I year ago today my sister’s and I were sitting by our loving dad’s side saying goodbye. I miss him so much and it is the small things. I miss his surprise visits to the house just ’cause, Sunday dinners, him whistling while he worked, him yelling at the guys to get back to work […]

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Today we laid Les Mielcasz to rest. After? It was only appropriate to have lunch at Scott’s Seafood, where he took all his dates. Now we just need a martini.

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Having a wonderful week at the cabin for the 4th! Missing an important part of our time up here, my dad. Love you dad. I miss you!

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No one wants to wake up at 7 am on vacation, but the kids were up in anticipation of the Easter egg hunt and the adults were up by default. The Easter Bunny brought sand toys, kites and other vacation-related toys for the kids. So by 8 am the kids took off in search of

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Today was all about the ocean. We barely left the house except to walk to the fishing pier and back, and chose instead to spend our time on the beach. The surf that had been extraordinarily high for the last few days-even prompting a weather warning of 6-12 foot waves-had subsided. The waves had previously banged against the rocks just off our deck. Now they were 50 feet

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href=”http://www.mcclellandfamily.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dad.jpg”>This if the eulogy that I delivered at the St. Anthony’s church at Les’ memorial service. I post it here mostly as a way to preserve it for the future, but also for the few people that have asked me for a copy of it.

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We are deeply saddened to report that Lester Mielcasz lost his battle with cancer at the age of 83. He spent the last few months of his life at home under hospice care while family and friends visited regularly. His cancer was ultimately not diagnosed, but it was believed to be lung cancer or Mesothelioma. It was his second battle with cancer.

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While memorial weekend at our cabin in Serene Lakes admittedly didn’t bring a lot of tearful memorializing of our men and women serving our Country, it was celebrated the way so many American’s celebrate: with family, barbecues and food. A few of the kids brought friends up which brought our numbers to

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We try to keep a clean house at this site, and that means dusting off the old files and displaying them prominently here. These few have been chosen for one reason or another and cleaned up for your viewing pleasure.

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