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Beth Rainey posted a condolence
Beautiful you are
Filled with love
A heart
Now it’s time to say goodbye
I can’t help but cry
It’s hard to let go
It’s hard to know
You’re not here anymore
I miss you everyday
Everynight, every time I close my eyes
It feels like a dream that you are gone
A lie
And I try, to hold on
To be strong
But its time, time to say goodbye
I will never forget
The love that you have shown
To everyone, through the years that we have grown
And the way you laughed and the way you smiled
I wish it could last forever, you know I would walk a thousand miles
To bring you back
To see you smile and laugh
But someday we will meet again
And I’ll hold you tight and won’t let go
Cuz Ive reached you and now I know there’s hope
That you’re here with me to stay
Forever in my heart you’ll remain
Forever you’ll stay
My popop, my savior, my friend
I’ll see you at my end
In a place filled with love
In god’s heaven above
Where there’s happiness, no pain
Where there’s sun and never rain
I’ll be with you, we will make it through
Popop forever I love you.
I love you babe…
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Tina Polaina-Kelley posted a condolence
I just want to say how sorry I am that I missed the service. I did not read about it until I saw it in the reminder, and by then it was too late. I am so sorry to hear of his passing and want to say if there is anything any of you need please do not hesitate to contact me.
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George Tsanjoures posted a condolence
To the Rainey family I'm sorry for your loss. To Eli
I'll always remember your Sat. night pancake suppers.
George
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Tina Polaina-Kelley posted a condolence
I remember playing cards on Friday nights and how mad he would get when I would someone end up with a full house. It was the funniest thing. I will never forget the fun times we had.
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Carol Houle posted a condolence
Condolences to everyone. Mr.Rainey was always friendly when we would run into him and he always remembered my mother and I. We are saddened to hear of his passing. With sympathy. The Houle Family.
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Daniel Halstrom posted a condolence
Snow flakes fall from the sky an angel rises form the earth to the sky. Hearts are torn with sadness but deep down behind the hurt there is happiness. A man has no more pain or suffering anymore, the man was strong and stuborn. He never knew how to give up. He was born again into the heavens to live a full and joyful life. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten
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BRENDA MORIN posted a condolence
One of the most amazing men I've ever known. A wonderful husband, father, grandfather and father-in-law. Deepest sympathies to his family.
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Burce & Cherly Rainey posted a condolence
Instilled upon him by his parents, Ed was a hard charger with a work ethic of, " you will never
get anything just sitting around waiting for someone to hand it to you".
He believed strongly in team effort and often talked about his boyhood activities when he
belonged to the Boy Scouts. Sharing his experiences of many team effort projects in which they undertook.
This ethic carried over to the United States Navy, in which he served during the WWII era.
Ed was a cook on board his ship but his battle station was in the turret of an AA Gun, supporting the team effort of protecting his ship, shipmates and self.
Small wonder why Ed was a proponent of taking shots at things before adopting them. I
guess he figured that if anything was good enough; strong enough; or in some cases, hapless
enough to withstand his flack; then they had to be worth his approval.
Toward the end of his involvement with the Navy, Ed by then a true professional at his battle station in the gun turret, one day, put up a curtain of flack so thick that he managed to convince the beguiling Miss Elie Chaffee that he was the best thing since sliced bread. Of course we all know that he forgot to mention that he was extra crusty. On August 8, 1948 Ed and Elly were married. Most of us in attendance today know the rest of the story from one view or another.
Little did I know that this event, 7 days after my birth would change the course of my life 23 years later.
There is no denying that Ed is a moving force in all of our lives, everyone from his family, children, grand children and great grand children, all knew they had a friend and advocate in Ed.
He was there when you needed help, he was there when you needed support, and most
important, he was there when you needed an attitude adjustment.
Ed loved making a difference, he helped the youth of his community while being active in his church. He was not only active in youth affairs but was also active in various organizations which helped the needy and elderly. He was instrumental with the formation of Little River Acres, a project which he undertook as a tribute to his mother.
Most of his grand children remember the rides he used to give them in his lawn cart towed behind the big sears lawn tractor. Most of the grand sons were convinced that Valhalla was on
Flats Road. You could romp with Bandit, hunt birds if you had a BB gun, capture snakes if you were quick enough, or if you were lucky enough, get to drive the lawn tractor and cut Ed's grass
for him. Or you could just relax with Pop Pop watching whatever game was on the tube that day.
The flame of Ed's spirit has gone from candle to candle, from sons and daughters to grandvchildren to great grand children. This spirit is destined to live on. Ed has given us the wonderful gift of himself.
I think we can all agree that Ed lived a long and productive live. He contributed to the great effort to free the world from Axis tyranny, he spanned the era's of railroading, from shoveling coal as a fireman and having to hang most of his upper body out of an engine window just to
see the motions being relayed to him by his crew members, to receiving directions over the radio from the other member of his 2 man crew.
