# Sad day- irishfella's father has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158 "2012-02-17T17:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/21 "2012-02-18T21:29:42Z")
Sorry for your troubles **Irishgirl**. Such a shock. I hope you and the rest of your family are ok. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/22 "2012-02-20T19:09:20Z")
The funeral was yesterday. The church was packed to capacity, with overflow in the Church Hall…irishfella, his mum and his sisters held up amazingly well, and the eulogies from his colleague and the minister were wonderful. We’re all trying to focus on the positive things from the past, and look towards the future. He was such a humble man, my memories of him are mostly of him riding his John Deere mower, or chasing his grandchildren, or shouting at the TV during an Ireland rugby game, but hearing from his colleagues I’ve realised that he made such a huge contribution to developmental and peace psychology. He was the first non American president of the Peace Psychology division of the American Psychological Association, for example. He had a wicked sense of humour, and loved to poke fun at things he found absurd. This is exemplified by an anecdote of how he conditioned his eldest child to smile every time she saw an orange as a baby- both to make a point about a developmental psychology theory he disagreed with, and also because it made him laugh! Sorry again for rambling, I do appreciate your comments. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/23 "2012-02-20T20:26:36Z")
From your description of him, it sounds like we have all suffered a loss, but yours and your husband’s most. You are in my prayers. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/24 "2012-02-20T20:58:16Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, **Irishgirl**. He sounds like he was a wonderful person. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/25 "2012-02-20T21:30:24Z")
I’m so sorry for you loss. I hope your mother-in-law isn’t reeling too badly from the utter shock. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/26 "2012-02-20T22:27:50Z")
That’s terrible. Sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/27 "2012-02-21T01:42:39Z")
My sympathies. I am so looking forward to self-driving cars which should hopefully prevent all but a very few car accidents in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158/28 "2012-02-21T11:54:25Z")
I now want to condition an infnt to smile at an orange. He was a righteous dude. My condolences. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-day-irishfellas-father-has-died/613158.md?page=1)