- Tom Carter
- Friend and co-worker at the Joliet
Public Library.
- Julienne Cienkowski
- Student at St. Francis Academy; fine
singer.
- Miss Kate Clobucher
- Was affectionately known to us as "Crazy
Kate", queen of downtown street-life. Believed to be deceased.
- Fr. Rock Colosimo
- My senior year English teacher; no
longer a Carmelite priest.
- Barbara Cooke
- Student at St. Francis Academy; fine
singer.
- Wally Dimmick
- Classmate at JCHS; bully.
- Mr. and Mrs. Edwards
- Neighbors down the street.
- Mr. Gannon
- Sociology teacher and coach at JCHS.
- Hopeton Gray
- My Jamaican pen pal; introduced through
Miss Jay; never did meet him.
- Karen Green
- Good friend who worked with me at the
Joliet Public Library and took me seriously as a poet.
- Fr. Gerry Heinen
- My senior year Religion teacher until
an accident put him in the hospital; still a Carmelite priest.
- Fr. Jim Holup
- Assistant pastor at St. Paul the Apostle.
- Miss Charlotte Jay
- Friend of Mom, gift shop owner, very
nice lady.
- Sr. Jeremy
- A Franciscan sister; friend of the
family.
- Dave Jerzycki
- Kid who worked for awhile at the library.
- Mark Jones
- Friend; one of the guys I'd hang with
at JCHS.
- Josephine
- One of my bosses at the library.
- Fr. Phil Kenny
- Director of freshman seminarians at
Mount Carmel College; no longer a Carmelite priest.
- Gary Kezele
- Friend at JCHS who entered the Carmelite
seminary with me...and eventually left.
- Linda Krumlinde
- Funny friend and co-worker at the Joliet
Public Library.
- Larry Lindholm
- Friend who ventured out with us to
see Mt. Carmel, Niagara.
- Mary Kay
- My friend. I do not give her last name
because of some things I have written here...not to keep her
from reading this, but to respect her privacy.
- The McCarrens
- My aunt, uncle and cousins. More fun
to be around than I suggest here.
- Mike McHugh
- Eventual friend who took the trip to
Niagara and signed up with the Carmelites...and left much later.
- Fr. Bill McMahon
- My senior year Advanced Placement U.S.History
teacher; no longer a Carmelite priest.
- Fr. Gordon Michels
- Founding pastor of St. Paul the Apostle
Church;deceased.
- Fr. Finian Murphy
- Guidance Counselor at JCHS; no longer
a Carmelite priest. No relation.
- John Murphy, Jr.
- My older brother.
- John Murphy, Sr.
- My hard-working Dad; deceased.
- Mary Margaret Murphy
- My beautiful Mom.
- Mary Therese Murphy
- My older sister.
- Tom Murphy
- My wonderful self.
- Tom Musich
- Friend from JCHS.
- Bob Petrusa
- Freshman at Mt. Carmel Niagara, from
Joliet.
- Aunt Marg Peyla
- Uh...my lovely aunt of some kind; deceased.
- Joe Quigley
- Kid from JCHS who traveled to Niagara;
nice guy.
- Sr. Rochelle
- Director of plays at St. Francis Academy.
I am much too unkind to her here.
- Felix Rossi
- My awesome grandfather; deceased.
- Fr. Kellen Ryan
- Carmelite priest who took over Fr.
Gerry's religion classes after his accident. Later died in an
accident himself.
- John Stager
- Freshman at Mt. Carmel Niagara; talented
artist; we got to know each other better in Milwaukee.
- Bill Theobald
- Friend in Marquette Gardens.
- Fr. Ed Ward
- From my older brother's class at St.
Paul's; friend of the family; still a Carmelite priest.
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