Kenneth Lyons

Ken, I never thought you would pass so early. I feel so sad. I hope you are in a better place.

I just learned yesterday of Ken’s passing when Taroli passed the word to some of Ken’s friends at Dickinson Law School. I shared a house with Ken in Carlisle for two years. Ken was smart,interesting, entertaining, and a riot! I last saw him and Mary Anne at my wedding more than 30 years ago. Had I known he lived so close to where I have worked the last two years, I could and would have gotten together with him. My loss. Rest in Peace, Friend.

I posted earler, but I wanted to share with Ken’s non-DSL friends and loved ones that his law school friends and acquaintances gathered at classmate John Clough’s cottage in Eagles Mere, PA, on October 5-6, 2013, to join in a celebration of Ken’s remarkable life. Classmates present for part or all of the weekend included John Clough, Garry Taroli, Mollie McCurdy and husband Kevin McKeown, Greg Henry, Chris Hauser, Dusty (Elias) Kirk, Maureen (Brown) Jordan, Jim Gillotti, Bernie Donohue, Chuck Serine, and myself. A new byword was coined–“WWKD,” or What would Ken do?–which guided us through our celebrations and remembrances. It reminded me a little bit of the movie “The Big Chill,” although no children were conceived Most, if not all, of us at one point or another commented that it was a tribute to Ken’s life that his passing inspired so much correspondence among us and finally brought us together for this event, and that Ken would be–or perhaps was–laughing or joking with us. Mary Anne, several of us tried to locate you prior to the weekend, not so much because we thought you would want to join us, but because we wanted you to know about the celebration. (If you read this, it would mean a lot to several of us to hear from you. I know Garry Taroli, who posted here during the summer, is one of those.) Ted Smith