RIP Michael Sean Conway
On Friday the 12th of February approximately 5pm I received a phone call I never expected to get. My friend is screaming uncontrollably that her child’s father wasn’t breathing and we were over an hour an half away from him. There 16 yr old son called his mom because “daddy wouldn’t get up” he was “cold and unresponsive” She was coming to pick me up to drive the 90 minutes. I thought at this time her panic was unwarranted. I begin to call his phone. He is one of my best friends Michael Sean Conway. On the 3rd call to him someone picked up an I just started screaming and yelling at the phone saying things I don’t recall. But it wasn’t my friend it was his 16 yr old son Michael Jr. Lil Michael was very upset and he told me daddy won’t wake up. I began telling him to shake him smack him. Just get him up !!!! This 16 yr old boy had to tell me “No, he is gone. He’s not getting up” it’s only been 4 days now an I’m lost. I don’t know where to begin.
Michael was only 48 yrs young. I was just with him 24 hours earlier. He seemed fine he was happy he was calm ( if you know him it’s not normal for him to be calm. He always on the go. He don’t like to idle he would say ) When am I going to wake up from this nightmare?? He is one of my best friends. We’ve been friends over 20 years. There has been times we just drifted apart for 6 months to a year but we could just call each other and it was like nothing different like we just spoke the day before.
There really is no words that I can write to express the pain we are all suffering.
Michael an I spoke recently about getting Life Insurance and writing a Will. He made it very clear that his eldest Child Dana his daughter Caitlyn and his namesake Michael Jr were to get everything. The issue is he never was able to get the Life Insurance or write the Will. You always think tomorrow I’m gonna go, or next week should be ok. This is one of the most terrible circumstances that tomorrow is never promised.
His children are left with this huge responsibility to have a funeral Service for there Father, who they want to give the send off he deserves.But they also deserve to mourn him and say there final Goodbyes without worrying about how they are going to pay for it.
Michael was a proud member of the Local 20 Union. He has death benefits I’m sure but who knows how much & how long it will take for them to get them.
Nobody is really ever prepared for death especially of a loved one so strong and smart and just had so much more life to offer. Michael was taken way too soon. Please help me help his children to send him off to Heaven the way he deserves to be.
These reasons that I’ve already mentioned and so many more is why I feel I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure he receives the proper send off into eternal life. Along with having his children not worrying about how they are going to mourn there father. They have enough things to be worried about that shouldn’t be on them also. We are talking about 25,20 and 16 years olds. They need to emotionally prepare for the services.
I was just informed that after the Autopsy being done today they will only hold Michael for 24 hrs after that it’s $200 per day.
The funeral parlor won’t go to Pennsylvania to get him until they are paid and Pennsylvania’s Medical Examiner/Coroner charges to bring Michael to Staten Island. We can’t catch a break.
Please find it in your hearts to donate anything at all will be appreciated. There is no amount to small.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
Go hug your family members. If you are estranged call them nothing is worth not being able to tell them you Love them 1 last time. Tomorrow is a gift that’s never promised.