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WILLIAM SHUMAN Obituary

William "Bill" Shuman 8/26/68 - 9/7/09 The Lord called Bill home before we were through with him at the young age of 41. He left behind his wife Patty, 7 children, 2 grandchildren, dad William, mom Mary, 2 sisters and lots of family who loved him dearly. He touched so many lives with his humor and zest for life. Bill's life will be celebrated on Saturday, September 12th from 3-8pm at 306 134th St. S., Tacoma. Donations may be made through US Bank under William Shuman.

Published by News Tribune (Tacoma) on Sep. 12, 2009.
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Three years ago I lost the most important person in my life! The loss of you Bill has been tremendous! I've struggled for three years to find a path I don't feel guilt or disappointment in! I've had so many people put obstacles in my path and I've had to hurdle over them to get to where I am today. A lot of people have no clue how hard it has been losing you and the impact it's caused, they look in from a narrow view on how and what I should or shouldn't be doing! Its hindered by grieving process substantially! I've had difficulties allowing people to care about me and love me! I'm finally at a point that I'm giving myself permission to love someone again as fully as I did you. That in no way devalues the love you and I shared, it's actually a compliment to our love because had I not been able to love you and be loved by you I would never have had the ability to love someone again! I promised you til death do us part, I kept my promise! Most people nowadays can't say the same! I loved you then and I love you now and nothing will ever change that! You are so important to me Bill that I wish you were here so I could tell you just how much and I love you more than you ever knew! I'm going to continue to celebrate your life in a manner which I honor you and cherish you forever! I miss you Bill and absolutely love you to the edges of heaven and beyond! If I were able to give you one thing it would be to let you see the love so many people have for you and how you impacted so many people. You were an amazing son, brother, uncle, husband, father and best friend! Even three years later your legacy continues to put smiles on everyone's faces. You're miss so very very much! I will say it again, you were just too young and had so much more to do in your life before it was taken away from you! It's unfair and I'm still angry but I know I can't change it no matter how much I try! You were a blessing in my life and I thank grateful everyday I had the time I had with you and the most wonderful gifts you gave me with Kyleigh and Austin! We all miss you and love you dearly! You will never be forgotten!

Patricia Shuman

September 7, 2012

Well it is hard to believe you left us 3 years ago sept 7..Wish you were to see Zack graduate.put Zack nows you will be there in his heart...Missed your jokes and seeing you playing with all the kids..Never forget you are greatly missed by so many people...We all Love and miss you..RIP BFF Bill...Love Larry Debbie and family

Debbie

September 6, 2012

I realize today isn't your date of death but it is Labor Day at 8:40 pm and my thoughts are of how much we all miss you! I still hate this day and feel numb that you were ripped out of our lives so soon! Most days we think happy thoughts and all the wonderful things you did but there are some days such as today I find myself reminiscing about days prior to your death and the night my world came crashing down! It still saddens me you're not here with Kyleigh, Austin and I but I know deep down God had a plan and you were needed in heaven! We all love you Bill! In our wedding vows we promised to love each other til death do us part, I've fulfilled that promise plus I will love you for my life as well no matter where my life takes me! Miss you more than words can say! You're loved to the edges of heaven and beyond forever and always!

Patricia Shuman

September 3, 2012

Bill,
Happy birthday! We had a great day yesterday celebrating for your birthday. We all miss you so much and year by year it doesnt seem to get any easier. Your memory will continue to stay with us. I hope that you have been watching over us and know how much you are loved and missed. I am forever grateful of the time we had you in our lives. You had a huge impact on my family that no one could ever understand.We love you uncle Billy... and momo jo wanted me to tell you that you dont stink... ha ha ha I am confident that your are listening and watching us and know exactly what she is talking about. With much love forever and always!!! Happy Birthday!!

Tiffany Halbert

August 27, 2012

I am so sorry Bill my writing to you was bad this morning so lets try this again..Happy Birthday hope you had a good one we celebrated your birthday with a bbq and balloons to you in heaven...Hope you had your coke and some of your favorite foods..You are missed so bad Zack graduates and turns eighteen and liz turns sixteen they syre wish you were here for there special days but they know you are in the heart and watching over them...Your BFF sister from another mother Debbie

Debbie

August 26, 2012

Happy birthday dad. I love you and I miss you a whole bunch. Wish you were here with me.
Love your lil man
Austin

Austin Shuman

August 26, 2012

Hi daddy it's Kyleigh. I wanted to tell you happy birthday. I sure do miss you everyday! I start school tomorrow in California and wish you were here like you were my first day of kindergarten. I love you and miss you daddy.
Your princess
Kyleigh

Kyleigh SHUMAN

August 26, 2012

Happy Birthday Bill! I know you are celebrating in Heaven as we are celebrating your life on earth! The kids and I have started our new journey and adventure in California! We think of you often, which will never ever change. The kids and I enjoyed our day reminiscing and celebrating your life! I always seem to find peace on your birthday because the last one we shared together was so amazing! Your love for us has gotten us this far and will continue to guide us through the rest of our lives! We wish you were here celebrating another amazing birthday with us but even though we know it's not possible physically, you're here in our hearts and souls forever! We love you to the edges of Heaven and beyond forever and always no matter what!

