Bill and his family were my 2nd family in high school. I'm so desperately, desperately, sad at their, and Sheila's, immense loss, and Bill's cruel, untimely passing. He is......

Bill and his family were my 2nd family in high school.  I'm so desperately, desperately, sad at their, and Sheila's, immense loss, and Bill's cruel, untimely passing. He is sorely missed. The very prettiest flowers are so often picked first. I can't find the words to express how uniquely and profoundly important Bill, his mom, his dad, and even his siblings, were and in their indelible footprints from so long ago are to my life. The love and kindness and acceptance they showed me was utterly unique in my childhood, except for my own parents, and I wonder if I could have survived high school, maybe literally, had they not been such angels in my life. I weep in amazement, wonder and awe at the thought.    http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=william-marfuggi&pid=177466292&fhid=8425