Patrick J. O'Shea 

O'SHEA - Patrick J., of Bethpage, NY on August 18, 2008. USMC Veteran, Third Degree Member of K of C Hartigan Council #5033. Beloved husband of Jeanette O'Shea (nee Reiche). Devoted father of Julie and her husband, Keith Schmidlapp, Jennifer and her husband, Daniel Gallante, Michael and his wife, Cindy O'Shea. Adored grandfather of five cherished grandchildren: Jake, Jared, Austin, Allie and Zach. Dear brother of Catherine, Thomas, Eileen, Steven, Martin, Rita and Virginia. Family will receive visitors Thursday, 2-5 and 7-9:30pm, at the Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Inc., 234 Broadway, Bethpage, 11714. Funeral Mass Friday, 9:45am at St. Martin of Tours R.C. Church. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Patrick's name to the Hospice Inn, Hospice Care Network (99 Sunnyside Blvd. Woodbury, NY 11797). 

Link to Pat's Guestbook 
 

Billy, you bet I remember all the years we were together - we had some good times.  I will always remember you as a real sports enthusiast. God bless you, Billy Nugent

Vic Vreeland

My thanks,
Karen Powers Waldron

Dear Classmates,
     I'm sending this note along to ya'll in praise of our recently departed classmate Bill Nugent.  Bill and I first met at age 6 in 1951.  He had first moved to Bethpage from the Bronx, as I had done with my family a year before.  He wanted to play "Cowboys and Indians" and I said this is a Baseball town; go get a mitt and a bat.  The beginning of a lifelong friendship.
     Throughout the years, we were the best of buddies.  Who slept over whose house and playing sports together.  Bill was a great athlete and went on to Springfield College on a Football Scholarship.  I remember taking the Geometry Regents together in the 10th grade.  I copied the entire test off Bill and I passed and he failed.  Go figure!
     Before I forget, Happy Birthday today to Bill's wonderful wife Linda Dimmling Nugent.  She is 7-19, Bill is 8-20, and I am 9-21; what a succession of birthdays!!  So Bill went off to college and I went into the Marine Corps for four years.  We kept in touch and I was Godfather to his first daughter Kim and he was Best Man at my wedding to Jeanette in 1970.
     Although Bill passed away on April 6th, I already miss him terribly.  We had some real quality visits together the past couple of years.  He had cancer of the pancreas and I of the lungs.  We kept each other company through chemo and radiation.  Bill was in a lot of pain when he passed, but his wonderful family kept him up and he loved his family very much.  I miss holding hands with him and kissing him good- bye after our visits.  He came to visit me many times in the hospital too.
     Yeah Classmates, we lost a wonderful brother in Bill Nugent. Let us each remember each other with letters and phone calls.  Life is too short.  Tell someone that you love them.  Don't be bashful!  Time to sign off my friends!  I hope to see everyone at our 50th Reunion.
                                                                                               Love,
                                                                                               Patrick O'Shea

P.S. I'm certain Bill is up in Heaven putting in a good word for all of us.  God Bless and Be Well.

"She put up a valiant fight against that dreaded disease but could not continue any further, but we all can be consoled by the fact that she has gone home to eternal peace and joy with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She will be greatly missed, none more so than me as her soul mate, but I know in my heart and soul that we will be together again someday when the Lord decides to take me. Anybody that had the privilege of becoming friends with Beth immediately realized that to know her was to love her which made her a very special person indeed."

Robert Wilson - Beth's husband

Link to Beths Legacy page 

Vic Vreeland