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Bourbon soaked messages
Everything was based on a lie
I know that you hate her but it was never her fault, not really.
No more talk, you’re mine
I had no idea you had feelings for me
No matter how far apart we are, I’ll always find you
You’re the reason I’m here
You can do better than him
Dancing by lamplight
I should have taken you with me
Drunk voice mail revealing feelings
Don’t pretend like you care
Drunk fighting.
If you’re having problems I’m here to listen.
Turning up bloody on the door step
Meeting you was the best moment of my life.
I didn’t know what you were going through.
Nobody gets to hurt you and walk away.
Accidental dial so a conversation is overheard
You are not a liability.
Love is the one thing that money can’t buy.
I’m going to spend my last days loving you.
I’ve lost her, she isn’t coming back
You told me you’ve been fighting all your life, well fight for us.
It’s time to say the things he truly feels.
Under the neon lights
Honey, won’t you let me put that ring on your finger
You don’t have to hide your sadness
He’s the bad boy of law enforcement
Darling you deserve more than just these roses
Raining on Sunday
Blood stains and shattered glass
Have you told anyone else?
Oh honey, you’ve done some bad shit haven’t you?
My life was fine before you turned up
He broke into my home
You destroyed my world.
Noone has ever given me something so important
Such a tough façade, you’re just a fragile little girl underneath
You’re out of your fucking mind
Fuck, you’re on something aren’t you?
Baby we need to get you to a hospital.
Attending an event with someone who is not the object of affection
Just not right now ok?
Escape attempt
I’ve tried being subtle but it doesn’t work.
He took us to the woods…Well you know what happened next.
I’m stranded in the middle of nowhere.
You have to move on.
That’s just a rumour
I never thought I’d see you in handcuffs
Attending a wedding
It’s what you do when you love someone right?
Look, I owe you an apology
I can’t fucking breathe
I thought I’d lost you…
You’re gonna get us arrested.
Blood stained teeth
You were wearing that dress, you know the one
You’re an angry little thing aren’t you
A relationship that exists only in the dark.
I don’t want to talk, for now just kiss me, take me to bed
Spitting blood.
Rough voice, pretty words
It was supposed to be yours but then…you needed some time
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Bret Ian McAfee, age 54, of Townsend, DE, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by his family on June 15, 2023. Bret served as a Trooper with the Delaware State Police. Before graduating from the police academy, Bret earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from attended Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC.
During his career as a State Trooper, he began his journey as a member of the 65th DSP Recruit class on March 16, 1996. Bret was assigned to Troop 3 patrol, where he excelled in his role and even trained numerous recruits along the way. In 2010, he joined the Critical Incident Stress Management Team (CISM) and Conflict Management Team (CMT), further showcasing his commitment to his profession. Throughout his career Bret was a constant presence at Troop 3, where he became one of the longest-serving Patrol Troopers. Master Corporal Bret McAfee 962 last day worked was on June 1, 2023, after serving for over 27 years. He received his final transfer and is now serving on Eternal Patrol. His loving family always sent Bret off on his shift with “Come home safe” now Bret is eternally “Safely Home.” He served God, his church, Fairwinds Baptist Church, Bear, DE where he served for many years as a deacon, his family, and his state honorably.
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Rachel (Mallonee) McAfee, whom he married on October 18, 1997; his beloved daughter, Lauren Rileigh; his mother, Janet I. (Geary) McAfee of Danville, PA; his brother, Sean (Lolita); sister, Heather (Carl) Cahill; brother, Brandon; brother Ryan (Rebecca); sister, Tiffany; and nieces and nephews. Bret was preceded in death by his father, Terry K. McAfee.
A visitation will be held Tuesday, June 27, 2023, from 10 AM-1PM followed by the celebration of life service with Active-Duty Honors by the Delaware State Police at Fairwinds Baptist Church, 801 Seymour Rd, Bear, DE, officiated by Pastor Carlo DeStefano. Committal service will be Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 12 Noon at Jacob's Church Cemetery, Paxinos, PA, near his childhood home. Arrangements are by Strano & Feeley Family Funeral Home, Newark, DE.