Patricia SHUMAN

August 26, 2012

Happy Birthday to the best brother ever, you are deeply missed and always loved. Hope your enjoying your day today, as we would have loved to celebrate with you. We are going to send off balloons tonight to you as well as have cake and a special dinner in honor of you. I love you Bill, I know your watching over us, and will be there always. Your niece is getting so tall now, she is 5'4 and 1/2 inches tall,and entering high school. She misses you every day and we talk about you alot. Love your sister

Lorrie Martin

August 26, 2012

Happy 44th Birthday..Hope you are having your coke and steak and sitting back enjoying..you are missed by all...Happmother...y birthday mickey mouse,BFF, Brother from another mother

August 26, 2012

We would have been celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary last Sunday. It's still so hard to believe our life together was cut so short! It just doesn't get easier! I miss you. I miss the love we shared. We are getting ready to embark on a new adventure in our lives and I so wish you were here to share it with us. You are still thought of every single day and missed so very very much! I loved being your wifey Bill! It is what made me whole! I love you to the edges of heaven and beyond! The kids love and miss you more than any words can express!
<3 Always -n- Forever your wifey and kids!

Patricia, Kyleigh and Austin Shuman

July 10, 2012

Happy Father's Day Bill! I wish you were here to enjoy the kids today! We love and miss you so very very much! It's so difficult to celebrate Father's Day without you! Tonight the kids and I will be sending your balloons and setting off lanterns to you. Sure wish you were here! You're loved to the edges of Heaven and beyond!

Patricia Shuman

June 17, 2012

Gosh does this ever get any easier? I hate that you're not here! I miss you honey more than I could ever express in words! Aside from missing you terribly things are good, kids are doing well. You'd be such a proud daddy of your kids! We are working on something very special for you and can't wait til it's complete. Life has taken on a new course for the kids and I but it's a step in the right direction. I had to take some time just for me to remember all of the things we talked about doing in life and I'm setting them into motion with you in mind. I hope you're proud of what I'm doing. I'm pretty sure you are. :-) It took me some time to get back on track but I'm taking ahold of life the way we talked about life being. You're so loved and missed! Keep smiling down from heaven, it makes it worth it! I love you Bill with all my heart and soul til we are reunited again. To the edges of heaven and beyond. <3 always your wifey

Patricia Shuman

May 1, 2012

Well Easter is around the corner and I was looking for pics for something else and found lots of pics of you and Kyleigh and Austin...Life has been busy but none of us ever forget about you...We talk about you lots..Sure wish you were here to see all the fun stuff going on...You are missed greatly you will never be forgotten..
One of your BFF Debbie

Debbie Young

April 3, 2012

I miss you today Bill! You have been on my mind a lot lately. I wonder about what would be different if you were here. My family is comming together, and I hope you are watching as we take our next steps. Nothing can replace having you here, but just know that we love you and miss you.

Tiffany H

March 29, 2012

God how I miss you. I'm finally taking back my life and getting back on track where I belong. Alone with Kyleigh and Austin. I didn't have enough time to gather myself after losing you to be able to move forward. Too much too soon. Being a widow complicates all relationships. It's tough because I love and miss you so much that it doesn't allow me to move forward. Everyday I find myself begging God to send you back home to us. You're so missed. Life just will never be the same without you by my side. You are and always will be my soulmate. My heart will never heal the wound your loss has created. I love and miss you so very much more and I won the day you walked into my life because you completed me. You're loved to the edges of Heaven and beyond. <3 your wifey forever

Patricia Shuman

March 28, 2012

Bill,
Sorry I am late. I meant to write to you the other day, but as usual life is in the way. I wish you were here, very much. Life continues to go downhill everyday. Its a constant battle. You mean the world to us still, even if our actions done show it. We sent you balloons. Cayden likes to write you. I am not sure how its possible because he was so young,but he remembers you. I dont have to tell him who you are or where you are. He knows. The kids miss you lots. Morgan knows who you are but mostly because we show her pictures often. Plus she likes her purply bookmark. ha ha... You will never be forgotten and will forever be in our hearts and memories!We love you !

