Hi friends and family,  

As many of you already know, on Sunday night Rick Connelly unexpectedly left us to join the Lord in Heaven. It’s been a long and hard few days but we now want to focus on Richard who lost his father and best friend.  

Richard is an incoming junior in high school and has so much potential. He loves to learn and has been working extra hard to get to college. He spends every summer in summer school so he can get ahead in his classes and every school year his schedule is filled with honor and AP classes. To say that he’s ambitious would be an understatement.  

During this time when everyone is asking what they can do to help our family we ask that you think of Richard and his goal to go to a great college. We have started this GoFundMe page because we know that this is what Rick would want. Richard was the apple of his eye and he would give anything to allow Richard to fulfill his dreams. Help us help him ensure that Richard never worries about the education he has worked so hard to get.