Surprise and Anticipation, the Likes of Which We Have By no means Seen

Good day household, buddies and followers of Michael F. Flynn.  

It’s with sorrow and remorse that I inform you that my father handed away yesterday, Sept 30, 2023. 

He was sleeping peacefully within the house that he liked. His father constructed the house 70 years in the past and my dad had an outsized attachment to it. Many joyful reminiscences of his childhood and of his dad and mom, and his brothers, particularly Dennis, have been contained herein.  

In case you met or corresponded or conversed with Dad then you realize that he was all in favour of a terrific many issues on the earth. If he requested you a query about one thing, it was as a result of he actually wished to know, he wasn’t simply being well mannered.  He appreciated to take the “satan’s advocate” place in debates and arguments, particularly political ones, a lot to the annoyance of my mom and possibly many others. Dad was in search of a sturdy train in mental and rhetorical swordplay; he simply did not at all times see that typically individuals simply need to have a dialog with out being en garde.

He had the last word dad humorousness, and had an countless provide of horrible jokes, puns, and groaners, even when he was within the hospital in July. In “actual life,” he was an easy going particular person. I might in all probability rely on one hand the variety of instances I’ve heard my dad yell or curse.

At his dying, he had a whole lot of tabs open on his browser, on a spread subjects. He at all times sought to find out about various things. A few of it was for his writing, some for the in depth household analysis he has at all times accomplished, and a few of it was simply because he wished to be taught extra concerning the universe, the planet we stay on, and the individuals round him. 

So if you happen to take something away out of your time studying his works, his weblog, interacting with him on social media or elsewhere, neglect the politics and social commentary and the satan’s advocacy, however take away that he was somebody who simply wished to be taught and have interaction with others, and hold that piece with you in your lives. 

– His Daughter.