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John Costello
In Memory of
John Patrick
Costello
1947 - 2017
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Julie Kinney

I keep signing into this---I'm finding it so difficult to gather my memories, there are so many many special ones. I feel as if my words can not even begin to express how deeply grateful I am to have been so blessed with such an amazing Uncle. He was my moms big brother and her rock,they were very very close. He was such a neat neat man. To some of you he was known as John, to his family we all called him Pat (just more of our families Irish roots shinning through☘️) When I was 9yrs old my uncle Pat and aunt Robin had us come to visit them in Sitka Alaska. Of all the places that I have visited since then (Mexico, Hawaii etc...) there is no place that even begins to hold the beauty and peace that I fell in love with at just 9yrs old, than Alaska. My uncle and aunt made sure that our trip was one that we would never forget and speaking for myself, my brother Nate and my sister Missy we never have. From visiting the Native American totempoles, watching bald eagles swoop down to grab a huge fish out of the ocean, to picking wild Salmon berries just out the back door, everything was so special. I remember my Uncle Pat making special arrangements to have us fly in a float plane and land on the ocean...... thinking back I find myself saying "whose uncle does that..... mine, mine did!!" He's the reason why I plan on retiring in Alaska, why I love the snow and the outdoors so much, and why I have a Giant Alaskan Malamute. He was the type of uncle that if you had a question and he didn't know the answer to it he would research it and get back to you even if some time had passed, and give you just a amazing answer with all the facts and resources to back it up..... that always stood out and meant a lot to me. When I was a teenager I remember telling my uncle Pat that I wanted to learn to draw, next thing I knew I had received a beautiful sketching set in the mail and when he came to visit he taught me how to draw pine trees, I never could draw them like he could, he was a wonderful artist and had a very talented eye for photography just two of the loves I share with him. He and I had a love for Toyota's and in 2015 I purchased a Toyota Tacoma brand new and he purchased a brand new Rav 4, he would tease me about the miles I was racking up on my truck while his Rav still had something ridiculously low on it. I just purchased a 2017 Tacoma uncle Pat, it only has 11 miles on it😊. Whenever he would come to visit he always wore his camera around his neck, I hope he's wearing one now, smiling and taking breath taking pictures from a magical place just above!!! I love you uncle Pat until we meet again your niece Julie
Saturday August 5, 2017 at 2:16 pm
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