Video 1-Eleanor Sisco-Wakes & Funeral Memorial Service & Mass And Additional Items – 8/30/14-9/14/14
Note 1:
For more info, please see www.EleanorSisco.com, including photos, other videos and text. Also, please contact
Eleanor’s daughter
Fran Sisco by email – FrancisSisco@aol.com or by telephone to 914.589.1013. These are the main events regarding the honoring of Eleanor Sisco during the days following her death on 8/30/14:
1. The wake was for 2 nights 4-8pm on Tuesday 9/2/14 and Wednesday 9/2/14 at Yannantuono
Burr Davis Sharpe Funeral Home, located at 584 Gramatan
Avenue,
Mt. Vernon, NY 10552
2. Internment at
Ferncliff Cemetery at 12 noon on Thursday 9/4/14.
3.
The Funeral Service and
Mass at
St. John’s Episcopal Church at 11
Wilmot Road,
New Rochelle, NY 10804 at 2pm on Thursday 9/4/14.
Note 2:
Below is a summary of the 12 videoclips (recorded mainly by Fran Sisco, with slight editing) covered by this description.
Copyright 2014 Fran Sisco.
All rights reserved.
Here is a summary of events:
Videoclip 1 –
Wake on 9/2/14, including discussion of photos (and narration), songs and readings, including
Kelly and her essay, Joe
Galluzzo,
Tony Aversano,
Steve Serwatka, talking about Kelly, story about meeting Lorrie
Videoclip 2 – Wake on 9/3/14 - Dan Fego, AnnMarie Fego,
Danny Fego,
Lady June sings, Kelly reading her essay, Kelly singing
I Will Remember You, with friends at
The Bayou (restaurant next door)
Videoclip 3 – At funeral parlor in morning before internment on 9/
4/14, at wake with
Joseph,
Debra, Kelly,
Kyle Boiko, prayers, final goodbyes
Videoclip 4 –
Driving to Ferncliff Cemetery, and service given by
Terri Vitale, with Joseph, Debra,
Sally and Joe
Salzano, discussion after service outside
Videoclip 5 – Driving to Ferncliff Cemeter,
Song by the
Turtles called “
Elenore” (spelled differently). video by Kyle, song “
My Sweet Lord,” “
One Sweet Day,”
Drive to St. John’s Episcopal Church
Videoclip 6 –
Funeral service and mass – (
Mother Eileen Weglarz) – songs including “Elenore” (
The Turtles) and My Sweet Lord (
George Harrison),
Yahweh, You are
Near, I Will Remember You (sung by Kelly Sisco), Debra Ciasco Sisco reading, Kyle Boiko reading, Mother Eileen Weglarz, Joseph Sisco reading passage from poem, Fran Sisco reading with Tony Aversano, Claudette neighbor and
Michael,
Geronimo, neighbor and their sharing.
Videoclip 7 – Fran and Kelly singing with group
Prayer of St. Francis, Nate Ray singing
Michael Jackson’s “
You Are Not Alone,” group singing “
Spirit I Have Heard You
Calling,” mother’s voice on iphone, Mother Eileen Weglarz, Kelly reading essay, Fran and Fran singing “
The Very Thought of You,” after service people greeting each other including
Kelly’s friend Schwalb
Videoclip 8 – At
St. Francis Cottage (next to St. John’s Episcopal Church), Joseph and Debra and
Frank Petrone (musical director) outside, driving back to house, talking in car - Kelly and Kyle and Fran.
Videoclip 9 – At home at 30
Mill Road with Kelly’s friends, watching video of when Kelly was about 3 years old years old at
Macintosh computer, driving Kelly’s friends home,
Videoclip 10 – Song “Elenore: playing in car, Fran Sisco and Nate Ray, in car, practicing “The Very Thought of You” in uptempo fashion, and then performance at
Pete’s
Saloon (in
Elmsford NY) at
Nick’s open mic on Thursday 9/4/14 about 11pm.
Videoclip 11 – (a) On
9/11/14, Fran Sisco on phone with Lou
Miele who hosts an Italian-American show on
WVOX every Saturday and he just played the Turtles song Elenore on his show at about 12:55pm (show is form 12pm to 1pm) and it was in
English for the first 2 lines or so and then in
Italian (such an incredible coincidence that Fran takes this experience as a message from Eleanor Sisco from heaven that she is alright. Lou told Fran on the phone that the song just popped into his head. When Fran pushed the button on the radio in the room (to determine if the radio was plugged in as Fran was about to move it off the shelf and pack it up) that Eleanor spent 90% of her time, the song started immediately (b) variou videoclips of jewelry and other items that Fran is packing up.
Videoclip 12 – Entire song “Elenore (by the Turtles) with various photos of Eleanor Sisco and relatives and neighbors on
Park Ridge Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805
Videoclip A – Fran Sisco driving to his mother’s house (Eleanor Sisco at 26 Park Ridge Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805) and talking to the video camera
Videoclip B – Caregivers
Regina And AnnMarie
Talking about Eleanor Sisco who died 8/30/14. Regina said that Eleanor in the afternoon on 8/29/14 that Frank (husbad) was seated on the floor (ghost) and calling to her (perhaps a precursor to her dying).
Videoclip C – Fran Sisco And Nate Ray Singing "
The Very Thought Of You" at Pete's
Saloon (Elmsford)-9/4/14, and before that practicing in car near Pete’s Saloon.
Videoclip D – Fran Sisco On 9/7/14 Before Carting
Stuff Away From mother's house, starting a new chapter.