Tiffany

October 11, 2011

Bill it has been 2 years you were taken from all of us...I know you are looking down on us watching everything...I miss your jokes....I miss hearing fish,,,the coke sound,your smart comments...All the old times we had together....God should not have taken you..Your nieces and nephew miss you we miss you...Your little man looks so much like you...You would be so proud of all your children...Take care up in heaven and thanks for watching down on us...Your BFF sister

debbie young

September 9, 2011

Well bill u will always be in my prayers and my heart u are a good person god bless u love u always

Beaver

September 7, 2011

Bill,
It is hard to believe that it has been 2 yrs today that you left us. Our lives are not the same without you here. I have been thru some pretty bad times in the last year and its not over yet, but hopefully you are watching down and making sure that God makes me well enough to be here to watch Shelby grow up and get married. I love you and miss you so very much. Shelby is in 8th grade now, and grown so much. She is such a lady now. She misses you every day. Give our relatives up there a big hug and kiss for me. Mom sends her love as well and misses you terribly. We sent off balloons to you on your Birthday, mom, Bonnie, Tanya, Catelyn, Noah, Shelby and I then we all had cake to celebrate the wonderful man you are. They came down here so we could all be together to celebrate YOU!

Love you always,
Lorrie, Shelby and Mom

Lorrie Martin

September 7, 2011

So today would of been the two year mark of your departure from this world. Words cant describe how much i miss you. It was always the simple things that made my life amazing whether it was washing the tow truck way back when or just hearing that simple snap of the coke can. You will always be the greatest uncle to me no matter what happens.I know whom i am loved by and adored by and i know deep down that your one of them and that your watching down over me watching my every move... and i know when i stub my toe or hit my funny bone.. I know its just you guiding me on to a healthier lifestyle and a pathway that will lead me to success. I love and miss you Uncle Bill and Miss you tons. Love Zack.

Zack Young

September 7, 2011

No long drawn out message today! It's just too much this year! I'm struggling more and more as the reality is setting in that life as I knew it has completely and eternally changed! I'm struggling in my widowhood! My walls are being built again because the pain is suffocating! I love you and miss you more than anyone in this world knows! You were a truly amazing man and the most loving father to your children! We all lost so much the day you were ripped out of our lives. I often beg God to please send you home to your children, unfortunately I believe God has better plans for you. We love and miss you to the edges of heaven and beyond forever and ever and always! We sent our messages to you on your balloons! Hope you know how much you're loved and miss!!!! <3 forever ur family

Patricia, Kyleigh & Austin Shuman

September 7, 2011

Bill, tomorrow our little boy begins his journey of being a new student in Kindergarten. I lost you 2 years ago shortly after our little girl went off to begin her journey in Kindergarten, who is now a 2nd grader.

Tomorrow brings with it joy, love and excitement, but also sadness and tears. You are missed greatly and tomorrow you will not be there with ius physically to watch our little boy head off to kindergarten and our little girl head off to 2nd grade but we know you will be with us in our hearts and souls and watching down from Heaven with a smile on your face because you couldn't be a prouder daddy.

We all love and miss you beyond measure and wish you were able to be here with us tomorrow.
Forever your family

Patricia Shuman

August 31, 2011

Dear Dad i wish you could be here today. you were a sweet dad to Me and Austin. You made my days easier. You were the best dad ever. You are missed so much dad. Mom always tells me that you loved me and Austin very much and that all we have to do is think about you cause you are always in our hearts. Happy birthday.I love you with all my heart.
Love,
Your baby girl Kyleigh Rose

kyleigh shuman

August 26, 2011

Dad,
Happy birthday dad. I love you and miss you this much (stretching his arms out wide). I am starting kindergarten soon and I am kind of excited. Wish you were here to gowith me. That's all I got to say.
Love,
Austin(your sweet little boy)

Austin Shuman

August 26, 2011

Today marks what would have been your 43rd birthday. Still doesn't seem fair at all that you were taken from us at the age of 41 full of life and love. I am struggling more this year as it seems and I just wish things had not turned out this way. You would be proud of me though I am taking the steps I need to make my way through this grief, which at times seems so unbearable. I went to a Widow Camp in San Diego this month and really learned a lot. I finally felt normal again, like I could actually breathe again. My heart aches every day watching the kids do different things with the emptiness of knowing you will never get to experience these things with them. It is just an unfairness I hate so much. I cannot explain the anger that runs through me because we were all so cheated. I realize life does go on but it will never ever be the same again, that is a difficult transition. I have been writing a lot lately to try to get my feelings out rather than holding them in. I miss you that is something I just can't get past. I love you and will love you til the day I die, which is something I cherish. I honored our vows of 'til death do us part. I kept my end of the bargain to love you forever. Our forever!

I know you are up in Heaven, enjoying God's paradise and watching over us. I take comfort in knowing that you are in a much better place than we are. I know that we are selfish down here and want you back in our lives because you made such a wonderful impact on everyone you met, whether it was for a short period of time or a long period of time, you blessed everyone with your humor and your love. We are all better individuals because we were lucky enough to have had you in our lives.

Your birthday just marks one of those days where we can celebrate who you were and how you affected us. I am completely grateful God blessed me with the time I shared with you on this earth and that by far made me the richest woman ever. I am grateful to have been loved by you and to forever love you!

