It has taken me quite awhile before I could sit down and write about Billy (as he was called by his old friends)because this was an especially hard one for me. Billy was one of my very first friends growing up. One of our neighborhood kids. He was probably one of the nicest people you would ever come to know and someone who never changed from childhood to adult hood. He was inclusive before "it" became the word of the day. I loved how when he came back home for a visit he would always come to see me and we would do something together that included my daughter. A Pat's game in 1980! We had so much fun at our last reunion and I was so looking forward to seeing him again and reliving our youth. Sadly, this is not to be but I will raise a glass in your honour my old friend. You will be missed.
Gretchen Johnson (Porter)
It has taken me quite awhile before I could sit down and write about Billy (as he was called by his old friends)because this was an especially hard one for me. Billy was one of my very first friends growing up. One of our neighborhood kids. He was probably one of the nicest people you would ever come to know and someone who never changed from childhood to adult hood. He was inclusive before "it" became the word of the day. I loved how when he came back home for a visit he would always come to see me and we would do something together that included my daughter. A Pat's game in 1980! We had so much fun at our last reunion and I was so looking forward to seeing him again and reliving our youth. Sadly, this is not to be but I will raise a glass in your honour my old friend. You will be missed.