When a woman cleared out Barry Ross’s home after his death, she found almost nothing linking him to the outside world except one letter, two years old, from a childhood friend inviting him to a Phillies game.
That small artifact set in motion a determined effort by two longtime friends to ensure Ross was given a respectful burial, writes Jo Ciavaglia for Bucks County Courier Times.
Ross, a 1968 graduate of Central Bucks West High School, was remembered by those who knew him as athletic, kind, and easy to be around. For decades, he kept close friendships, none more enduring than the one with Bob Schmieder, who first befriended Ross at Lenape Middle School…