Ralph D. Miccio

Ralph D. Miccio, of East Patchogue, Long Island, New York, (formerly of North Babylon, New York), on May 8, 2013. Loving husband of Alice. Devoted father of ten, cherished grandpa of twenty-two, caring great-grandpa of nine. Dear brother of Ed, Joe, and the late Lori and Jack. Proud U.S. Navy WWII Veteran. Family and friends may visit Sunday, May 12, 2013, 2:00 - 4:30 and 7:00 - 9:30 PM, at Claude R. Boyd-Spencer Funeral Homes, 448 West Main Street, Babylon Village, New York 11702. Funeral Mass Monday, May 13, 2013, 9:00 AM, at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, 455 Hunter Avenue, West Islip, New York 11795. Interment Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, New York. For further information, or help with directions, kindly call the funeral home at (631) 669-2400. www.boyd-spencer.com.

The 23rd Psalm ~ The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil: for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil: my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying, that we are born to eternal life. ~ St. Francis of Assisi