Because of Bret’s passion to tell others about his Savior, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Fairwinds Baptist Church Missions Fund or to WFBM Radio Ministries P.O. Box 119 Beaver Springs, PA 17812. For directions or to send an online condolence, visit www.stranofeeley.com
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"He was never married": The story of John H. Packard, the papermaker [Part 2]
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[1] Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915 for John Henry Packard _up through 1910 - 1883, Image 680.
[2] 1900 United States Federal Census for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Hampshire, Plainfield, District 0644, Year: 1900; Census Place: Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 654; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0644; FHL microfilm: 1240654.
[3] 1930 United States Federal Census for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Dalton, District 0012, Year: 1930; Census Place: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340619; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, 1935, Berkshire, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935, 104; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, 1938, Berkshire, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1938, 129; 1940 United States Federal Census for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Dalton, 2-21, Year: 1940; Census Place: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: m-t0627-01567; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 2-21;
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, 1942, Berkshire, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1942, 123; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, 1948, Berkshire, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1948, 51; 1950 United States Federal Census for John P Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Dalton, 2-29, Image 23; 1920 United States Federal Census for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Dalton, District 0013, Year: 1920; Census Place: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_679; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 13; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, 1926,Berkshire, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1926, p. 398; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for John H Packard, Massachusetts, Berkshire, 1929, Berkshire, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1929, p. 287; U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for John Henry Packard, Massachusetts, Lee City, 3, Draft Card P, Image 7. This document also noted that he has dark brown eyes and black hair.
[4] "Heath: Local and Personal", North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts), Aug. 16 1949, 11; Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for John Henry Packard, Heath, Births, Marriages and Death, Image 464; "Obituary of John H. Packard, "son of Cyrus and Dora Mills Packard"" clip within The North Adams Transcript, North Adams, Massachusetts, 30 Oct 1950, Page 15. Also here.
[5] This was, in some way, also confirmed by pages 97, 101, and 104 which list a "Packard, Mrs. Frank" and "Packard, Lena" in the town, but no John H. Packard.
[6] In 1920 he lived on 37 John Street. In 1930, he lived on 261 South Street. In 1935, he lived at 405 High Street. From 1938-1940, he lived 15 Pine Street. From 1942-1950, seemingly, he lived at 16 Chamberlin Ave.
[7] 34-year-old Bertha Greene, 37-year-old Paul E. Borden, 47-year-old Elizebeth Marshall, 18-year-old Mary Marshall, 51-year-old Gilbert Shepard, 45-year-old Katherine Shepard, 23-year-old Edward Shepard, 33-year-old Timothy J. Morrison, 43-year-old Henry W. Mason, 65-year-old John W. Place, 61-year-old Louise Stanton, 25-year-old Miriam I. Stanton, 25-year-old Charles Zink, and 63-year-old Patrick J. Layton. were described as papermakers, while 16-year-old Ethel Goodermote was noted as a plater, 31-year-old Melase Williams as a mill-wright, Rose (age 31) and Olive Orton (age 26) as sorters, 24-year-old Benjamen Porter as laborer. Likely 20-year-old John Marshall who was noted as a machinist who worked at a machinist shop, and 59-year-old Frank B. Stanton as a janitor at an electric plant were also working at the paper mill.
[8] Hayley Glatter, "Massachusetts Has the Second-Largest LGBT Population in the Nation", Boston Magazine, May 25, 2018; Sean Cahill, Sophia Geffen, Anise Vance,
Timothy Wang, and Jacob Barrera, "Equality and Equity: Advancing the LGBT Community in Massachusetts", Boston Indicators and The Fenway Institute, May 2018, pages 9-12.
