Sad News
After a voicemail from my sister, and a quick check of the LSJ obituaries, I’m sad to say that my high-school friend Kenny Ploch passed away two days ago.
For a span of maybe five or six years, Kenny was one of my best friends. We rode bikes, played Super Nintendo, built forts, had bonfires and generally just bummed around. As we grew up our lives headed in different directions and we drifted apart shortly after I graduated high school. I haven’t seen or heard anything about him in years.
I honestly can’t say I’m surprised by the news. I think it’s safe to say Kenny was a troubled kid. He was constantly having problems at school and had more than his share of brushes with the law. One of the last few times I heard any news of how he was doing, Casey had seen him drinking while driving and swearing he was never going to go back to jail.
I got to see a different side of him though. One that I like to think maybe offered him some peace. I didn’t drink or smoke or do anything even remotely “bad” in high school. Consequently, when Kenny and I hung out, neither did he. He didn’t hide the other side of his life from me, he just respected that I didn’t want to be a part of it. That’s the Kenny I will remember.
Comments
sorry to hear about kenny. remember when the 2 of you came to emu and walked down washtenaw in the rain for miles?
Posted by: amanda | October 26, 2007 06:09 PM
Good times.
Posted by: Johnny | October 27, 2007 08:30 AM
Hey John haven't wrote on here in a long time. In remarks to the Kenny Ploch thing. I saw him the thursday before he died. He told me that he had a little kid and that he was going to be opening up a body shop on Snow road in Lansing. Sad story. Remember the good old days making me huff gas in the garage, or holding me under a truckbed full of water while you him and Casey opened the tailgate?
Posted by: THA CHIEF | October 28, 2007 10:02 PM
damn good times
Posted by: Johnny | November 1, 2007 10:33 AM