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for Matthew Kota
Jenna Edenholm-Cox
September 10, 2008
Ummmm im soo sry about your lose i remember matt from church and skating.... in batavia...... and from sean his brother
Aaron Graber
September 9, 2008
Jason, I just heard about your loss. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please email me if you ever want to talk. I still consider you one of my best friends.
Dina Graber
September 9, 2008
I was very sadden to hear of your loss, my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time
Mercedes Wagoner
September 8, 2008
Hi..... MY name is Mercedes. I am one of Sarahs friends. I pray for your family and I am very sorry. I know what it feels like.
Love,
Mercedes Wagoner
Lisa Piccione
September 8, 2008
I was a substitute Spanish teacher at Byron Bergen, and I remember Matt well. He was a wonderful individual.
Please accept my family's warmest wishes for you all.
Matthew Christensen
September 8, 2008
Matt was a great person to be around. I am his neighbor to this day. I remember always seeing him in the halls. He was a great person. I remember hearing him and his brother Sean on their four wheelers. I was sad for seeing him go and I saw the look on Matthew's friends and family members as they picked up his coffin and walked to the car. I could see the sorrow and I want to let his parents and friends know that I always cared for him and others. It's such a shame to see you go Matt and I will miss you. You will always be a part in my life. Best wishes to his family. Glad to be a neighbor with you guys.
Joan Graber
September 7, 2008
So sorry for you loss. Try to remember the happy days you had with him. Love Joan Graber
Ken Holdsworth
September 7, 2008
Our deepest sympathies for your family at this most difficult time.
Brittany Zinter
September 5, 2008
I will keep all surviving of Matt in my thoughts and prayers. He was a terrific kid to see around the halls, fun guy to talk to. This a terrible thing to have to go through, but it helps the rest of us come to realize how dear our lives really are and how much we must cherish them. I wish all the best in the next coming months, years, and so forth to his family. It's another heartbreak for the people connected to Byron-Bergen students. Remember to love all and keep your loved ones closest in times like these.
Mary K. Hicks
September 5, 2008
The entire Kota family is, and has been in my thoughts and prayers since this ordeal started. I hope each day your pain and void lessesns for each of you. I know you have a great support system and that will help greatly in the days ahead. With love and sympathy. Mary Hicks
John, Deb and Tyler Pratt
September 5, 2008
Our hearts are with you at this time of loss.. You are an incredibly loving family and Matthew was such a strong, courageous young man. He will be missed by so many but his heart and spirit will go on.. May peace be with you all at this time of sorrow and the joyeous memories you have help carry you through this time.
We leave you with this poem...
Be still like the grass on a melancholy summer day
Be still like desert shrub.
Be calm and you will hear your loved one speak, in the stillness, in the calm, their love resounds.
If you are still this promise I make, you will hear the voice of your loved one helping you along your way.
vicky truax
September 5, 2008
September 5, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Our hearts are broken for your family.
Our family memory is of Sean and Matthew riding 4 wheelers with our son Connor Stefaniak. The 3 boys rode to our home in Bergen. When Matthew saw our son Taylor's 1972 Buick Skylark, in the backyard, he asked Connor if he could drive it.
Connor told him no, but he would start it up for him. We continue to pray for your family and ask for strength at this time of sorrow.
Stan & Vicky Truax, Connor, Whitley & Steele
Linny Chase
September 5, 2008
I pray that the Lord will give you the strength and courage that you need in your pain and grief.
RENEE CASSIDY
September 5, 2008
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, MATT WAS A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN AND WE ARE GLAD WE GOT TO BE A PART OF HIS LIFE, YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS.
GOD BLESS
BOB, RENEE, KEN, AND TONY CASSIDY
Loretta Nowicki
September 5, 2008
My heart is broken for all of you. With my deepest sympathy and love, Aunt Loretta
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