Also see Wikipedia pages "Massachusetts 1913 law" which invalidated marriages of non-residents if marriage was invalid in state they lived and repealed in 2008 (its funny that a referendum was never brought in 2008 because those who repealed it was too cowardly and afraid of being harassed as they should be as reinstating the law is homophobic), and "LGBT rights in Massachusetts" along with
the article "Great Cities for LGBTQ Folks in Massachusetts" (lists Boston, Provincetown, Salem, and Cambridge as cities), "45 Years of Queer: A Massachusetts LGBTQ History" (says "from the start of the LGBTQ rights movement in the 1970s, Massachusetts has been a pioneer in supporting the LGBTQ community"), "Springfield Mass. Pride: Past, Present & Future" in The Rainbow Times, articles in The Rainbow Times about happenings in Western Massachusetts, a LGBTQ Youth organization named OutNow in Springfield, Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Resources - LGBTQ+" on Together We Are Not Alone, Rob Phelps' article "Sites to See: LGBTQ History for New England Day Trippers" in Boston Spirit (lists Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, 75 Eastern Point Blvd., Gloucester as a site in Massachusetts), "NonProfits Community Groups Massachusetts" on a LGBTQ directory named Pink Pages, "LGBTQ" webpage of Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism website which is focused on Northampton, "Tracing Queer History in Boston" on the Boston Preservation Alliance website, Ellie White's "LGBT History Month: Whose Histories Are Included?" article on the LGBT Foundation website, "Facts - The reason we are here" from the LGBT Coalition in Western Massachusetts (more about them in next note), and "LGBTQ Towns" discussion on /r/Massachusetts in November 2021 (in comments, people suggest Northampton and Pioneer Valley in Western MA, Lowell, Dartmouth, Amherst, Easthampton, Provincetown, Boston, Hampden County, Attleboro, Salem, Cambridge, and Camberville while saying "Everywhere in Mass is accepting of LGBTQ people").
Additionally, Gay Cities only has listings for four places in Massachusetts: Boston, Worchester, Provincetown, and Northampton.
[9] "Ashley Mark, LGBT Coalition of Western Massachusetts", Daily Hampshire Gazette, Feb. 20, 2014; Brian Steele, "LGBT Chamber expands into western Mass.", Daily Hampshire Gazette, Dec. 7, 2021; Bob Linscott, "Thriving social scene emerging for LGBT older adults in Western Mass.", Boston Spirit, Feb. 28, 2017; "About the Coalition", LGBT Coalition in Western Massachusetts, 2012. It appears that the LGBT Coalition in Western Massachusetts is currently defunct when looking at their LinkedIn page (also here) along with pages on visithampshirecounty.com, Guidestar, ProPublica, and Gay Cities. There is currently a Facebook Group called Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut LGBTQ Alliance, which seems semi-active.
[10] The others living in the household were the 16-year-old stepdaughter of Herbert (Ruth E. Pierce), 72-year-old lodger Rhoda Peterson, Harriet's 82-year-old mother (Hannah M. Whitney), and a six-year-old lodger (Dorothy G. Shaw)
[11] 1950 United States Federal Census for James Fitzgibbons, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Dalton, 2-24, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 3485; Sheet Number: 26; Enumeration District: 2-24; U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 for James Leland Fitzgibbons, Massachusetts, Ellis-Fucca, Fitgerald, John M.-Fitzpatrick, James H., National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 324, Image 1470;
Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915 for James Leland Fitzgibbons,_up through 1910, 1902, Image 76 (Page 101); 1930 United States Federal Census for James L Fitzgibbons, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Dalton, District 0013, Year: 1930; Census Place: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2340619. Also for context is the 1910 census, the first one he appears in: 1910 United States Federal Census for James L Fitzgibbons, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Otis, District 0064, Year: 1910; Census Place: Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_572; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1374585. This may be him in the 1920 census, although it can't be confirmed: 1920 United States Federal Census for James Fitz-Gibbons, Massachusetts, Worcester, Worcester Ward 5, District 0262, Year: 1920; Census Place: Worcester Ward 5, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_750; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 262.
Note: This was originally posted on July 10, 2023 on the main Packed with Packards WordPress blog (it can also be found on the Wayback Machine here). My research is still ongoing, so some conclusions in this piece may change in the future.
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