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Diane posted a condolence
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Sally was the sweetest person. I enjoyed bringing her, Frank and Marion communion, with Lacey quietly listening to the prayers with her head on my lap! So sorry for your loss.
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Robert Lenzo posted a condolence
Saturday, May 22, 2021
The world got a little worse but heaven is smiling as bright as ever. You're now where you need to be grandma. I'm sorry covid kept us away from you for over a year but glad I got to say goodbye. I was always most comfortable under your roof and I didn't know why until recently. There was never a judgmental, selfish or petty thought. It was literally just love and laughs (maybe a few eye rolls for grandpa). I like to think I get most of my personality from you. I have the quiet part down, still striving to be as strong as you were. Thank you for being you. Give grandpa and uncle Jimmy a big hug from all of us. Until we meet again....
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Sheila Hanley posted a condolence
Saturday, May 22, 2021
It was wonderful reading these tributes. I was lucky to me Sarah as an EM. Her husband Frank and her sister were all living there with Sarah taking care of their every need. I always came out of her home with a smile and a thought of what a wonderful giving woman she was. Rest In Peace Sarah - Sheila Hanley
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Tom Lysaght posted a condolence
Friday, May 21, 2021
When newly-weds Sally and Frank moved in next door to my family house on Stuart Street (1956?), they had no clue how welcome they were. The previous tenant had been a witch who took delight singing at night near a window opposite my three young sisters' bedroom so the children would be kept awake. When construction workers damaged our house and my grandmother took them to court, our neighbor appeared as paid witness for the defense (My grandmother received a settlement).
> So when our new neighbors invited the whole family over to their wedding nest for refreshments, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Here we were, my four-year old self and three sisters sitting in a living room — with four grown-ups!— sipping from tall glasses of Coca-Cola on the rocks. Being treated like adults! At home, we only had soda on holidays. But this was only the beginning of association with smiling, big-hearted Sally and reserved but kindly Frank, who always wordlessly nodded his greetings. The years of happy friendship with the Takacs were a blessing. Although older than Jimmy, I would be invited in to play with him (and served Coke and chips!) and my younger siblings were born close in age to Kathy and Raymond.
> We even came to know Frank's wonderful, also generous two aunts. Sally was the only neighbor whom my family breached Irish closed-door policy to welcome into our house. On one visit, when she heard my mother was pregnant, she exclaimed, "I'm gonna have to get after Frank!" and sent my grandmother into spasms of laughter. One last memory: our last summer in Brooklyn in 1972 I was coming home from my summer job before going back to college and found Sally curled up on the ledge of her stoop, reading. We often discussed books, as she knew I wanted to be a writer, and here she was, engrossed in a paperback with a big dictionary beside her to look up any words she didn't know. "Oh, Tommy," Sally exclaimed. "You have to read this! It's amazing!" She showed me the cover of a new book called 'The Exorcist.'" Little did she know, that like those two priests in the novel, Sally had exorcised the neighborhood of ill will and blessed my family's lives. I'm so glad my family got to visit Frank and Sally in 2001. She was so excited to hear my play about Yogi Berra was about to open Off-Broadway. Synchronistically, I happened to be thinking of Sally on the day last week that I later learned was the very day she had left this physical plane.
> She's soaring in the worlds of God now, and like a bird freed from a cage, even more capable of watching over her family and singing her unique song of harmony from the heavens. May her enlightened soul progress through all the worlds of God!
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Ray Takacs Posted May 21, 2021 at 1:19 PM
Wow Tom! That was beautiful and so True! Thanks for putting into wonderful words what people think of my mom. I’m glad my mom had a joyful and lasting memory for you. We remember your family with equal admiration..... BTW, those people before my mom and dad unscrewed and took all the lightbulbs with them when they left the house. Lol
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Robert Rehbein posted a condolence
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Aunt Sally was the sweetest "tough cookie" who always welcomed me with a kiss and a hug and the inevitable wisecrack. I always felt overflowing love from her. It's a sad day for an end to the Brooklyn Aunt contingent, but I know she is up in Heaven with her Frank, Jimmy, and siblings telling stories and laughing their heads off. Farewell my beloved surrogate Mother. You will be deeply missed.
