Philip Dhanens was a big guy with a big heart. Funny, personable and never inconspicuous at 6 feet 5 inches and 310 pounds, he was an incorrigible joker with an observant sense of humor that could reduce his older brothers to tears and get priests laughing during Mass. When he started college at Fresno State in the fall of 2012, his parents, Diane and Paul Dhanens, could never have anticipated the heartache that would follow.
This article was published in Bakersfield Life on Nov 28 2014.
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