The obituary notice of Gerald KINNEY

Uncle Gerald was a fountain of youth that flowed for seventy nine glorious years watering our souls with mirth and merriment. He brought life to every life and every moment that he graced with his rambunctious presence. My earliest memory was wrestling with him on a white faux fur rug in front of my grandparents’ electric fire. He loved to clown around at every opportunity and he played the clown as well as he played the guitar. He was a virtuoso of laughter and song. He was immensely curious about the world around him and was indefatigable where asking questions was concerned. I so looked forward to his frequent visits to Canada with my Nana. He felt more like a big brother to me. His approach to life had a simple monastic quality to it. He loved to chat with anyone willing to listen. He listened intently to others. He asked questions. He laughed, sang, played guitar, played the clown and enjoyed the odd pint and devoured pack loads of cigarettes with frightful regularity. He loved to be controversial. He chose to express his ardent love of footie as a lifelong fan of the Glasgow Rangers in a family of devoted Celts. The irony of him leaving as on the 12th of July is not lost!
He will be missed by many because of the magnanimity of his presence—most of all by my Aunt and uncle Therese and Frank McAtear and their sons Frank and Anthony and their families. Gerald was deeply embedded in their lives and I am forever grateful and humbled by the indefatigable love that they showed my uncle in the stewardship of his life—a life that brought many challenges with it. God bless his loving memory. May he rest in eternal peace. May Heaven have guitars and a smoking section.
All our love
From
Anne Kinney,
Jim Kinney Jr, Linda, Madeline, Shea and Jackie Kinney XXXXXX