My earliest memories of Uncle Frank are from the early 1950s when he would come from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for Christmas holidays. He would also come to the Jersey Shore every summer to spend time with the family at Seaside Heights. Uncle Frank was one of those special people who you could always use as a role model. He seemed almost too good to be true. Uncle Frank did so much to support his mother after she lost her husband in 1925. He was so loyal and helpful to everyone in the family. After World War II he earned his engineering degree at the University of Virginia and eventually relocated to Massachusetts to work for General Electric. However, he stayed close to his Mom, Mary Denney McDonnell, and his brother, Bill McDonnell. Uncle Frank was just a solid special person who always seemed to do the right thing. His quiet example gave us a special path to follow. We saw a great deal of Uncle Frank in the 1950s and early 1960s. A few times he came down from Massachusetts to watch a high school basketball game or a Pony League Championship game. Uncle Frank had some great stories about our ancestors. He told me about my great grandfather James Denney (1865-1928) and my great grandmother Annie Soughan Denney (1867-1931). Uncle Frank even had vague memories of the father he lost at the age of 4 in 1925. Uncle Frank always enjoyed sports and told me that he saw the great basketball player Hank Luisetti play for Stanford against Temple in December of 1937. Temple beat Stanford in a monumental upset and Uncle Frank always called Hank Luisetti "the wizard of the maplewood." Uncle Frank saw the great Philadelphia A's teams of the early 1930s play in Shibe Park. He remembered seeing Hack Wilson visit Baker Bowl when he played for the Chicago Cubs against the Phillies in the early 1930s. Uncle Frank even saw the legendary Satchel Paige pitch in a sandlot in West Philadelphia during the 1930s. He told me that he once met the great football player Otto Graham when they were in the Navy together. He even met Ronald Reagan back in the early 1950s when Ronald Reagan was doing work for General Electric. The memories of Uncle Frank could go on and on. My favorite memory of Uncle Frank will always be remembering him as I always knew him . . . a very special and unique man of faith who always had a great love of his family and was proud to let you know it.