while in high school, was a winner of Chrysler's “Talent Contest for Teenage America”.

sisters, Laura (Pius) Skarich and Elisabeth (Daniel) Davidson; nieces, Sarah Skarich Hayden, Olivia (David) Zeisler, and Hannah (Ben) Picton; and nephews, Isaac Davidson, Joel Davidson, and Nathan Davidson' four grand-nephews and four grand-nieces along with his dear friend, Allen Nichols