skip's Mass

Was as simple, eloquent and life-affirming as the man himself. Pat Kelsey gave the eulogy and said Skip would have been proud at the turnout. Kelsey was right. At least 500 people, maybe more, at Cintas Center, including former assistants and players. It ended beautifully, mournfully, hauntingly, with a bagpiper playing Amazing Grace as the mourners filed out. The tones of the pipes faded as the piper climbed the stairs and out of the building. I could feel the finality of Skip's death right then. Damn. All prayers to Skip's wife Nancy and his sons, Scott and Mark. Our loss is Heaven's gain.