First off I want to say THANK YOU to all who posted their comments here. Special Thanks to De Hill & Bob Storick for the video De shot at Dad's house a long time ago.
You all knew him as Big Art, I knew him as Dad. By either name he touched all of our lives and I am grateful for your sharing. We had the funeral mass today, with sadness more than offset by a feeling of CELEBRATION of a very big man who lived a very big life. I think he provided a template; the best tribute we can give to him is to strive for our personal bests and to help each other along the way.
He died on Monday, we said our goodbyes on Friday. To emulate something he would probably say, "What the hell? That's enough, everybody get back to work!"