Richard Petrone Jr: Missing Since February 19, 2005Today is October 16, 2013Missing: 3161 days(8 years, 7 months, 27 days)Archives2012 | 2011 | 2010 |2009 2008 | 2007 |2006 | 2005Recent PostsRead more|   Post a messageCarol Smith:I still to this day think of them from time to time...maybe because I lost my Dad at a young age like Richard's daughterJoe Bonavitacola:I wish I could put in this message what I feel in my heartAunt Lisa:you are so loved...and so missed...merry christmas little richCass Fay:it was a special day when he was born...a beautiful person came onto this planetRosemarie Bonavitacola:Think of you all the time and still can picture your face smilingIf you have information:The Citizen's Crime Commissionis offering a $50,000 reward forinformation leading to their whereabouts.215-546-TIPS (8477)South Philadelphia Police:215-686-3013Mt. Laurel Township Police:856-234-1414NJSP Missing Persons:800-709-7090Philadelphia Police:215-686-3013/ 3014Home |Guestbook |Remembering Richard |February 19, 2005 |Photos |NewsRichard -- I love you and know you are watching all of us -- every day. Your infectious smile and great sense of humor is what I remember most about you... All of our lives will never be the same without you. Just know that we love and think of you every day. Love,Rosemarie BonavitacolaAugust 29, 2013: Richard's 44th BirthdayEternity. Always was always would be. Time with no beginning and no end. And we are simply grains of sand. But for a brief flicker we come alive. We matter to some. We play a part in these dreams we call life. The length of time we are here doesn't matter. It is but an instant. But in that instant lies all that life has for us. All the joy and sorrow, pain and pleasure. All the people we know and love. All the people we helped to create. All the things we do to make to make each day our own. All the little things we did in all the uncounted minutes of our lives. These are the things that count. These are the things that those of us who are still here remember.Richard Petrone, August 29, 2013Dear Richard, remembering you on your 44th birthday.  I will never forget you, your glorious smile and funny demeanor. Always fun to be around and never a dull moment with that sparkling personality.  I hope you are happy and at peace where you are.  Some day I will be up there with you...finally getting to see you again.  Love, RosemarieRosemarie Bonavitacola, August 29, 2013On this father's day I honor you my son (from June 19, 2011)dawn is breaking. The sky lightens to a pinkish hue. I watch this day begin but the pain in my heart just won't go away and the hole in my heart seems to swallow me. Darkness seems to be all around. But then there is some light that draws me to it. A defiance in the face of dread. An answer to the unanswerable. A yes to the daily regimen of no. An affirmation of life where none can easily be found. It is my son's garden...a place of rare peace and beauty, where the seeds that he planted have