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Bernard J Fleury - ArticlesReaching the Fullness of Life: Mother Irene’s Last Three YearsMother Irene’s last three years were filled with loss, suffering, courage, enduring faith, hope and love. Mother Irene’s Journey HomeWith an increasingly feeble body, at the age of ninety-six Mother Irene Carlberg begins to dictate her story to her son – courageous, living life to the fullest, and deeply spiritual. The Life of Mother CarlbergThe story of a bold, daring, ahead of her time woman, Irene Carlberg, who was a nationally known artist, rode motorcycles, flew planes, and rode in a hot air balloon at the age of ninety eight – my second Mother! My Second Mother: Irene CarlbergThe story of how an eighty eight year old woman “adopts” a sixty seven year old man as her son. It was a relationship that lasted until the end of her life ten years later. Mother Flora and the Coming of Age of a New GenerationIn 1980 I went back to school to become a member of the first class of Roman Catholic Permanent Deacons in my Diocese. I was ordained on January 15, 1983. Six weeks later my mother died from a heart attack and I was an orphan! Mother’s Life From 1958 –1976Mother’s nest is emptied. I earned my Doctorate. Dad contracts Parkinsons Disease at age fifty-five in 1963 and dies in 1976. Mother Flora joins Parents Without Partners. Mother Loses Her Dad, Frank King, our HeroThe final agony of Frank King, loving father, grandfather, United States cited heroic soldier. A life lived and ended with valiant courage. Mother, Marriage, Continuing College, Family, and CareerI resume relationship with Lida Healey, our engagement and marriage, earn Masters Degree, and birth of our son, Ed. Mother During My College and Seminary YearsI had wanted to be a priest since the age of ten. In the fall of 1949 I began a five-year discernment process at St. Charles, Univ. of Mass, and Stonehill College that ended when I left Stonehill in March of 1954. Mom and Dad: Years of Love, Loss, and New LifeMom and Dad and the Gift of the Maji. Last sibling Celeste is born. Gram King dies. Gramp King comes to live with us during my high school years.
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