Please keep watching over us and thank you for all that you did and for who you were.

Happy birthday Bill! Heaven is just a little more wonderful today! :-)

You are today and every day loved to the edges of Heaven and beyond!
<3 Your wifey!

Patricia Shuman

August 26, 2011

Bill you are missed beyond words..Happy Birthday....We sit around looking at pics..Missing you terrible..We miss your jokes and your laughter..

On Your Birthday

No cake or candles here today
Or presents for you to open
Just love from friends who want to say
Happy Birthday, and that we're hoping
Somehow you can see and know
That we have not forgotten you
That we still remember, even though
You've departed from our view
And if you see us here below
And wonder why we care
It's just because we want to show
That a part of you is still here
You live within each memory's heart
And so you remain, though we're apart....Love Your BFFS Larry and Debbie Niece Angela Nephews Zack and Joseph and your niece (Brat) Liz...

Debbie Young

August 25, 2011

This week is a difficult week! We would be celebrating our 10th year together and 5th wedding anniversary on Friday July 8th! I think of you often and miss you every day. I think of the time we were together and consider myself very blessed to have shared love with you. I still believe it wasn't nearly enough time together but I know without a doubt the time we shared was amazing. Yes, we had good times and bad times which is what made our relationship so wonderful because we always came out on top!

I was very blessed when you walked into my life all those years ago. Who would have thought something like that happening that day would have brought two people so close together. Even though Daniel and David made mistakes that day, I'm grateful they did! :)

The kids miss you very much and still talk of you often. Austin will be starting school this year, which as you know will be bitter sweet for me. I so wish you were here to see all the kid's firsts. You were so cheated out of their lives and they were cheated out of you being their wonderful daddy!

I know some people reading this can't understand how I can say some of these things and be in a new relationship but I know you understand. I have made room in my heart to be loved and to love again because I was able to share something so wonderful with you. Because of our love I was able to see how great love is and how important it is to have. I love you dearly and always will. Nothing or noone in this world will ever change that.

Thank you for being an amazing man, best friend, lover, husband, and the most amazing father to all our children. We are all who we are today because you loved us! Love and Miss you to the edges of Heaven and beyond!

Patricia Shuman

July 5, 2011

I have started my grief support group and feel like your death is happening all over again. I feel so lost without you. I am trying to move forward with my life but it sure seems to be more difficult than I could have imagined. I find myself having walls up that are very difficult to take down and I feel badly for the people in my life trying to tear the walls down because I continue to build it higher. The kids are truly amazing and I am grateful every second of everyday that I was blessed with the ability to have your kids. They are just that. Austin is so much like you and Kyleigh is so compassionate and loving. You would be so proud of them. Austin has been enrolled in kindergarten, which was bitter sweet for me, as you should have been there with me doing it. Just because I am trying to love someone again does not in anyway shape or form, devalue the love I share with you or disrespect you. I was truly blessed that you were apart of my life and nothing will ever change that. Not even someone else in my life. I have made some major decisions in my life and I may be starting a new chapter in our lives soon. A fresh start. You have no idea how much you effected my life while you were alive and even now in death. My heart has a huge void in it without you here. A void I am not sure anyone will ever fill. I don't feel I am whole anymore which is creating quite a difficult situation with Rich and I but you would be happy to know the kids and I are very loved. I think they find a lot of comfort in him being here. We talk of you often and you are never far from thought. If I didn't tell you enough while you were alive, I must tell you again, you were am amazing man, father and best friend. I so miss your sense of humor and all the teasing you did. You are missed beyond measure and loved to the edges of Heaven and beyond.
Forever,
Me & the kids

Patricia Shuman

April 6, 2011

Well we managed through the 2nd Christmas without you. Seemed so much harder this year than last. You are still very much on all our minds and there will never be a day when you aren't. You impacted so many lives with your great personality and humor. I am grateful for the time we had together. I still believe it is better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all. I am blessed to have shared our 8 years together. I am a better person because I had you in my life. I will love you til the day I am able to see you again. Missing you and loving you always to the edges of Heaven and beyond.

Patricia Shuman

December 28, 2010

Thinking of you a lot lately. The holidays are so hard. I miss you Bill. I know we would be enjoying the holidays with the kids. This year for some reason seems so much harder than last year, maybe because I was so numb last year. This year I feel so alone! There will never be a day that I don't miss you or love you! I love you just as much today as I did the day you left us. I still feel very cheated out of our lives together. I know it wasn't always perfect but you were my perfect! :) I love and miss you greatly every single day.
ALWAYS YOUR WIFEY!

Patricia Shuman

December 14, 2010

I hate that when I need my best friend in the entire world to talk to, you are not here! I may have people in my life but somehow feel so very alone! I miss you Bill! My life is never going to be the same without you! The kids miss you so much, it kills me! I wish I could do something to ease their pain. All I can do is comfort them! The funny part of that is they comfort me so much more just by being them! :) You'd be such a proud dad! I still love and miss you every day!

