Sorry it has been so long for my update, bet you’re tired of hearing that excuse. However, this time I/we have been distracted by the passing of Kenneth Walter Shilay, Sr. Senior (Kenny, Jr.'s Dad) passed away on June 7, 2009, at home with his wife, Margaret Ellen Shilay. On June 24, 2007 he went to the ER for a “belly ache” as he put it, to discover a suspicious mass in his right kidney. They suspected Renal Cell Carcinoma. to make a long story (actually not long enough) short, in the late summer of 2007 He/we were told that the cancer was at stage four and was inoperable, that they would try this and that but potentially he would not be with us for Christmas that year. Well as in all things, he courageously battled this disease; it was Lung not Renal cell. He proved that he was not the “average” patient (average patient w/ stage 4 lung cancer pass within the first 12 months from discovery); he passed just 17 days shy of 2 years from initial discovery of his tumors. He was strong, determined and full of fire.
I tell this to all of you because, the house was a dream for both Junior and Senior. Together they planned and started this project , now Junior with finish it but he will always be present in this house, home. May he rest in peace.
PS: for more information on the life of Kenneth Walter Shilay, Sr please see his obituary at the following site: http://www.legacy.com/mycentraljersey/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=128541395
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