Robert P. Lawry

THE OBITUARY

They write your obit.

It becomes all your life.

You worked at that job.

You married that wife.

You lived in that town.

Attended those schools.

Belonged to that club.

Were handy with tools.

Baptized in that church.

Sat on that Board.

Fathered those children.

Owned a Civil War sword.

What troubled your heart?

That’s never said.

What made you sleepless?

What vexed your head?

The obit falls short

In telling your tale.

Yes, you gave parties

and drank Irish Ale.

But what you felt deeply

or silently thought

is buried at gravesite

with the demons you fought.

- Robert Lawry

Robert P. Lawry, J.D., age 84 of Shaker Hts., OH.

Beloved husband of Kathleen A. Lawry (nee Walsh); loving father of Jennifer L. Adams (Daniel) of Shaker Hts. and Brendan P. Lawry (Shauna) of San Mateo, CA; devoted grandfather of Jack, Connor and Katherine Adams and Nicholas and Lauren Lawry; dear brother of David Lawry of Greenwood, IN, Edward Lawry (Sandra Wu) of Eugene, OR and the late Timothy Lawry.

The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in his name to the Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy (www.parentprojectmd.org).

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10am on Monday, October 27 at the Church of St. Dominic, 19000 Van Aken Blvd, Shaker Hts., OH. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT BROWN-FORWARD, 17022 CHAGRIN BLVD, SHAKER HTS., OH ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 FROM 4-7PM. Interment, Lake View Cemetery.