Andrea and family, How can I put into words what I am feeling today. Our family and Andy's family were back yard neighbors in Fairfax, Wilmington, De from 1971 to 1980. Our kids, April, Scott and Jamie, grew up with Andy and his sister Kim. Their Mom, Cora, was a single parent and worked hard to care for her family, and Kim and Andy spent a lot of time at our house. Our youngest son Jamie is a little more than a year older than Andy. They hung out together, rode bikes together played street hockey together ( with Scott and the older guys ), climbed trees together, etc. etc.. You name it, they did it.I can still see Andy now, sitting in the back yard in his shorts and tee shirt throwing sand up above his head and letting it come down in his hair, in his face and in his clothes, laughing the whole time. We used to lovingly call him " pigpen" like the character in the Peanuts comic strips. What a happy kid, and what a great kid who grew into a really likeable young man, husband, and , I have to believe, a really good Dad . Peace be with you and your family at this extremely difficult time. Our prayers are with you.
Rich Wilson, Hockessin, De
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