Patricia Shuman

November 12, 2010

Dad,
Me and Austin have loved you since the day we were born and I wish I could of spent more time with you. Austin sure misses you and I wish I could make it better for him. He is my little brother and I have wish he could have had more time with you.

I love you so very much Dad.
<3 Kyleigh Roses

Kyleigh Shuman

October 11, 2010

Uncle Bill,

I miss you greatly. I wish you were here right now. These last one years have been extremely hard for me. Even the past two weeks. I wish there was someway there was a way to go through time and tell you to go to the doctor so September 7 would never come... I just wish you were here i love you lots and miss you greatly and i promise i will write more often -Love Zack

Zack Young

October 10, 2010

Hi Bill, Miss you but know that you are out there keeping and eye out for all your loved ones. Wish I could give you a big hug and tell you that I am proud of the person you became. Love ya

Mo and Stevie Speck

October 7, 2010

i miss you so very very much. i miss the times we tease each other or others i miss the times we played on the boat and you tried to kill me and i miss all the fun we had with our cars boy i miss my brother so very much. man this sucks with out you. i love so very much.

sean givens

September 29, 2010

i miss my brother and my best friend.
man this sucks with out you.

September 29, 2010

i miss my brother and my best friend.
man this sucks with out you.

September 29, 2010

ok here i am once again trying to reach you and let you know that i miss you so much, i know it wont be a real long time and ill see you again as time goes faster where you are in heaven. keep them laughing as you did for us here,say hello to all our people up there, and take good care of everyone too. son, i love and miss you so much and i think of you every day. look out for us here too. mom

mary shuman

September 7, 2010

to my dad
i wish you wr her. you are the best dad in the howi wrld. i love you and miss you so mush dad. one wish i have wod be to have you bac today dad. i love you and miss you. i just wish you wr her for me and austin i like 1st grad it is so mush fun. the frst day was hard with out you. i rile love and miss you. and austin loves you and misses you dad.
love kyleigh

Kyleigh Shuman

September 6, 2010

To Dad:
Happ brtha, I love you and miss you Dad. I wish you wr her today Dad. I fil rile bad for Austin. I'm not kiten Dad. I love you. Miss you.
From Kyleigh.

Translation:
Happy Birthday. I love you and miss you Dad. I wish you were here today Dad. I feel really bad for Austin Im not kidding Dad. I love you. Miss you.
From Kyleigh.

Kyleigh Shuman

September 6, 2010

My dearest husband and greatest father in the world,
How is it possible that an entire year has gone by without you here? How have we all survived an entire year? Why did we have to miss out on your laughter, your humor, your friendship, and your love? Why were you taken from all of us so soon when noone could ever find a better friend, partner, Dad, papa, son, brother uncle or nephew? Why were you cheated out of being a great father when you were finally able to be?

All these questions remain unanswered and continue to bother me everyday! I lost my very best friend a year ago and feel very alone! I realize now that I was lonelier than I was willing to admit! I lost my soulmate! The person I could turn to for anything! The arms I knew would always hold me in my time of need! Where are those arms now when I need them so much! I miss you terribly! I know there is nothing I could ever do to change the outcome 1 year ago, I know my life and the lives of our children are changed for life! I continue to cherish the most precious gifts you gave me! Our children! You would be so proud of how they are growing! Kyleigh started 1st grade with a bit of tears knowing her daddy wasn't there to share her day with her! Austin continues to be more and more like you! I see so much of your personality in him! I love them both so very much! Thank you for giving me the most wonderful thing to remember you forever! They are constant reminders of you and the person I fell in love with! I have tried to show them everyday that you are never ever far from their hearts! You are always with them! I'm grateful for how much they are like you! Sometimes it hurts like hell, other times it warms my heart!

I've had to adjust my life to something new and I sometimes feel incomplete and angry that I've been given a new life without you! I've been living my life with you on the forefront of my mind everyday! I grieve for you but I grieve more for our children that will miss out on all the great things they would have experienced with you! Like playing ball with your son! Like Kyleigh's first boyfriend! Watching them grow up! I wish I could of taken your place strictly so you were given the opportunity to enjoy all the wonderful and amazing things as a father!

As with every month on the 7th we continue the tradition of sending you balloons to Heaven with lots of hugs and kisses. This month particularly, we are sending you them with extra special messages of the wonderful reasons we love you and how much we miss you! I love you today as much as the last time we spoke those words to each other! You will always be my best friend and my soulmate! I can't imagine loving anyone as much! I know I'm trying but unfairly I still can't give the love I shared with you! I wish you were here and I struggle everyday we are not together! You are and always will be loved to the edges of Heaven and beyond for as long as I shall live!

