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Monday, July 20, 2020
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We miss you Gerard ❤️
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Friday, November 23, 2018
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From: Yakelin, Christopher, Jackelyn & Ramona
Rest In Peace Gerard you will for ever be remembered we love you deeply
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Liranzo Family posted a condolence
Friday, November 23, 2018
May your beautiful soul Rest In Peace, Gerard you was our childhood doctor & you became family to us. We remember when you come visit us in Florida & we go to visit your family in West palm beach & other cities. It hurts to know you no longer here we lost contact with you & knew something was wrong because you will always call us for our birthdays holidays all the time the phone rang and it was you. We’re so sorry that all that is gone but your soul remains with us, your memories with the family because you treated us as your family. You will forever be that one person who is worth the world in the family thank you for all the memories you shared with us. We just wished we could knew this before but unfortunately we just found out about your death. To his family our sincere condolences goes to you all. My family loved Gerard so much he was the best human in the world may your soul Rest In Peace & you will for ever be remember.we love you Gerard
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Toya posted a condolence
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Greetings family. My name is Toya and I am here to give tribute to Gerard my beloved godfather & uncle. If you ever hear the saying”You are Correct!”. Consider: Dr Gerard Desir(you probably knew him as “Daddy Jay”) who entered eternal life on Thursday, June 28, 2018.His spirit is carried on by his 3 children, 3 grandchildren, 4 surviving siblings in New York, and an extended family of relations and friends from every walk of life. We were blessed to learn many valuable lessons from Daddy Jay during his 76 years, among them: Family is everything, communications is they key to a good relationship, and respect yourself.
Family, such a strong word that encompasses so much regard. It even fashioned a forum for us called the Haitian Counsel. As a child growing up in Rosedale, me and my cousins were always upheld to the Haitian counsel. If we did anything good or for anything bad we had to stand in front of the Haitian counsel. A panel composed of Mommy Yole , Poppy Phedre, Daddy Jay, Socrates, Beto Nennen, VaVa , tataunte jocelyne , mutante Vettie and Memmen. Lifetime members depending on their availability. Very intimidating at times.Sometimes you would think you would not have to deal with all of them at one time but that wasn’t really the case. They all knew everything about you because they had there equivalent to a Haitian conference call. If I had told daddy jay something and I saw everyone else knew I would ask him “did you tell everyone “ and he would answer “you are correct”. He knew that is communication that kept our family together And strong. Communication is the key to a good relationship.
Daddy Jay loved his sisters , his brothers, his brother in laws and sister in laws, and his nephews And nieces with his entire being. He adored, and was completely in love with, his wife Abbie in whom he found his spiritual and intellectual counterpart. She in turn gave him the loves of his life in Bonnie, Shamira , and Maggie better known as our Babe. He loved His grandchildren little Lonnie ,McKenzie, and Hudson without reservation. And he was devoted to his friends with an equal affection and sincerity that made us fully reciprocate the emotion. There was nothing in his power he would not do for any of us, and we knew it without Daddy Jay ever having to put those feelings into words. If you would ask the DJ how do you feel about me. He will ask you how do you think he feels about you. Well you would say you love me. And he would answer “you are correct” Family is everything.
How can I say good-bye to someone who has been an integral part of my life for a liferltime ? How do we reconcile ourselves to the heartbreaking reality that our beloved Daddy Jay is no longer physically with us? For months now, we have tried to prepare ourselves for this inevitability, but it was Daddy Jay himself , with his quiet good humor, with his courage and absolute lack of self-pity, who made us believe that we might still have more time, that the void we have in our hearts today might be put off at least a little while longer.
This past year in the hospital and rehab , Daddy Jay was most concerned not by his illness but by the possibility that he might have to go to a strange place, and his one fervent hope was that he might be able to go home, to be in his room, surrounded by his treasured Family, by his accomplishments , and by the photographs that reminded him of happier days. His mind always kept at ease with constant family support and with the motivational challenging banter of his daughters...especially Sha. You know what I mean Sha ..the loving venom that you speak...that we crave...that we love. That we all identify as the pillar of strength of our cousin-hood. Babes ever melodic tones that soothes the aching heart. Bonnie’s bright star that gives a sense of appeasement. His wish at least was granted him by his family, thanks for the most part to Abbie’s devotion and care.
Abbie, you were the best wife anyone could have, and you provided Daddy Jay with a unique reassurance and sxense of comfort that allowed him to go on for as long as he could, and to live every one of his days in dignity, knowing that he was loved, knowing that he could remain at home until his strength at long last gave out. With dignity and respect that we , his adoring family, were all to honored to give him. Respect yourself and others will do so in kind.
As Daddy Jay is reunited with his predeceased siblings I leave you with this consoling quote:
“My God, My God, may these things never end: the sand and the sea, the rush of the water, lightning in heaven, the prayer of man.”
Daddy Jay would have identified with these words, with the sense of infinity in the elements of nature that surrounded him Let us, in turn, add our promise that our memories of Daddy Jay and our love for him will similarly never end. And if you would quietly ask daddy Jay right now if you have met your peace on your own terms with the love and support of your family , he would say “you are correct!”
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