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Happy Heavenly Birthday Dad

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899

Happy Birthday Dad! Today is your birthday and sometimes the day got lost in the midst of the holiday season. Mom always baked your favorite chocolate cake with a special marshmallow frosting with chocolate swirls!

Robert Edmund Cleary was born on 12/20/1918 in Claremont NH to Tamzon Meecham and Vincent Edmund Cleary. He married Doris Eleanor Miller (my mom) on December 28, 1940. Three children: my older sister Susan, myself and younger brother John were born in Schenectady NY and grew up in the same house on 2 acres in the town of Glenville. Unfortunately he left us too early on 10/19/1978 due to complications with Lupus.

Dad, you taught us a work ethic by example and why serving others is so important. I still miss your voice (your eastern accent), pranks, wit, guidance and smile. I love and miss you dad. ♥♥

"We make a living by what we get.

We make a life by what we give." 

Winston Churchhill

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Comments (12)

Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Dorie - I can understand how birthdays around other holidays might "become lost" with the hub-bub of the activities associated with those events.  This is a nice tribute to your Dad who obviously meant a lot to you and your family.  

Dec 20, 2021 06:16 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Yes he did!

Dec 20, 2021 06:56 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Good morning Dorie,

What a lovely tribute to your father.  I think of mine often including on his birthday.  Wishing you a wonderful Monday.  A

Dec 20, 2021 07:37 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

I appreciate your good wishes.

Dec 20, 2021 02:25 PM
Bill Salvatore - East Valley
Arizona Elite Properties - Chandler, AZ
Realtor - 602-999-0952 / em: golfArizona@cox.net

Happy Monday.  Hit it right on the head with the post, Happy Birthday Dad.  Thanks for sharing and make it a productive day. bill

Dec 20, 2021 07:41 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Thank you Bill for stopping by

Dec 20, 2021 02:24 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Treasure your fond memories.

Take care, be safe and enjoy the holidays.

Dec 20, 2021 07:49 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

I do..thank you Roy Kelley 

Dec 20, 2021 02:23 PM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Beautiful written thoughts from the heart, on his special day, for your dad, Dorie! 💞

Dec 20, 2021 10:47 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Thank you Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can! 

Dec 20, 2021 02:23 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

HI Dorie- that was a very sweet tribute to your father. Happy Heavenly birthday to Robert Cleary. 

Dec 20, 2021 11:50 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Thank you Kathy Streib . His grandson just welcomed into this world a darling baby boy named Ben Robert Cleary. His being still lives on!

Dec 20, 2021 02:23 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Dorie my dad was just a month younger than your dad, but I was fortunate to have him around for 25 years more than you had your dad.

Dec 20, 2021 04:26 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

You were so fortunate George Souto . Dad left us way too soon.

Dec 24, 2021 12:24 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I am sure that your Dad is still looking down upon you and guiding you along the right path.

Dec 21, 2021 05:45 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

That is so true Brian England 

Dec 24, 2021 12:25 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Dorie Dillard Austin TX - It must have been difficult for your dad, mom, yourself and your siblings, to witness the transition with Lupus and what it did to your dad and family life. Lupus is one of those cruel diseases hard to explain and harder to live with since it directly impacts everything inside the human body. Thinking of him with loving thoughts and writing this tribute to him is not only therapeutic it's a reminder to you and all of us how important our fathers are to their wives and children. Dorie, you are such a loving woman and I get the feeling you got that love from your parents and passed it down to your children and grandchildren. Your father, Robert Edmund Cleary's love and tenacity lives on through many generations to come. 

Dec 21, 2021 07:41 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Thank you @Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP ,


He was an amazing dad and its hard to believe he has been gone from us so long now.

Dec 24, 2021 12:26 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Dorie, happy birthday to your Dad, and my mom's birthday was 12/19, she is in heaven too.

Dec 24, 2021 07:41 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Hi Joan Cox ,


I'm sure you are celebrating her life too!

Dec 24, 2021 12:27 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Best wishes to you and your family for a Very Merry Christmas.

Dec 25, 2021 05:07 AM
Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400
The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY
Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

Lovely tribute Dorie, Wish you and yours the merriest  and brightest day, and enjoy all your Christmas celebrations with you family!

Dec 25, 2021 06:50 AM