The kids were robbed of an amazing father. They mention you every single day and I do everything I can to keep your memory alive for them. I just wish you were here with them, they miss you so much! I hate when they hurt and I can't do anything to fix their hurt! I can't take their pain away. I share with them all the wonderful things you did for them and they will forever know the love you had for them and know they love you forever and ever. You are never far away as each one of us holds you in our hearts.

Patricia Shuman

September 6, 2010

To my BFF.
Your missed beyond words. This has been one rough year..My house misses you terrible.The kids are wishing that they did not have school tomorrow..I told them you would want them to be in school and think of all the good times they had with you..I hope you know what kind of impact you had on these kids..All these kids...You will always be in our hearts and minds always..This will be a hard day..But just needed to write and tell you you are greatly missed and thought of always and talk about you all the time...I miss your fish comments...We love you and miss you...Debbie Larry Angela Zack Liz and Joseph

September 6, 2010

My dear brother,
It's hard to believe that tomorrow marks 1 year that you have been gone from us. So many things have happened in that 1 year. Some good, some not so good, and some bad things. I can't begin to tell you how much we miss you. We had a wonderful memorial for you close to your birthday. We sent balloons to heaven with messages for you, as well as lite candles and talked about how much we miss you and love you. I know you are up there watching us, and sometimes shaking your head at the things that are going on without you down here to keep us strong, but know this we love you and miss you so very much and will never forget your wonderful sense of humor or laughter. I know your neice misses you so very much. We talk about you alot and all the fun times we have had with you. She misses you more then she misses her dad who has been absent from her life for over 9 months now. If I could have one wish and have it come true, it would be to have you back with us, your family and friends. I know when I get to heaven you and I will have to catch up, and make up for all the time we lost. Can you believe it Shelby is a 7th grader now. She is taller then I am and wears a bigger shoe size then me as well. I know you would be so proud of her Bill for all the hell we have gone thru in the last year, she is standing strong and nothing is going to get her down. Tomorrow we will release some balloons to heaven for you with messages from our hearts to yours. I hope you are enjoying your time with Grandma Shirley and everyone else who has gone on before you. I know mom misses you as well, and thinks of you all the time. Sending love and kisses to you from Shelby and I. We love and miss you very much.

Lorrie Martin

September 6, 2010

hey there dad...you old man you would have been 42 today...and i just want you to know how much i miss you and love you....my life will never be the same without you....im am so thankful that i had you in my life i wish you could have stayed longer...but i know it wasnt your choice...your grandaughter is gettin very big and more of a handful everyday but she will never forget you she knows who her gpa is...she kisses your pictures all the time...she is and will always be "gg" (grandpas girl) i wish you knew how much you meant to me you were the best dad in the whole world you will always be my dad and noone will ever tell me different...i love you soooooo much and miss you every passin day....it still hurts me to look at your pictures but i hope someday it will be easier cause i miss seein your face....and i wish you were here...i remember all the good times with you and i will always hold those memories in my heart where they will stay forever...i miss you picking on me everyday...i miss your mean mugs and i miss bein able to cry on your shoulder when i had a bad day....you would make me smile even when i didnt think it was possible at the time....and that ill miss the most....i know you would be enjoying your grandaughter she is just too cute and i have you to thank everyday for helping me make the best decision in my life and that is keepin my wonderful daughter.....so thank you dad...i know you are up there watchin over all of us and makin sure we stay safe....i just wish we had more time together and that hurts me that we didnt...but just know i love you and think about you every day bill happy birthday dad i love and miss you sooooo much words cant even begin to tell you....

love you
happy birthday old man...

theresa perez

August 26, 2010

Happy Birthday Bill! You are really on my mind today. We miss you more than words will ever be able to express. I wish you were here to celebrate another year with us. It just doesn't seem possible that you are no longer here with us. I am so grateful to have thrown your surprise party last year with people there that you hadn't seen in years. I try very hard to think you are in a better place but the best place for you is here with us! We love you dearly and have lost one of the most amazing people in our lives! Wish you were here today so we could say happy birthday to you! Happy birthday baby I love you just as much today as I loved you when you were here! You are loved to the edges of Heaven and beyond forever and always.

The kids miss you so very much. It's hard to see them cry for you when you are not here. They want to say Happy Birthday to you too! We are sending balloons to Heaven tonight for you with birthday cards they made for you! They love you so much! We talk about you everyday!

Happy birthday and know that there will never be a day you are not loved and thought of!

Patricia` Shuman

August 26, 2010

Bill Happy Birthday...I sure miss my BFF. I hope you know how much you are missed and loved...You should be here getting ready to celebrate your bday with everyone.It has not been a easy 11 months. I hope you realize what a whole you have left in so many lives....Liz says to tell you that your BRAT loves and misses you and happy birthday she misses you calling her BRAT.....Its hard to believe you left us almost one year ago...We love you and always will your in our hearts always.....Have a good Birthday up in heaven...