He watched as our society evolved from horses and buggies and kerosene lamps to luxury auto's, color tv, cable vision, jumbo jets and cell phones. He even texted his daughter once.
Most importantly he helped Elie raise a whole family of rock solid citizens who will most certainly pass his spirit on.
Although Ed didn't reach his goal of 89 he made up for it with the memories that he made
and the ethical values that he inspired in all of us, his family, friends, associates and last but not least his second family, The old New Haven Mafia. Louie Cerito, Frank Sapinski, Elmer Meyers, Nick Peters, Red Falls, Shovel face Huges, Jimmy
Kelly, Bert Beckwith, Charley Snay, Tommy (boom boom) Cannon, Bob (the moon man) Stevens, Leo Smith, Roger (deputy dawg) Douglas and many more who's names are lost to memory.
Rainey's going to make the next meeting. Save me a folding chair guys.
We love dad, Bruce and Cheryl
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Karen Rainey-Charbonneau posted a condolence
When I found out about my Dad's death nothing but wonderful memories flooded my mind and all the silly things we did as a family. My dad had a love for children, whether they were his children or someone else's children. At one point in our growing up years we had to share our dad with a family of six children. At first I thought it was wonderful but, it was hard to share him every weekend that we drove to Norwich to bring food to this family. Dad spent time trying to help the children as well as the adults. What a wonderful way to show the love of God. I think the most proud of him I ever felt was the day my dad told me that he accept Jesus as his Lord and Saviour. Recently, a few months ago we talked about his desire to see all his family in heaven with him one day. And my prayer is that all my family will come to know what a blessing it is to know the Lord and to serve him. Whenever my dad was in a real test with his health he would ask me if I was still praying for him and my answer was as always Daddy I got your back. That mutual bond that we had, got both he and mom through so much, that when God moved on their behalf they could see the hand of God working to bring to pass what we had prayed for. I know that God sent Angels on December 5th and escorted him into the very presence of his Lord and now he is without pain and every breath he breaths now is easy and filled with praise to his God. Welcome home dad, we will miss you always, but know our love is always with you.
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Denise Cote posted a condolence
There are so many. I first met him thru Janine at college. That stern face as he lectured us on behaving at college. And of course we were so much smarter than him. We thought we could fool him but he always saw thru us. Who was driving the NEW car that night?!
I loved to play cribbage with him and hear the stories of Canada with all stories prefaced with 'eh.'. I think he taught me cribbage and of course I would never win. I think that's why he liked to play me.
He would play cards for hours with Buzz and anyone who was around.
The house was always filled with people, especially young people.
He was so easy to talk to and so funny. Stern but with a smile and always love in his heart
He will be sadly missed but he leaves so many good memories and stories. His presence is always felt and his love continues to envelope and comfort us
Good-bye Mr Rainey. I love you
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Mary & Mike Stewart posted a condolence
Our hearts go out to you ALL at this sad time. We met Ed when he came to visit his daughter, Janine, and when he and Ellie lived with her family for a while. Ed had the greatest way of drawing you into his well told stories. We saw his love for his daughter by the twinkle he'd get in his eyes when she was taking care of him, or even when her name came up. You could tell that Ed really appreciated the excellent care that Janine, Tom and the boys gave him and Ellie. Ed was a kind man who loved his family and whose twinkling eyes shown with that love. Janine, you loved your dad and you showed it daily by all the wonderful things you did for him and your mom. You were always thinking of just one more thing you could do for him. I know you shall miss him and we will too. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family.
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David Vose posted a condolence
To the Rainey Family,
I will always remember Ed and my grandfather hollering across School street at each other, be it politics, Yankees/Red Sox games and even gardening tips!! Never would have thought that corn could grow on that corner of the yard! I will also not forget the card games and the "Best Tea" I ever had!
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you in this difficult time.
The Vose family
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Geraldine Summers Caouette posted a condolence
I have very fond memories of Mr. Rainey when he would take the youth group from the Baptist Church to Hartford to see the Christmas lights. It was great because some of us would have never had the chance to do a lot of things he did with the youth group. We will always treasure those moments. He also let me run the train with him one time I will never forget that. We will keep him and his whole family in our prays. Jerri
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Lisa (Viens) Morissette posted a condolence
My thoughts are with you. It's been many years since I've seen any of you but I used to spend alot of time over there in my high school days. Ed was a great husband and father, always joking around. He will be missed.
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Deborah Lamiotte posted a condolence
To say I'm sorry just won't cut it with the passing of this man. Ed was a savior of a lot young people including myself. If he thought you were an idiot he'd tell you straight out but always with love. Ed throughout his life time has touched many people's lives and I can say I'm a better person today by having known him. To Ellie & family please accept Joe and my sincere condolances.
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Barbara Leclerc posted a condolence
Ellie and the whole family, So sorry to hear of Ed's passing. No matter how many years one has had, it is always difficult for those who are left. Barbara (Chaffee) Leclerc