Dear Karen and David, Dear Cameron, Owen and Aidan, Dear Lizzy,

The more I am reading through memories, that people shared about Conor, the more I wish I had known him better.

He must have been an extraordinary young man with many character traits that every parent would wish for in their child: kindness, integrity, faith, humor, honesty, selflessness…..just to name a few.

2 situations are coming to my mind when I think about Conor: Karen, you brought him to Gottlieb once around 2010ish. He was just about to start college and thinking about what he wanted to do after high school. He was so friendly and so polite. He helped us with a C-section (apparently this experience did not make a lasting impression for his career choice). The second picture that comes to mind is on your backyard ice-rink in River Forest: all 4 brothers teamed up with snow shovels, formed a line and cleared the rink from snow in no time. Total team players. What a tragic turn his young life took just about a year ago. What other great things would he have accomplished if disease had not striked at that time? I am so terribly sorry that he and your family had to go through this. I hope that each of you in your own term and time will find comfort knowing that Conor left his marks and memories in so many people and places. If there is anything that I can do to support you through this dark time, I will.

With much love, Maike Liebermann and Family