Friday, October 9, 2009

A comment from Glenn Thomas (Drew's Brother)


Ronnie,
My best friend Steve Finamore who produces the Container Diaries sent me today 10-9-09 the piece that you wrote on your blog about my brother Drew. I just wanted to say thank you and how appreciative my family was to read that and hear those great stories involving Drew from friends that we have not heard from in many years. My parents are getting up there in age. My mom is 78 while dad turned 84. As expected their memory is not the best. My mom recently had surgery on her eyes for her glaucoma and was not able to read the story that you wrote. I printed it out and read the piece to her. After I finished reading the story my mom started to cry...partially from missing my brother but also so happy that people remembered him in a good way that made her very happy that in some small way his memory lives. The blog response was funny with some great stories. I remember the sky rink trips and the Ave F camaraderie with his friends. He loved that league on Ave F and the friendships that he had with so many guys from that time in his life. He loved hockey to no end and that league was the reason why he did so much. I am sure that he is somewhere playing with Inky, Chuckie Hadjar, Powell, and the rest who no longer walk this earth and who are in a better place. Thank you so much again for your kindness and generosity in writing that piece. You put a lot of time into your blog for it is well written and well done. Hopefully I'll run into you one of these days and chat more about those times. Take care.
Sincerely,
Glenn Thomas

Ron Lopez
Mopar195@yahoo.com

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Denis McGowan said...

Hi Glenn,

It's Denis McGowan from SFC. God rest your brother's good soul. He was a class act, a real gentleman, a great guy and a pleasure to have performed metal and punk rock with when we did gigs at SFC and elsewhere. I lost my brother, sister and parents and feel your pain too. I wish you and all your loved ones peace of heart and of mind and of soul.

God bless you and those we lost but will always love.

Denis McGowan Class of 1983

Denis McGowan said...

Hi Glenn,

It's Denis McGowan from SFC. I remember your brother Drew as a class act, a great rock guitarist, a true gentleman, a great sportsman on the ice, a talented performer, and a friend and brother. I was honored to have performed with him on stage back in the 1980s at gigs with Sinister Minister, Rocking Horse and other names we'd go by. I mourn his loss and untimely passing.

I too lost a brother and a sister, plus my parents, so I can relate to the sense of loss and hurt losing a loved one.

Celebrate their lives, their goodness, their great happiness they gave us. God rest their good souls, and we shall never forget them.

I wish peace of heart and of mind and of soul to you and all your loved ones. Drew lives on forever.

Sincerely and with respect,

Denis McGowan Class of 1983