Monday, August 19, 2013
I first met Mike in seventh grade and we became friends instantly and I got to know his Mom, Dad and siblings well – especially Sal and Sue. Later we became teammates playing on the freshman football team as eighth graders and helped Scotia-Glenville to become a formidable football team in the Suburban Council during the mid-1970s and then again as teammates and Co-Captains of the Tartans Wrestling Team which won the Section 2 Class ‘A’ Championship in 1976. As many know, Mike was a competitor, a world class wrestler, and a gifted artist. But Mike had bigger accomplishments -- as a great husband, a great father and grandfather, and a true friend to all that knew him. But mostly, Mike was a great person with a big heart -- if Mike was your friend it was for life. Though life sent us on separate paths, I am comforted to have reconnected with him and his family over the past three years and for this I am forever grateful. I will miss him, but I do have many great memories of Mike both on and off the athletic field and for that I will never forget. Rest in peace Mike, you fought the good fight my friend, until we meet again. “Z”
