I'm sorry to report that my brother Gerard passed away at 3AM on Nov. 18 [2004]. His failing heart just gave away. He leaves behind many friends and a great deal of positive impact.
He managed to do things in his last years no one would ever think a person in his health could do. In fact, he had just returned from a trip to Amish Country with our sister the afternoon of his death.
A funeral mass will be held in St. Benedicts of Baltimore on Monday. Other arrangements are still not finalized.
- Bill Bugge
Donna Lewis, of Quenta Narwenion, informed me that Gerard, of A Catholic Blog For Lovers and caretaker of St. Blog's Parish, had died. I must confess that I didn't know him well. I tried to help him set up RSS for his blog. We never did get that working for him. I read all my regulars through RSS these days, so I haven't read his blog in quite some time.
Anyhow, I've only ever heard good things about him and, regardless of whether or not we were friends, it's sad when a parish loses a loyal, long-time member. As a tribute to Gerard, I've collected links to posts about his death from other members of St. Blog's.
Quenta Narwenion (Donna Lewis)
Living Catholicism (Jay Allen)