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Joe palmer uploaded photo(s)
Friday, October 23, 2020
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Deirdre posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
Living with us the past few years, every morning for breakfast Grampa put aside 4 of his bran flakes & the end of a banana for my pup Gypsy. Made both of them very happy! I’m also very grateful for all the Cape memories; from fluffanutta’s on the beach to rinsing off in that kiddie pool back home. I was so blessed to have as much time with him as I did, always knowing how to make me smile. These things I know I’ll never forget as he stays with me forever.
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Katrina Palmer uploaded photo(s)
Monday, October 19, 2020
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Connie Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
One of my Dad’s most admirable qualities was his saint-like patience, a quality I did not inherit. When we were teenagers it was Dad who taught us all to drive. Mom never learned to, so he had no choice! I remember climbing into the driver’s side of the front bench seat of our Ford Country Squire station wagon with the iconic wood paneling on the sides. It was huge and drove like a tank. I remember Dad teaching me the hand signals so I would be prepared for the road test. My outstretched arm remained inside the car never quite reaching the open window! Dad displayed infinite patience when every 3-point turn turned into a 20-point turn or when my lead foot had us going 70 mph on Rte. 24. His calm composure throughout my lessons resulted in my passing the test for my license on the first try. Within a year Dad helped me pick out a used car that I bought with my babysitting money. The only problem was the car had a stick shift. The driving lessons began all over again! I vividly recall Dad not panicking as I stepped on the clutch and rolled backward down a hill. He found humor in what was, for me, a frustrating experience. He demonstrated that anything worth achieving takes time and persistence. My Dad taught me to never let the hills in my path prevent me from reaching the top even if it takes several tries to make it. It is always worth the wait. I am forever grateful for all of the life lessons my Dad prepared me for and guided me through. The thing is, I don’t think I’m prepared for life without him.
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Leslie Palmer posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I loved the way dad would sing along to his favorite country songs as we drove in the car.
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Kathy Palmer posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I will cherish the memories of my dad sitting at the dining room table helping me with my homework and teaching me new ways to do math that even my teacher didn’t know. ... saying grace at every holiday dinner. ... playing gin rummy and getting a “hug from Papa” as the prize if you won. ... I will always remember getting a “zip” of his beer while he grilled our burgers. ... holding his strong hand while I climbed down to get a water sample from a creek for my science project. ... feeling like riding in the car with him to go to the town dump was somehow a treat. ... secretly getting him a Band-Aid so Mom wouldn’t give him a hard time for getting another cut. ... walking with him down the church aisle on my wedding day. ... watching him use duct tape to attach foam to the corners of all the living room furniture so his grand babies wouldn’t get hurt. ... being in awe of his compassion and strength as he cared for Mom in her last days. ... loving when he joined a cooking class. ... helping him make Christmas fudge for everyone he loved. ... watching all four of my children follow in his footsteps by joining the Navy. ... feeling safe when I hugged him and rested my head against his plaid flannel shirt.
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Mike Palmer posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
My memories would be Dad's life! ... Always be humble and kind.
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Joe Palmer posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
One of the memories of Grampa that I'll always remember is the little tunes he would whistle while puttering around the house on Sundays while dad and I would pick away at his to-do list. I even catch myself now whistling the same ones when I’m out working in the yard.
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Katrina Palmer posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I knew I had found a family that accepted me the same way my own does. He was an exceptional man, he’ll be missed.
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Emily Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
My memory is our summer sleepovers and staying up late playing gin rummy (which he taught me). In the mornings he would make scrambled eggs and that was the only time I ever ate scrambled eggs growing up because I only liked them when Grampa made them.
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Matthew Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
He was an amazing man. From an amazing generation. He was so humble and so kind. The patriarch of an amazing family. I loved hearing his Navy stories and will cherish all the recipes he gave us. He will always have a special place in my heart. And I will always remember our special day on the Cape. It truly was an honor to have known him and been a recipient of his love.
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Patrick Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
My first thought is Grampa always remembering I loved doing crossword puzzles even as a kid so when I'd see him after a while he'd have a packet of clipped TV Guide crosswords together with a little paper clip for me to enjoy trying to solve.
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Tommy Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I was thinking of when Grampa swore me into the Navy. And all the Navy stories and limericks and little trinkets on his bureau and his old Navy ballcap
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Danny DeVito posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I remember meeting Grampa at Christmas and thinking how doting he was on all of his grandchildren.
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Gwen Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
My favorite memory with him was when we went to Kream N' Kone and then watched the sunset over the pier on Gray's Beach.
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Emi Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
My favorite memory of Grampa was just him smiling really big when he was meeting Jack for the first time and also the joy that Gypsy brought him when her and Beans were running amuck at Aunt Connie's.
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Paul Duggan posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
He was a wonderful man, the best father-in-law anyone could ask for -- kind, generous, calm, wise -- and such a great character, full of quips. He loved his family deeply and he showed it always. The world is not the same today.
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Liam Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
One of the farthest reaches in memories as a child was with my grandfather pushing me in a stroller down an old cracked road. As I sat bundled up on a New England fall day, I was entranced in the symphony of dried crunching pine needles and him softly singing American folk songs. Even after the stroll bumped and weaved through the sticks and cracks in the road, he never missed a beat and sang on without losing time or rhythm.
In retrospect this is more than just a cherished memory, but a perfect way to metaphor to describe my grandfather. He was a cheerful and compassionate guide for all those around him. He was there to provide optimism and support, to help us all push forward even as the bumps of life tried to impede our path. He never missed a beat and he would make sure you didn’t either.
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P.J. Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I remember sitting in the kitchen of my grandfather's house in the cape, the one in the too-tight corner that you couldn't sit in if the door was opened. We were discussing what past projects he had worked on. One caught my ear in particular when he recalled a trip out west to work on financials on future plans for nuclear reactors. I recognize that those same projects birthed the nuclear industry with plants like Yankee Rowe and Yankee Pilgrim. The latter of which I now work at in decommissioning after a 46-year long run. I recognized that he bridged from the seeds of the life of the plant's life, as one of the countless projects he worked on across his life.
When I was a kid, I remember building towers with large stackable cups at in the sun room, on the floor across from the couch, at my grandparents' house down the cape. I was fascinated with the patterns of construction that you could build wout of the cups without having them collapse. Spiralling, repeating designs that I would later most of the structures followed the ideas of fractal geometric patterns. I didn't realize it until later in life, but those same patterns are the structures by which both nature and computer programs reach optimal forms: the perfect packing of sunflower seeds into their signature shape, of trees branches that work out at most to the same volume as the trunk, and everywhere in life that it appears. Every time I generated a 3D virtual tree, ran a newly written recursive application, or adjusted the logarithmic calculations on the monitoring of the nuclear plant, I thought back to my time with my grandfather. It was not only his support in my exploration of stacking cups, but years later with his support and skill with numbers and precision that helped guide me on the way.
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Deirdre Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
I will always remember him singing in the kitchen & sharing breakfast with Gypsy - bran flakes and bananas
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Paul Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, October 19, 2020
From Paul Kelly ...
May you have that all you can eat ice cream bar in heaven.
I will try to treat the little things like when you would light up every night on your ice cream delivery every night.
I will always have one piece missing from my life puzzle with you gone.
Who’s it hurting? Me.
Me: "Grandpa, did you drop a piece to your puzzle?"
Grandpa: "Nope. Why, you don’t trust me?"
Me: "No, Gypsy just handed me one."
Grandpa: "Sometimes they give extra pieces."
Without you my family would not be here.
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Monday, October 19, 2020
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Monday, October 19, 2020
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