Final arrangements have been made for Capt. Agnes "Irish" "Jackpot" Bresnahan

I still cannot believe I'm posting this. My heart is breaking over the loss of Irish. Aside from her friendship, she was one of the rarest there were in this nation. She served in uniform but kept on serving after. I have met very few like her. We all work hard for veterans and that is never in doubt but Irish kept going no matter what pain she was in and put the needs of other veterans first in her thoughts and deeds. When she could have been spending all of her time fighting to have her own claim honored and be awarded the justice she truly deserved, she set herself aside when others came to her for help. I can't remember how many times we were talking on the phone and she would bring up one veteran after another needing help, hardly mentioning her own problems. I know when I meet her once again as Christ promised we would, I will have a lot of questions to ask but above all why she had to come to her last day without seeing the justice she worked so hard for. I do know this nation is a lot better than it was before she came into in and today, is a little bit colder now that she's gone. She rests now in the arms of the angels but knowing Irish, she'll be nagging them real soon to help her beloved female veterans and then take care of the other veterans she spent her life serving.

Message to Irish
On Wednesday I'll have a mango margarita for you! Maybe even more.

Dear Friends,

Please help & circulate this.

After talking with Pam Sullivan & the Bresnahan Family this is the correct info for services & wishes in Irish's honor:

For those wishing to send cards please send to the following:

To Irish's mother & the Bresnahan family:
Teresa Bresnahan
144 Berkeley St.
Lawrence MA 01841


To Irish's Caregiver & soulmate:
Pam Sullivan
10 Marblehead Rd.
Windham, N.H. 03087

http://www.pollardfuneralhome.com/Obituaries.html

Agnes M. Bresnahan, Captain, Retired U.S. Army, of Windham, New Hampshire, known to her friends and family as “Irish,” died after a long illness on March 11, 2009. She was the beloved daughter of the late John C. Bresnahan and Agnes Scanlan Bresnahan. Irish attended Presentation of Mary Academy in Methuen, Massachusetts and graduated from Trinity College in Burlington, Vermont on the ROTC program in 1972. She studied at the University of Texas in the post-graduate program.

Irish trained with the U.S. Army at Fort McClellan in Alabama and proudly served her country stateside and in Germany from 1971 until 1977. She earned The Army Commendation Metal four times, twice with the First Oak Leaf Cluster; she also received The National Defense Metal twice. After retiring from the military, she worked at the IRS as a computer systems analyst until 2005. She was a staunch advocate for veterans’ rights. She was a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Disabled Veterans of America, the United Female Veterans of America, and the American Legion, among other veterans’ groups.


Irish is survived by her mother, Agnes J. Bresnahan of Lawrence, Pamela Sullivan of Windham, John and Leslie Bresnahan of North Andover, Michael Bresnahan of York, Maine, Kathleen and Al Augevich of Haverhill, Patricia and Charles Gately of Wareham, Mary Bresnahan of Methuen, Claire Bresnahan of Houston, Texas, James Bresnahan of Pacifica, California, Thomas and Janice Bresnahan of Haverhill, Theresa Bresnahan of Lawrence, Margaret and Ernesto Hernandez of Houston, Texas, Maureen Bresnahan of Lawrence, many nieces and nephews, one great nephew, and many, many friends. She was predeceased by her father, John C. Bresnahan, a former Massachusetts state representative.


Calling hours will be at the Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home 233 Lawrence Street in Methuen, MA on Tuesday March 17 from 3:00 until 9:00 P.M. A funeral mass will be held at Saint Monica’s Church, 212 Lawrence Street in Methuen on Wednesday at 10:30 A.M.


In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the
Agent Orange Victims and Widows Support Network, Inc., P.O. Box 90, Davenport, FL. 33836 (http://www.agentorangequiltoftears.com/ )

or NamGuardianAngel #154 5703 Red Bug Lake Road, Winter Springs FL 32708-4969
(http://www.namguardianangel.com/).




Online tributes posted:

Agent Orange Victims & Widows Support Network

http://www.agentorangequiltoftears.com/Chat.html


NamGuardianAngel
http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-gods-help-does-not-come-blame-one.html


Veterans Info
http://www.veteransinfo.org/irish.html



HELPPP!, the Herbicide Exposure Legislative Proposal & Promotion Program
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AgentOrange-DioxinExposureBill-HELPP/


The Valley Patriot
http://www.valleypatriot.com/VP040208hero.html



Agent Orange Victims & Widows Support Network
Home Of The Agent Orange Quilt Of Tears
http://www.agentorangequiltoftears.com/

Sacrifice is meaningless without remembrance