Nearly 2 years after Bob Kswani was killed inside Suzy's market, his family is struggling to make ends meet. Now a friend of the family hopes she can make a difference.
Stefanie Cookemboo is collecting donated items and will sell them right out of her mother's garage in Affton during a rummage sale on July 18th.
Anyone wishing to donate items should call 314-620-4625.
The Great Clips in Affton will also donate proceeds from a cut-a-thon on July 12th to the Kswani family.
The store is located at 9427 Gravois Rd.
One reason for her passion is she knew Kswani and says he was willing to offer anyone help who needed it.
She's also upset the family has yet to raise enough money for a headstone.
"Just a plaque their I mean it's just a little plastic piece with his name and his birth date and his date of death," said Kamal Kswani, Bob's oldest son.
The plastic plaque is near the very back of the Park Lawn Cemetery where a simple cross marks Kswani's gravesite.
Cookemboo hopes to collect enough donated items to not only pay for a headstone but also keep Kswani's widow and four children from losing their home.
They're on the brink of foreclosure.
"They don't deserve it at all and it breaks my heart to watch them go through what they've gone through," said Cookemboo.
Kswani was known as "Mr. Fix-It" and a dependable neighbor who helped others when he could. An immigrant from Lebanon, Kswani was working to give this family the American dream when he was gunned down.
His oldest son thinks about his father constantly.
"Every day, every minute," he said.
"They didn't ask for this they didn't plan for it and they don't deserve it," said Cookemboo.
Kswani hoped his oldest son would got to college but that won't happen just yet. Kamal is working in hopes of giving his younger siblings the life his father dreamed about. Even though that dream ended tragically far too soon.
Stefanie Cookemboo is collecting donated items and will sell them right out of her mother's garage in Affton during a rummage sale on July 18th.
Anyone wishing to donate items should call 314-620-4625.
The Great Clips in Affton will also donate proceeds from a cut-a-thon on July 12th to the Kswani family.
The store is located at 9427 Gravois Rd.
One reason for her passion is she knew Kswani and says he was willing to offer anyone help who needed it.
She's also upset the family has yet to raise enough money for a headstone.
"Just a plaque their I mean it's just a little plastic piece with his name and his birth date and his date of death," said Kamal Kswani, Bob's oldest son.
The plastic plaque is near the very back of the Park Lawn Cemetery where a simple cross marks Kswani's gravesite.
Cookemboo hopes to collect enough donated items to not only pay for a headstone but also keep Kswani's widow and four children from losing their home.
They're on the brink of foreclosure.
"They don't deserve it at all and it breaks my heart to watch them go through what they've gone through," said Cookemboo.
Kswani was known as "Mr. Fix-It" and a dependable neighbor who helped others when he could. An immigrant from Lebanon, Kswani was working to give this family the American dream when he was gunned down.
His oldest son thinks about his father constantly.
"Every day, every minute," he said.
"They didn't ask for this they didn't plan for it and they don't deserve it," said Cookemboo.
Kswani hoped his oldest son would got to college but that won't happen just yet. Kamal is working in hopes of giving his younger siblings the life his father dreamed about. Even though that dream ended tragically far too soon.
