Michael O'Toole

I am sorry to hear this news. My contact with coach O'Toole was brief but I respected him as our coach. He took a rag-tag group of basketball players at Schoolcraft (Spring of 1975 I think - could have been 1976) who had never played competitive volleyball before and we competed in the NJCAA National Volleyball tournament. Dr. Gans had us work with coach O'Toole because Schoolcraft was hosting the national finals and one of the four remaining teams had dropped out. So we played in the...

So sorry for your loss. I would love to pass a little history by you. My father Raymond Steffes and your father were best friends growing up in Dearborn When my father married my mother your father was my mom´s godfather since she was being married into the catholic religion. Martha and Michael then became great couple friends with my folks. I was actually named after your mom, Martha. I cherish knowing my namesake was a good friend of theirs. My dad passed in 2010 but mom is still...