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Visitation
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Time: 03:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Location:
Fairchild Funeral Chapel
1570 Northern Blvd.
Manhasset, NY 11030
Visitation
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Time: 07:00 pm - 09:00 pm
Location:
Fairchild Funeral Chapel
1570 Northern Blvd.
Manhasset, NY 11030
Service
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time: 10:30 AM
Location:
St Boniface Martyr Church
145 Glen Ave.
Sea Cliff, NY 11579
Service
St Boniface Martyr Church
145 Glen Ave.
Sea Cliff, NY 11579
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John and Barb Broderick posted a condolence
Friday, March 30, 2012
We just learned yesterday of John's passing. What a unique and unforgettable individual he was. This is the kind of man you will never, ever forget. He had the energy and the brilliance and the humor and the voice and the intelligence and the whimsy and the character that we all wish we could possess. No one was passed over when McGuire was in the room. Terrific memories for us. Both Barb and myself are sure his example and his personable and caring ways will live on in all of your family as they do in ours! God Bless you all and rest assured that John's arrival in Heaven was met with a "Well Done My Son" !
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Anne Stratford Lowther posted a condolence
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Dear Mimi, JP and Kevin: So sorry I couldn't be with you these last few days. It feels like the end of an era.
I was lucky enough to be there in the 1970's summers when your father used to hold court by the pool, haranguing the teenagers about saying, "Yeah" instead of "Yes, Mr. McGuire," and threatening to send us all to elocution school. I laugh about it still, and I've sometimes said the same to my own children. We all could take a page from his book and live as large as possible, laugh as much as possible, and maybe even sing.
I send my love and prayers to all of you and to Jimmy,
Anne
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Stephanie Gallo posted a condolence
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
I don't have a single memory of you without a smile on your face. xoxox love you
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Richard and Maureen Gallo posted a condolence
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Dear Mimi, JP, Shari, Kevin, Margaret, Sean, Brendan, Liam, Katie, and Steven,
We are sorry for your great loss. Our hearts rejoice knowing Uncle Johnny is with Aunt Pat. We regret not being in New York to help you at this difficult time. We are in Utah, and our memories of Your Dad(and Mom) are everywhere! Twenty three years ago we were all together, and it feels like last week. As we drive around and go to the different mountains, we exchange "Uncle Johnny" stories. Too many strories to count, and all filled with happiness and love. Your Dad was a great Christian example, loving life and spreading happiness. We will miss him, but his smiling face is embedded in our hearts.
Our prayers are with you all as you live through this difficult separation,
remembering it is temporary.
Love,
Richard and Maureen
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Andrew Fracchia posted a condolence
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
> > Dear Mimi, JP and Kevin,
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> > I just wanted to let you know how sorry I am about Uncle Johnny’s passing, and also, that I could not make his service today. He was an amazing man, full of light, fire and laughter, and when I think of him, I will always recall his zest for life, and this unquenchable thirst to have fun. When I hear the expression, “You only get one shot – you better make the most of it,” I cannot think of a single, solitary individual who better exemplified this. Uncle Johnny truly lived life to the fullest; going 110 miles per hour and chuckling the whole damn time.
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> > But he was also, obviously, more than this. He was extremely selfless both with my family and I, and would always ask how we were doing, before he spoke about anything concerning himself. When we told him a story (tricking ourselves into thinking we could somehow match one of his various, colorful, oftentimes Rated R anecdotes – my mother still laughs about a certain monkey joke he told in particular) he would always sit there, fully attentive, fully absorbed, nodding, laughing and thinking it was the most exciting, spectacular thing he had ever heard.
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> > I have a lot of memories of Uncle Johnny—most deal with parties in the late 80’s, at my parents apartment—watching him sing by the piano, rile up a crowd, truly living up to what my sister and I always suspected: Uncle Johnny was the Irish version of Frank Sinatra.
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> > But perhaps my most vivid memory of Uncle Johnny was a string of instances that fell on a weekend in October up in Wyndham, again in the mid-to-late 1980’s. In a span of about six hours, he got me to ride a moped (I can still hear that hearty laugh under the bright blues skies as I lied on the ground after I crashed by the pond), took my sister and I to a local pharmacy where he bought us a few Halloween masks (both about ten cents apiece – my sister’s was a dollface, mine was some green thing; they were bar-none the most terrifying things I have ever seen) then took my father and I to a “buddy’s” house where he wanted to show us a “surprise.” The surprise was that his buddy (who was pretty terrifying himself) had an adult female leopard out in the backyard. My father grabbed me by the arm, harder than he had ever touched me before (or since), as we came face to face with some animal that really looked like they wanted to be back in Africa. I remember Uncle Johnny assuring us that everything was in control – the cat was chained up (with a bike chain, against a piece of wet, rotted wood that looked like a cough could knock it over) and we were in good hands. Suffice to say, I don’t know what smelled sharper that day, the cat’s urine in that shed, or the booze on his buddy’s breath. To say I never will forget that weekend, is an obvious understatement. I don’t think I’ve had a more thrilling six hours since…
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> > I’m going to miss Uncle Johnny, but am so happy that I was at least a little part of his life. He was always a good time, and believe me when I say, a few hours up in Wyndham – for a young boy in the late 80’s – it really was the world.
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> > Love always,
> > Andrew
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Hunter Keble-Johnston posted a condolence
Monday, February 20, 2012
The greatest kid of all, full of life, never dull, always ready with a rendition of 'Danny Boy', taught me real estate, gave me employment, encouraged numerous choruses of the 'Twelve Days of Christmas', introduced me to Stingers, couldn't spell 'Coiffures'. Whether in Bermuda or St.Martin, Windham or Sea Cliff Johnny is at the center of so many terrific memories. I'm so glad to have seen him on my last trip, so deeply sorry to be absent now. To take the lead from Pat, may I say 'God Bless'.
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Steven Trent posted a condolence
Monday, February 20, 2012
Johnny, Im going to miss our weekly talks about Atlantic City and Florida Real Estate. Rest in Peace my friend and watch over me next time I'm at the crap table
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James Rafferty posted a condolence
Monday, February 20, 2012
God, Vegas....I cannot tell you the depth of my sorrow tonite. I don't know how I'll ever get over all the fun you gave me. There was no one like you..ever. I love you so much it broke my heart. Jimmy
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Hilary Gallo posted a condolence
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Best nickname I was ever given - Eloise.
thanks Uncle Johnny. I love you. -Hilary. (Eloise)
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chris pettignano posted a condolence
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Very special and loved man did everything from the heart will miss our talks on the weekends you were the real macoy one of a kind love you dearly
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