KEVIN M. COSGROVE: 'A Good
Snuggler'
"Mommy, it broke my heart when Daddy died because he
was a good snuggler," said 4-year-old Elizabeth
Cosgrove.
She was speaking of her father, Kevin M. Cosgrove, who
was vice president of claims at Aon. Wendy Cosgrove
simply held her daughter close and said, "I know."
Mr. Cosgrove, 46, of West Islip, N.Y., did a great
balancing act between work and home, Mrs. Cosgrove said.
He could often be seen shoveling the walks of elderly
widows in winter and helping elderly couples carry bulky
packages throughout the year, she said.
But he especially liked to indulge his children:
Brian, 12; Claire, 10, and Elizabeth.
"`Mommy, Daddy let us eat dinner backward,' the kids
used to say to me when I would come home after they had
spent a day with him," Mrs. Cosgrove recalled with a
chuckle. "We ate brownies and ice cream before dinner. I
would tell him that it made me look like the bad guy
because I made them eat dinner. It was funny."
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