“I’m in shock,” Rep. Geoff Luxenberg, D-Manchester, wrote in a Facebook post early Friday. “On Wednesday — just two days ago — I promised him that we would make him Man of the Year in Manchester and invite him to an event here because of his heart and dedication and leadership for helping our community with crumbling concrete foundations as banks committee chairman. Being the selfless and kind soul he was, he was too busy giving me credit for the legislation he moved out of the committee he chaired. He was always thinking of everyone else and how to help him — completely selfless. I’ve never met a nicer, kinder, more selfless person. I literally can’t believe he is gone.”