Sunday, June 30, 2024
Jon was my legal mentor, baseball buddy and best friend - I first met Jon as a baby attorney right out of law school in 1980 - his thorough professionalism shaped my early legal career - we started as partner/associate and developed a friendship that lasted 44 years- his fierce love and loyalty to family and close friends was the hallmark of his life - filled out by his abiding love of all things baseball - yes, even the Rockies, however execrable they were and are. We shared many baseball trips to the west coast together, shared Rox season tix and Jon tolerated , barely , my love of the Dodgers. Our family became his and vice versa and we shared many Christmas celebrations, holidays, birthdays , wedding celebrations and trips together - including our rental beach house in NC , spring training in AZ and Christmas time in NYC. Jon had an abiding respect for our military and we went to several Fleet Weeks in SD and I dragged him to the SD ZOO and Sea World with my vet doc sister - we grew older together but when we traveled and laughed , we grew younger . Jon and his family will be forever in my heart . Todd McNamara