Message from Steve Botts
December 31, 2013 4:35 PM
When I was a kid in Elkhart, the Jay family, Jay, Mary Joe, Pat, Phyllis, and Mike, were my neighbors and Mike was my best friend. We built tree houses, climbed the rubber pile in Summer and rode sleds down it in Winter, played in thunder storms, explored caboose's. Did all the things kids in the 50's did. Mike was a good, kind person and I think back on that time with fond memories. His death is difficult to comprehend, but i know my life is better for having known him. Carol, kids, Pat, Phyllis, I am so, so sorry for your loss.
~ Steve
Message from Sharon (Dunithan) Wise
October 22, 2013 9:12 AM
Sorry to hear about Mike. He was so young. Condolences to the family.
What a terrible disease.
I was a neighbor in the late 50's, same age as Phyllis.