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A Gift of the Angels
Of our first meeting, I have no recollection- although this is not to say that it was not a significant one. I have only a scattered collection of pictures to remember those first moments I spent with him- as he and my cousin, Cathy, held me at my Baptism. Over and over again, I hear…
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Aufwiedersehen
Dear Bill (I never knew you as Billy), Along with everyone else, I was shocked to hear that you had left us so suddenly. You didn’t even have time to say good-bye. The first question I asked myself was when did I see you last. Then I remembered that it was at the Colm Toibin…
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Bill’s Day of the Dead Altar
Please join Bill’s family and friends at San Rafael’s Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead where we will be creating an Altar in Bill’s memory. Information about the Day of the Dead celebration at: http://www.cityofsanrafael.org/Special_Events_Calendar/Dia_de_los_Muertos__Day_of_the_Dead_.htm http://www.cityofsanrafael.org/Assets/Redevelopment/Photos/Dia+de+los+Muertos+Flyer.pdf For more information email me at: spprendiville@comcast.net or call me at 415-479-7523. Sean Prendiville
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Beale
I met Bill at the Avenue Grill in Mill Valley. At the time I was 25 (he was 23) and shared an apartment with my sister, Julie. Several times a week we would go to the Grill for meals – it was a necessity for that feeling of family when so far from home. Bill…
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Missing Bill’s Voice
I am another one of the “group of girls” referenced in this earlier blog post that knew Bill from his Georgetown days. Anne Marie said she doesn’t remember how we all met Bill initially, but I do! He and his friend Dan Dubrowski made their way through the freshman girls’ dorm soon after the start…
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Que vayas con Dios
I remember Billy when he was a 10-year old blond haired little boy with a great deal of energy, eagerness and inquisitiveness about him and at the same time a shy and gentle little guy. Bill and his two sisters, Cathy and Aimee were the cutest, sweetest and most adventuresome kids I had ever met…
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Insert for Bill in the U.S. Congressional Record
Extension of RemarksRepresentative Lynn Woolsey September 13, 2006 Mr.Speaker, I rise today to honor William Oskar Goggins for the kindness and influence he showed the world during his 43 years here. Billy was born at St Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, CA on Sunday, May 10, 1963 – on Mother’s Day. He was the first…
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Cousin Billy
My mother, Bridget Goggins Tierney, was a 1st cousin of Billy’s grandfather Goggins. That makes Billy my cousin too! I have very fond memories of Billy. I will never forget a visit from Billy when he first arrived at Georgetown University. He was already missing his family and phoned me to say that he was…
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To be seen
Bill and I met at Georgetown almost 25 years ago. I don’t remember exactly when or how we met, but my group of girls and I were freshmen and he was a sophomore, and he was usually around and he was part of us. Back then, he and I had not so much a love/hate…