Goodbye Uncle Pasquale

Angelina just called. He died this morning. He's the last of our family (except cousins, of course) from both of our parents. He helped me understand long division when I couldn't 'get' it. He brought me a chocolate egg from the ship when he came to America. It has a little model of the ship in it. I was so little. He let me blow and blow and blow on his trumpet and he used to laugh so hard because I couldn't get it to make any noise. when I finally got it, he was thrilled. I will miss him even though we've not really seen each other except for running into him here or there, since everyone else passed away. I always knew he was around. :(