Rest In Peace Big John

Only 42 ....he was the one that made my basketball days fun.

Longtime friend, eh?


What happened to him?

mighty_colts wrote:Longtime friend, eh?


What happened to him?

I`m sure we can guess right M.C.

A guy I work with(our safety advisor) came down with the dreaded c just before last X-Mas,now his days are numbered.
A 220 lb man now has dwindles down to app. a 160 lb man.And at a ripe old age of 40.


Sickening........

Ah yes.

A lot of that is hereditary.


I thought maybe it was some kind of accident.

Yeah Bear is correct and he was dealing with it for over 6 years and passed away on thanksgiving.

He was a lot younger than me back when we played basketball all the time at the local HS
but we usually had to guard each other since we were the same size.

He was one of those "Mr Nice Guys"

He would even have fun watching those games when he was waiting to get back out there.

This was what we call "open gym" were all the gym rats show up and the team that would win stayed out there until another team won........sometimes we would have enough for several teams and sometimes just enough for 3 teams.

Many times I was on one of those winning teams that played 3 hours straight and we didn't take time outs.

Bummer......there were plenty of jackasses to take his place around here.

Well another underserved friend has ended.........

A coworker/ex-softball teammate/friend has succumbed to the dreaded c..........May he r.i.p.



http://www.schillingfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/1427409/Gerdy-Sean/obituary.php

Unfair.....good people should always get 85 years