James G. Cavanagh

Jim was one of my good high school buddies. I moved to California and later to Nevada and I was never able to keep track of my school mates, we had no Internet till the 90s. But I remember Jim fondly and am sorry to hear of his passing. May he rest in peace.

Jim and I, along with Mike Griesgraber and John Fahey grew up together in St. Luke's parish, where we attended grade school. The four of us went on to attend and graduate from Cretin High School. We were very close friends in and out of school. Our parents used to trade off car pooling the 4 of us to Cretin before we had our own cars.
Jim was a very strong influence in my younger life, although we did not see each other much after graduation. He joined the Navy and I joined the Air...