Debbie Young

August 26, 2010

Bill, its almost been a year. You are heavy on my mind lately. I think of you all the time, and I think of the children. We are still not the same without you. Dustin talk of you everyday. You were so important to him. I cannot explain the pain that everyone is expiereincing even now this long afterwards. Its as if it happened yesterday. I know that grandma is there with you. I only hope that you know how much we loved you and how much we will continue loving you till we meet again.

Tiffany

August 9, 2010

Well Bill today you would have been so excited to see Kyleigh at her school performance. She did such an awesome job! You would have been so proud of her! I cry every time something like this goes on because I feel so bad that you and the kids were so cheated out of these times! You should be here to see this stuff for yourself! Kyleigh has a hard time doing things like this without me telling her you are here watching her from the best seat in the world! Austin, is turning into you more and more every single day. He must of paid a lot more attention to you while you were here than we thought, he has your sense of humor! Sometimes I look at him and just hug his as tightly as I can because he is so much like you! He is random like you too! He keeps a smile on my face! They miss you more than words can describe and I know each day is suppose to get easier but I know that just isn't true. My mom's death anniversary is tomorrow and even after 23 years it hurts! I miss you very much. Life still will never ever be the same without you by my side. Some people think because I am attempting to love again, that I love you less! Well, that just is not possible! My heart is struggling with grief and love at the same time and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't! I knew what I wanted in life with you, now I am trying to figure everything out again! I talk to you every day and look at your pictures and can't help but smile at all the great times we shared! I know a lot has happened in the last 8 months and you are probably looking down wishing you were here so things were right again! I would still give anything for you to be here and have our lives back to normal! I doubt normal will ever exist again! I am trying. I am focusing on the things that matter most and that is the kids! They are the only things that matter in this world! We love you Bill to the edges of heaven and beyond forever and always. Still your wifey and soulmate! Kyleigh and Austin still send you messages every month or whenever they need to say something to you! They love you more than all the stars in the sky...even the ones you can't see! Loving you, your family!

Patricia Shuman

June 1, 2010

Well tomorrow you left us 6 months ago.You are deeply missed.Lots has happened but you made us strong and we will survive.The kids talk about you often. Liz says no one else can call her BRAT because that was her and her uncle Bills thing. She has woke up some mornings saying Uncle loves us. I tell her we all know your Uncle loved us. ZAck has been missing you alot latley in fact her wrote on your memory page on facebook.Bill our friendship will always be there...I wish you were back with us.I got a picture of us when we went out last I will tresure that pic of you forever.I wish you did not leave us.You are in our thoughts always and forever. Your BFF always and sisiter Debbie

Debbie Young

March 6, 2010

My love, four months we have been apart and I am not sure how I can keep going without you! I hope you give me the strength I need to so this! Not a moment goes on that I don't miss you! I miss hearing your voice so much! There is so much you are missing and so much we got cheated out of. Kyleigh and Austin miss you everyday. I try my best to keep you as close as possible. Last night we all went outside to see all the beautiful stars in the sky and to tell you we love you! Kyleigh says she sees you in the stars. They love you so much Bill. You are so missed! I am doing the best I can without you here by my side, but I just am having a hard time dealing with the fact that you just aren't coming home again. I know you are watching over us and love us with as much as love as you did when you were here but somehow life has such a void. My heart is aching for you! I feel so all alone now! No one really knows what to say anymore to me so I am starting to feel more and more secluded. I use to enjoy life now its just a day to day thing I have to do. I love our kids and enjoy them with all my heart but knowing they are growing up without their daddy just tears my heart to pieces. I know I need to keep living baby but it is so unimaginable without you. How do I move forward when the man I love with everything I am isn't in my future with me...I am trying because I know I have to for the kids. I am trying to do what I believe you would want me to do now and some of the changes I need to make are going to very difficult. As you know life has taken more turns and I am dealing with stuff that I should have you by my side with but I know in my heart you are watching and I am listening for any signs you will give me to do what I need to do. I love you honey forever and always to the edges of Heaven and beyond. The kids send you their love every single day and tell sweet dreams every night! :) You are loved beyond measure! You have pieces of all our hearts with you and you will always be in ours! Miss you my love! <3 your kids & wifey for eternity!

Patricia Shuman

January 7, 2010

Well Bill it will be 4 months tomorrow you left all us.we made it through the holidays it was tuff you were on all our minds. cant believe you will not be calling me tomorrow to wish me a happy bday. This will be weird for me...Kids are always thinking about you.Liz says she misses you calling her your brat....Trying to stay stong because i know that is what you would wanted....We Love and miss you deeply....You might be gone but you are never forgotten...BFF always and adopted sis Debbie

