Yogi’s granddaughter Lindsay arriving at the funeral
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Yogi Berra “personified the American dream” and was a champion for “every single one of” his 90 years on Earth, loved ones said at his funeral services Tuesday.
Police barricades ringed the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair, NJ, where Berra’s family honored the Yankees legend who died a week ago, and a Navy color guard stood outside.
Berra’s longtime friend, ex-Yankees manager Joe Torre, said Yogi was more than just an all-time great baseball player.
“Yeah, [he] won 10 World Series, three MVPs, all the stats, most World Series rings, you know, managed both the Mets and Yankees to the World Series — but he was so much more than that,” Torre told mourners at the Tuesday service, led by New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
“No matter what you read, it just wasn’t enough to describe what Lawrence Peter Berra was all about.”
Torre spoke for 10 minutes and reminisced about all the good times he shared with Yogi and his late wife, Carmen Berra, who died last year.
“Yogi Berra personified the American dream, you were a champion every single one of those 90 years,” said Torre in his closing remarks to about 400 mourners who packed the church.
“We are grateful. God bless you and your wonderful family, my friend.”
Sailors walking to the funeral
Photo: Charles Wenzelberg
http://nypost.com/2015/09/29/emotional-eulogies-as-yankees-gather-at-yogi-berra-funeral/
Emotional eulogies as Yankees gather at Yogi Berra funeral
By Priscilla DeGregory and David K. Li
New York Post
September 29, 2015 | 11:05am
