Thursday, December 31, 2015
Please accept my condolences. Don was the funniest guy. I have known him since kindergarten and consider him to be one of my oldest friends. I remember playing whiffle ball in my Aunt Mary O'Bryan's back yard on Henry Street. Jimmy Bailey, who has also passed, accidentally hit Don in the head with the bat during a swing. Don was injured. Don's mother came running over to the yard, chasing Jimmy while hitting him with the whiffle ball bat. We laughed until we cried. By the way, Don had rheumatic fever not scarlet fever.
Don, Bobby Sadekowski and I painted the interior of Saint Francis de Sales School during the summer of 1965. We did very little work until about ten days before school was to open. We spent most of the time laying about, telling stories and jokes. Don always had the best stories and funniest jokes.
