John Olszewski - Vietnam Wall

John was an extremely funny and outgoing person. If you were feeling bad, all you had to do was spend a few minutes with John and he would have you laughing. When John was taken from us, he left a big void in many peoples lives. The area of south Philadelphia where John lived lost a special person. We attended a small polish Catholic school in southwest Philadelphia. He was one year ahead of me. We spent a lot of time together in John's neighborhood because I had relatives who lived there and I spent a lot of weekends there.

I have, and still to this day, missed his smile and laugh. He was always doing something funny to amuse us.

John, you left us way too soon, but you will never be forgotten.


Ron Elias

John was an extremely funny and outgoing person. If you were feeling bad, all you had to do was spend a few minutes with John and he would have you laughing. When John was taken from us, he left a big void in many peoples lives. The area of south Philadelphia where John lived lost a special person. We attended a small polish Catholic school in southwest Philadelphia. He was one year ahead of me. We spent a lot of time together in John's neighborhood because I had relatives who lived there and I spent a lot of weekends there.

I have, and still to this day, missed his smile and laugh. He was always doing something funny to amuse us.

John, you left us way too soon, but you will never be forgotten.


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