Thomas McConkey

Tom and I were great buddies in high school. We spent lots of time together at his home with his parents and his grandmother Nora Keechle who lived upstairs over the auto parts store. We also spent some great times at the family cabin on Sunfish Creek. One of the most memorable things we did on Sunfish Creek was while I rowed the boat, I would position Tom to where he could pull snapping turtles out of the creek. His grandmother loved to clean and cut up those turtles and fry...