Remembering
Jeff McKinstry (1951-2001)
On May 16, 2001 I lost my best friend since childhood. We both grew up in the same neighborhood, and the Whitney and McKinstry family has fostered many close friendships thru each succeeding generation. Jeff and I were inseperable since our pre-school days, and Best Friends as long as I can remember. I knew his phone number before I memorized mine!
When I think of Jeff, I think of many things:
Mrs Mundell's Kindergarten Class at Trinity Church
(Click on above for photo. I am third from the left,
Jeff 4th from the right)
1st day as West St School / walked home for every lunch
Cub Scout Pack 135 in Fellowship Hall
YMCA Summer Day Camp
Playing in the Silo at his cousins Farm in Charlton
Wells Jr. High / recess in the middle courtyard, which we accessed
thru the Window!
SHS Class of 1969 experiences and our Graduation
The many games we played (Golf, Badminton, Chess, Archery, Etc.)
Best Man at my wedding / I photographed his
Births of our children (Cory, Allyssa, Chris and Erica)
Hist wife JoAnne Babysat for our kids
1999 Photo below of Jeff (left) and his brother Danny
Click here for a photo of Jeff (L) and Dick
(R) in 1955
Photo I took of Jeff for 1969 SHS Yearbook
Click here to see Jeff playing Ping Pong
in our cellar in 1968
The trip to Martha's Vineyard in the late 1950's - Whitney's and McKinstry's.
L to R - Jeff, Dick, Sue, Sissy (Jeffs Cousin) and Danny (brother)