Saying Goodbye to a Brother Knight

Ever since my father passed away, I’ve had a hard time going to funeral homes. I try to ‘suck it up’ when it comes to certain people. This person, a Past Grand Knight from Ste. Anne Anacleto Rodriguez Knights of Columbus Council 8697, is one of those exceptions:

HERNANDEZ, RAMON M
September 30, 2005
Knights of Columbus Died September 27, 2005. Beloved husband of Magdalena Janie. Loving father of Juan Jesus (Maria), Annabel (Gerardo) Juarez, Magdalena Machuca, Ramon Jr., Angelica (Travis) Sprinkle, and Maria Christina (David) Bradley. Dear Grandfather of 17; also survived by brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and friends. Member of St. Anne’s Knights of Columbus, retired autoworker from Chrysler. Visitation Thursday 5-9 p.m. and Friday 1-9 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at the Salowich & Stevens Funeral Home, 3833 Livernois Rd. (1½ Blocks S. of Michigan Ave.) in Detroit Instate 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anne Catholic Church, 1000 St. Anne St., in Detroit until the Mass, 11 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

Via con dios, mi hermano!