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The Playwickian

Memorial honors former custodian

By Jessica McClleland
Student Life Editor

Throughout his life, Jack Connolly was a beloved father, uncle, brother and janitor to Neshaminy High School. On May 29th, at 70-years-old, Connolly unfortunately passed away from pancreatic cancer. “He was a beautiful man,” hall-aid Rita Budman said. “He did a lot of wonderful things for a lot of people. We all loved him and miss him a lot.”

Connolly always wanted to do something for the school and had an idea to build a garden, but that was before he got sick, so he couldn’t proceed with this idea. However, his nephew, Chris Kuneck, who is also a janitor at Neshaminy, decided to carry out his uncle’s plan.

Kuneck started building the garden in memory of his uncle. The garden, which is out front of the school when you first drive in, includes benches, plants, a stone walk way, and will have a plaque for his uncle. “It was Jack’s idea of the garden before he was diagnosed, and he passed away before he could carry it out, so I decided to,” said Kuneck.

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To go along with the garden, Kuneck also decided to do something else in memory of his uncle: He founded a scholarship for support staff kids. “I’m putting up $200, and his daughter Jennifer is putting up $300. There are no limits to the college either. The money could help out with tuition or books,” said Kuneck.

Even though Connolly has passed, a beautiful garden and helpful scholarship will remain for years to come.

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