RIP Ryan Murray

   Dorothy was very pleased with The Murray Group, her insurers. And especially with the demeanor of the young son who had just entered the family business. He had evidently asked if she knew anyone who might want to avail themselves of their services, so she gave him our name. I had agreed because Dick Lohnes had retired from the insurers we'd had since I got my first car, and we'd heard his brother Bob was planning to sell the company. So we were open to change, though not really pursuing it at the time.
   So Ryan Murray came to our house to present his appraisal of our situation, and how we could improve it. He noted that our present insurers had not updated the value of our home, and thought that was an important oversight.
   So we agreed. I had the conversation with Dave later, as he wasn't home during Ryan's visit. He most likely was on the golf course. The quote produced by Ryan is dated August 23, 2005.
    The quote was financially to our advantage, to some extent. But what sold us (me) on the new policy  was the representative. Ryan was young, handsome, enthusiastic and polite. And so young. He was 26.
   I read his obituary in today's paper. He died at the age of 40 after a 19-month battle with Multiple Myeloma. He left young twin sons.

We still have our auto and home insurance with that agency, though the name changed from The Guilderland Group. I don't think we ever filed a claim.
**Adjoining Ryan's obituary is that of  Kathleen Goyette Napoli, who is most likely the wife of Grace Napoli's youngest brother, Daniel,a twin of David.