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Gerard Monaghan posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Sally has been part of my life since she started dating Frank (Buddy to me) -- and that's almost 70 years! Always a bright spot in the family, loving, caring, kind and gentle -- and always a smile. Many memories of biking from our W 8th Street home to hers ... and always feeing welcome. And the number of phone calls, where I heard my father patiently say, "First you put water in the pan, then put the pan on the stove and turn it on. You'll be boiling water in no time!" Obviously, that was a family joke, since she was such a great cook and shared her bounty with all. A part of my life; no a bright, shining star in my life.
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MATTHEW DAVIS posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Sally, you were a second mother to me. The generosity of your house and your table are legendry. You always made space for me and all the strays who showed up on your doorstep, usually at dinner time. You cared earnestly for all your family and extended family and were a tough cookie when you needed to be. No one messed with Sally. I will be forever thankful for your love and friendship. I know you are at peace with Frank, Jimmy and all your siblings and family and hope to sit at your table again one day.
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Mom was a loving, kind, caring person. Her home had a swinging front door. Family members visiting or passing thru New York were welcome. She always had her glass kettle of ice tea waiting in the frig.
Fond memories as a child was baking with mom. She loved to bake. I have enjoyed baking many family favorites like Irish soda bread, banana cake, & cheese cake. Her cheese cake in my opinion is better than Juniors & her Irish soda bread, I still haven’t found any store or bakery that tastes like hers.
Holidays were always celebrated as a family. St. Patrick’s day was always a feast. No matter how many people went to mom’s, everyone went home with their own soda bread. She baked dozens. She gave to neighbors & even her local deli owner. (There was a time when she worked for the deli & she showed them how to make their potato salad better.)
Mom loved her family. They were most important to her. She loved all our family get togethers — the more, the merrier! She was a doting mother, grandmother & great grandmother. She will be missed by many.
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Susan Lysaght posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Sally and Frank and their three children - Jimmy, Kathy and Raymond - were our neighbors on Stuart Street until we moved in 1972. I will always remember her kindness and cheerfulness! She seemed “forever young”! Sincere condolences to all her family and may this wonderful lady Rest In Peace.
Susan Lysaght
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Raymond Takacs posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Where to begin? There are a million stories that cast a light onto who my mom was and importantly what she was made of. She took a job working in a local deli once her kids were all old enough to get home from school by themselves. The owner soon put her in charge of the store. When the local kids (some friends) came in for rolling papers or prophylactics, my mom would tell them “I know what you use these for.” and refuse to sell them. Mom was also a librarian for the Brooklyn Library. Her favorite location was New Lots and Livonia. Mike Tyson’s old hood. One day, a young man came running in with fear in his eyes. Two other men caught up with him and began beating him up. My mom ran around the counter to break up the fight yelling for them to stop. To their credit they did stop probably from shock and respect for the little old lady’s courage. When she looked around for her coworkers, they had all ran into an office and locked the door. Mom was fun, intuitively wise, and fiercely independent. She was a giver. She donated to dozens of charities while living a frugal life. She was principled and taught us that if you believe you are right you take a stand and fight for what you believe in. One more: my mom was about to pull into a parking spot when someone cut her off and took the spot. Mom wanted to give them the finger but when she put up her hand she instinctively gave them the thumbs up. That may sum up who my mom was and how I will remember her.
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Since I heard of Sally's passing, memories of her have been running through my mind all day & so many bringing a smile to my face. She was a wonderful,strong caring woman who loved & was the matriarch of the family. I am forever indebted to her for all she did for me & my family over the decades. A better mother-in-law never existed. My dearest & most heartfelt thoughts go out to Kathy & Ray all the grandkids & great grandkids morning the loss Sally. She will be missed terribly but sure left her mark on us all. R.I.P. as you are reunited with Frank, Jimmy & all your siblings.
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