November 2 is traditionally All Souls Day. It is the day where we celebrate the lives of family and friends who have passed away. Many will go to cemeteries and pray, some may even picnic on the grounds. It is not really a day of mourning, but a day of reflection. Remembering those who we strongly miss.
Personally, I would like to honor my grandparents, Felix Anama, Leonor Filoteo Anama, Gloria Y. Nichols, Ruben S. Menguito, Sgt. Clinton H. Nichols. As well as countless great aunts and uncles too numerous to list.
Today I want to remember the seven souls who died on January 8, 1993, at the Brown's Chicken in Palatine, Illinois: Michael C. Castro, Rico Solis, Thomas Mennes, Marcus Nellsen, Guadalupe Maldonado, Richard Ehlenfeldt, and Lynn Ehlenfeldt.
I would like to remember the people I've met over the years who left us too soon: Lynn Swoboda, Shannon McNamara, Linda Beyer, Gail Leff, Lois Winesburgh, Mary Jo Scanlan, Nancy Huber, Joseph Nasca, Antoinette Nasca, Dan Doles, Chris Stufflestreet, Thomas Scanlon, Darrin Steffey, Erin (Ryals) Semerad
On behalf of my wife, I would like to honor her grandparents, uncles, and especially, her mother (since I have not asked for my wife's permission to do so, I am not adding their names here).
Finally, I would like to take a moment to remember the families, the loved ones who were left behind.
Now that the personal side of the blog has been taken care of, I would also like to take time to remember 73 more people. Between 10/31/2014 and 11/01/2015, 73 people who can lay claim to playing major league baseball, 2 of whom had the honor of being a manager of a major league franchise (even for one game), passed away. Many lived long productive lives, even after their careers ended. Others, tragically, either passed away before their potential could be fully reached or before they could enjoy the fruits of their retirement.
Today, I take time out of my humble little baseball card blog to remember:
Brad Halsey
10/31/2014
Jean-Pierre Roy
11/1/2014
Allen Ripley
11/7/2014
Kelvin Moore
11/9/2014
Alvin Dark
11/13/2014
Whammy Douglas
11/16/2014
Ray Sadecki
11/17/2014
Art Quirk
11/22/2014
Don Grate
11/22/2014
Buddy Hicks
12/8/2014
Russ Kemmerer
12/8/2014
Herb Plews
12/12/2014
Bob Usher
12/29/2014
Stu Miller
1/4/2015
Chuck Locke
1/9/2015
Don Bryant
1/22/2015
Ernie Banks
1/23/2015
Nick Koback
1/23/2015
Bill Monbouquette
1/25/2015
Al Severinsen
1/27/2015
Charlie Williams
1/27/2015
Rocky Bridges
1/28/2015
Dave Bergman
2/2/2015
Don Johnson
2/10/2015
Ray Hathaway
2/11/2015
Gary Woods
2/19/2015
Jim King
2/23/2015
Alex Johnson
2/28/2015
Minnie Minoso
3/1/2015
Jeff McKnight
3/1/2015
Steve Shea
3/4/2015
Bob Anderson
3/12/2015
Al Rosen
3/13/2015
Harley Hisner
3/20/2015
Bill Slayback
3/25/2015
Dick Mills
3/28/2015
Riccardo Ingram
3/31/2015
Jose Capellan
4/7/2015
Bobby Moore
4/10/2015
Ollie Brown
4/16/2015
Jim Fanning
4/25/2015
Earl Averill
5/13/2015
Fred Gladding
5/21/2015
Alan Koch
5/22/2015
Skeeter Kell
5/28/2015
Lennie Merullo
5/30/2015
Larry Eschen
6/9/2015
Andres Mora
6/12/2015
Len Matarazzo
6/19/2015
Darryl Hamilton
6/21/2015
Kal Segrist
6/26/2015
Buddy Lively
7/12/2015
Rugger Ardizoia
7/19/2015
Billy Pierce
7/31/2015
Hank Izquierdo
8/1/2015
Jack Spring
8/2/2015
Doc Daugherty
8/15/2015
Bud Thomas
8/15/2015
Barney Schultz
9/6/2015
Joaquin Andujar
9/8/2015
Alex Monchak
9/12/2015
Randy Wiles
9/15/2015
Bobby Etheridge
9/17/2015
Walter Young
9/19/2015
Yogi Berra
9/22/2015
Ed Sukla
9/24/2015
Tom Kelley
9/25/2015
Cal Neeman
10/1/2015
Hal Schacker
10/2/2015
Garry Hancock
10/10/2015
Dean Chance
10/11/2015
Neill Sheridan
10/15/2015
John Tsitouris
10/22/2015
Sincerely,
JayBee Anama
1 comment:
First, sending prayers to you and yours listed at the beginning of the post. Second, thank you for posting the list of baseball players that have left us. Often, we only hear about the all star caliber players that pass on. There were several players on the list that I remembered, but I was unaware that they were no longer with us.
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