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“Finally, six under,” his headstone reads, a waggish concluding remembrance and tip of the cap to the immortal crowd of spectators cheering from the fringe of some otherworldly 18th green.
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Patrick O’Shaughnessy, who crafted the golfer’s marker, recalls, too, a scene he engraved on the headstone of an avid but largely unaccomplished angler.
“The guy was a terrible fisherman,” he says, “but he loved fishing, so we did a fishing scene where the hook wasn’t in the fish’s mouth.”
Is I told you I was sick the new Rest in Peace? A look at changing traditions in headstones
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Funeral services for Richard G. Legault (Rick), age 73, of Waddington, NY, will be held at 12:00PM on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Frary Funeral Home with Msgr. Aucoin officiating. Burial will follow in Notre Dame Cemetery with military honors. Calling hours will be held from 10:00AM until 12:00PM prior to funeral services at Frary Funeral Home on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Mr. Legault passed away on Sunday afternoon, January 10, 2021, at Claxton Hepburn Medical Center, but his unfailing humor, kindness, and generosity will not be forgotten.
Rick was born on July 1, 1947, in Timmins, Ontario, CA, the youngest son of Laurent and Isabelle Whalen Legault. He graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1965 and went on to enlist in the Navy. He served on USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) off the coast of Vietnam and the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) before his honorable discharge in 1968. Upon his return, he graduated from the Local 81 Bricklayerâs Apprenticeship. Richard married Theresa Sweeney on July 4