is nothing in you
   Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

   If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
   Or walk with Kings”nor lose the common touch,
   If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
   If all men count with you, but none too much;
   If you can fill the unforgiving minute
   With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
   Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
   And”which is more”you’ll be a Man, my son!

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2. 

   Shoko Wema says:

   March 13, 2020

   Dear Mr. Charles,
   You loved your family. You have raised beautiful children. I respect and honor your life, the legacy you have left – love, caring heart, compassion. May your new beginning in the eternal realm of God’s love be well guided. God bless you.

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   Kaye Crippen says:

   March 14, 2020

   I was fortunate to have met Chuck while working on a project on a project then his entire family. He is just the most terrific person – so kind, caring, and compassionate. A real treasure. I also enjoyed getting to know his family who also reflect his values. I will keep his kind, caring nature in my memory and watch as his family continues to thrive. He was a creative innovator who wasn’t afraid to take risks and figure out how to learn new things. I haven’t gotten my phone contacts updated since my cell phone broke so just last week before i got the email, I realized that something was amiss.

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