Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Ken & I graduated together from St. Leo's Grammar School in Irvington, NJ. We then went on to Essex Catholic HS in Newark.
Ken left there in our junior year and went on to graduate from Irvington HS. We were neighbors, my street (Allen St.) intersected with his (Orange Ave). I remember running into him after he transferred out of ECHS and talking about the physical abuse that was so prominent among the Irish Christian Brothers and how it caused him to get out while he could.
Later in life we connected on the interwebs and he had no recollection of our chats on Orange Avenue before we both went into active duty. So it goes.
It's sad that so many of our classmates from St. Leo's are "moving on." I enjoyed our times together in Irvington and I want to extend my condolences to Ken's immediate family and all his friends. Rest easy, buddy, and save me a spot in line up there.
Arthur Sharon.
