(This obit is best read aloud)
The first day of Peter Griffin Case’s life was Monday, March 6, 1944. From then on, the man you probably know as “Piggy” enjoyed a grand total of precisely 27,571 days of fun and family, love and laughs, merrymaking and mustard making, bright ideas and big dreams.
Peter Griffin Case in 2005 with his daughter, Jessica Van Buren Lewis, at the wedding of his son, Jameson North Case, in the town of Tamworth where he and his wife, Wendy Damon, lived. Jessica's experience in hospice care helped ensure that her father's final days were spent at home in comfort. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
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