

He attributed a quote to her-“Hazelnuts are what’s wrong with Europe”-that her sister Delia, when speaking later in the service, said had actually been her (Delia’s) observation. It was April 25, “a night of celebration, a night of bliss.” He expressed his joy at “having them all to myself, not having any of you around.” He told another story, of how Nora came over every night with piles of food after his wife’s death in 2010.

He told a story of his last night with Nora and her husband, Nicholas Pileggi. I know this because I cannot read the quotes in my notebook, because I have cried all over that page. Martin Short began the service, but his speech is mostly unquotable in a humor piece.
