Our roomie, 340 Club member, and my good friend Chris Joyce died over the weekend at his home in Manor House Apartments. Apparent heart attack. He was good friend, great roomie, fun loving guy, insightful beyond most person's recognition, troubled by demons even I did not understand.
Our last conversation was last Wednesday to discuss the primary election where Chris went out of his way, through less than perfect weather to vote for Joe Sestak (enthusiastically) and Jack Wagner (at my urging). He called and left a message very proud of his correctly predicting the Sestak win. He called again and we discussed the results.
We were going to go to a Barnstormers game in the near future and he was going to help me with my baseball exhibit at Clipper Stadium on August 28th. He will have a better vantage point for both of those events.
Chris was 57.
The 3rd periodic 340 Club Reunion has been postponed indefinitely
Before there was an Animal House there was a 340 Club; before there was a Dean Wormer there was a Harold "the fuck" Martin; before there was John Blutarsky or a Daniel Simpson Day there was Tim Lutter, Sil Simpson, Dan Joyce, Tim Getzloff, Dick Lichty, Jim Shay, Phil Zangari, Chris Joyce, Dave Petkosh, Mitch Herr, Kenny Giltner, Dean Staherski, Randy Brown, John Emswiler, Sue Krimmell Emswiler and myself; before there were any Delta Tau Chi pledge pins, there were 340 Club cards; before Otis Day & the Knights, the 340 Jukebox; before there were Delta Brothers there were the usual gang of idiots that congregated at 328, 340 (twice) and 338 West King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a decade beginning in August 1974. This blog is dedicated to those idiots and those times. God bless Kenny, Mitch and Chris; may they rest in peace.
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