colton >> Isaac Gebreslassie Amanios was well-respected in the close-knit Eritrean-American community.
He was someone who was there to help, and he frequently challenged young people to push themselves, especially in educational endeavors, family and friends say.
Amanios, 60, was a man with "an expansive mind," said Robel Tekleib, his brother-in-law, outside St.