Remembering Uncle Vinny (Teebone)

Today is one year since we lost my dear Vincent.

If you remember, he suffered greatly for 96 days at
Duke University Hospital in North Carolina.

He was my loving husband, best friend, mentor, protector,
and everything else that comes with a wonderful life partner

I knew him for 51 years, and married to him 22 years and I'm still
lost without him. Everything is as he left it until I can find the
strength to address them.

How he loved and looked forward to all the get-togethers in Iowa (cornfeed),
California (Knotts) and all the great friendships he made with each of you thru
the many years.

For those of you who knew him (and his wisecracks as well), please say a
prayer for him today as he finds comfort in heaven

Toni:

Visiting with both of you during Knott's was always a treat for us. We very much miss Vinny too.

Warmest regards, Jeff & Diane

We all miss Uncle Vinnie.

Yes we miss him too. I'm sure he's bothering JohnPro and telling him that no matter what John is working on in heaven it ain't worth the trouble.
I still remember at Knotts when we went to Portillos he didn't understand how we could eat that food.

I probably think of him and others daily. May God comfort you and help you. May our dear Uncle look down on you with a huge smile. Know he is waiting for you and still loves you as much as day one.

Amber and I miss him. We welcome you with open arms if you need a get away.

Love you both much!

Mel and Amber.

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Thank you fellas. I'm grateful you haven't forgotten him.

He was a good, kind, caring man and very loyal to his friends

Kinda odd that Craig Maynard posted about JohnPro's tool box today
JohnPro's head shot on that paint stick is still hanging on Vin's garage wall

Yup Michael, he never understood the fascination with Portillos food

Teebone said:

Thank you fellas. I'm grateful you haven't forgotten him.

He was a good, kind, caring man and very loyal to his friends

Kinda odd that Craig Maynard posted about JohnPro's tool box today
JohnPro's head shot on that paint stick is still hanging on Vin's garage wall

Yup Michael, he never understood the fascination with Portillos food

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Portillos is good but nothing to write home about.

John's pic hangs in my garage as well.

Mel

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Lockheed's printers worked overtime to print all those JohnPro face masks.

Toni, I miss Uncle Vinny too, and I miss seeing both of you at the Knott's show get-togethers.

Frank

Too bad there's no more Knott's. Would be great to get Toni to come out. I for one would enjoy her company around.

MITM???

Mel

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I miss Uncle Vinny too.
I did some business with a fine gent who lives in Long Island and his accent reminded me of him.
I hope that you are well, Toni!

So, it was October 20th, 2006 and my wife and I were in Connecticut to go to a Keith Urban concert at Mohegan Sun and got the bad news that morning that he'd checked himself into drug rehab and the concert was cancelled.

So, that night, instead of going to the concert, we had dinner with a car guy and his wife I'd met through the Vintage Mustang forum and had seen prior at Knotts at Fabulous Fords. I didn't really know them well at that point.

That night we were introduced to Vince's lasagna and delicious Italian cooking and Toni's warm hospitality. If memory serves me, the next day they took us on a tour around the countryside adjacent to their home in Westport and we got to enjoy the fall colors and seeing places we otherwise would've missed.

That was a beginning to what became to me a valuable friendship over the years. Sadly, Vince left us in 2019 but the memories live on.

As he would say, bla, bla, bla. Best wishes and love to Toni. Take care all.

Pat:

Thanks for helping keep Vinny's memory alive for those of us fortunate to have known him (and Toni). It's remarkable what a wide reaching community we have here. Cars come and go as do some of the people, but the good times are priceless. Best to you and Toni. (Group photo at the Point Vicente Lighthouse on the Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula from Knotts 2010)

Regards, Jeff