Monday, December 12, 2016
Penny and family:
I am one of the small town Lewis County people who grew up with Phil and went to school with him in Port Leyden.
It's been a few years since I've talked with him online; but, in those brief messages, he talked about you and your children, how important you and they were to him and his love for all of you.
He let slip a couple of times how his back (I think his back) hurt and how tough and stubborn he was about it. I did not know about his being sick.
Please know that we, and I speak for his friends 'back home', will remember him with smiles on our faces, remembering Phil as he was in school - funny, hard working, just an all round nice friend.
I'm sorry for your loss and for the loss of a good friend.
Sincerely, Chris Chrzanowski