Tim was Valedictorian of his class at Dutches County and gave the valedictory speech. You’ll notice that his picture in his obituary was taken in front of his church, where he served on the Trustees and helped in many ways. In his Union and while in the US Army Reserves, he served as electrical Foreman in all kinds of activities, including directing the installation of air conditioning in the Panama Canal US Army Base.

When we were growing up, we roamed around the Marlboro Mountains all summer, climbing hills and hanging from monkey vines, riding our bikes to Cherry Top ice cream on Rte 32 and Plattekill for penny candies, having all kinds of fun.

Tim was also my protector: When I was in first grade, my girl friend and I were rolling around on the grass during recess. After recess, when the class would rest with their heads on their desks, my teacher Miss Hall called me forward to ask me over and over again why I was rolling around on the grass during recess.

I didn’t know! I was just a kid. All of a sudden Timmy appeared in my class room and said his teacher Mrs Dowd wanted him to bring me to his class room where they were having a party. I don’t know if his teacher had passed my classroom, saw me being grilled and sent Timmy after me or if Timmy made this up to rescue me. In any event, he rescued me several times in my life.

Tim also never missed a day of class in his 12 years at Marlboro Central School and would receive a certificate each year.  Tim was a kind, loving, handsome, youthful brother who didn’t deserve to die from this awful disease.