Debbie Young

January 6, 2010

Well we somehow made it through our first Christmas without you and still managed some laughter and also shed some tears! We miss you so much and the thought of having a good Christmas just didn't seem all that possible but I did what I promised I would do for you and that is try my best to make it happy even though we are missing you so! If someone would have asked me last year how many Christmas' we would celebrate together that number certainly would not have been so few! I saw us spending many many many years together before we were taken apart by death but sometimes our ideas of what life looks like differs from God's plan! My heart aches every single day and today it seemed to hurt a whole lot more because with all the kids smiling and having fun with Santa there tonight, it really makes me think of how much you would have loved to be there watching their faces light up! Today was very difficult for our kids I think, especially Austin! He sure misses his daddy! We found a video tape of when Austin was born and to be honest with you I almost didn't want to watch it but then we did and I am so grateful that we did because I got to hear your voice and your movements and your silly looks and all the love you seemed to radiate! You kept looking at Austin and smiling and talking to him! I cried but it was bitter sweet because I miss you so much but it was something I truly needed today was the chance to hear your voice! Kyleigh and Austin wished for you as their Christmas presents and I sure wish that was possible because all of us would have given anything we had to make that wish come true! Kyleigh said she would give back all her presents for you to come home! She love you honey and she is your little (big) girl! Bill, as you look down on us everyday and every night, please send us your strength and your love in some way or another to help us through this time and know that when we look up to heaven we know you are watching! We love you to the edges of heaven and beyond, Merry Christmas My Love! Until we are reunited together safely in your arms! Your Wifey and kids!

Patricia Shuman

December 25, 2009

Tomorrow is Christmas, and it doesn't seem right to be celebrating when your not here with us. I know Shelby and I think of you daily and miss you lots. She talks about all the fun times she had with you, stealing your french fries when she was little, rocking out in the car with you, nutting out whenevr you would come to visit. Christmas was always a fun time when we were little, Christmas eve's at Uncle Dannys, going out to see the lights, while Santa came to visit and leave gifts under the tree while the grown ups took a nap after dinner...haha. We are now the parents and I cant imagine Christmas without you this year. My heart breaks cause your gone from us. I hope you are watching down from heaven and watching over everyone. I love you Bill and miss you dearly.

Lorrie Martin

December 24, 2009

Bill it has been 3 months sense you left all of us.It seems so weird with you not here.God i never thought i would miss you saying FISH lol. But I do. Patty and Larry say it for you but it is not the same as you say it. Sorry you 2 but it was the way he said it that made me laugh and say ok Bill....God I never would of thought you would leave us for ever. we had our arguments but we would make up. I am so blessed to have you as a friend and I miss you terrible. You were my best friend and my brother. Please make sure that you and MY MOM have good christmas and that you are watching over us and smiling and laughing. Liz has put your book mark on the mirror for xmas because she says she needs her uncle. We are trying to cope as best as we can. Liz said the other day Mom I am his BRAT and I cant do this i miss him to much god that just kills me. Why did you have to leave all of us.WE WILL ALL ALWAYS MISS YOU AND YOU WILL NEVER BE OUT OF OUR HEARTS......THANKS FOR THE BEST FRIEND ANY ONE COULD OF EVER HAD....

Debbie Young

December 9, 2009

Baby, today is Austin's 4th birthday and yesterday marks 3 months since you God took you! It still doesn't seem possible that you had to leave us so soon! I am so lost without you in my life! I wonder some days how I will make it through another day without you! I know I have to because of the kids but I just miss you so much! There are no words that can express how much you are missed by everyone and certainly no words could ever describe how much I love and miss you! You completed my life honey! Now there is such a void there. I think of you every second of every day! I find myself thinking of all the jokes you would say, or the sayings you would say like "you ain't gotta lie to kick it" and how often you made people smile, no matter what kind of mood they were in! How often I was the one you were teasing about being short! Well, I have to tell you Kyleigh sure finds it funny now to tease me about being short and laughs so hard cause she says you are in heaven laughing too! The kids really miss you too! They have so many times come to me crying and saying they miss you so much! Austin is upset that you are in heaven playing without him! Christmas just doesn't seem so exciting this year, I have no real desire to be festive! We use to love Christmas even though money always seemed to stress us out! Now I find it to be something I would rather bypass all together! I can't though because of the kids! They need some normalcy in their lives, and I am doing my best to give them that! we talk about you every day and say goodnight to you every night! There will never come a day that you will be forgotten! You will always and forever be apart of my life and there will never come a time my love will ever fade! I love you just as much today as I did the last time we touched, probably even more so! The old saying you never know what you got til it's gone is so true! I knew you were an amazing man and the love of my life but now that you're gone I realized just how much that meant! You were a fantastic father, an amazing best friend, a loving husband, and my soulmate for life! I was blessed to have the time with you I did and for that I am grateful, but it was certainly too short! I wish we would have more time to create more memories. I feel like you were so cheated out of Kyleigh and Austin and they were cheated out of you! I hope you are looking down on us with a smile and I hope you will give me the strength to keep going cause this is by far the most painful thing I have ever had to endure! I love you honey to the edges of heaven and beyond! Forever Soulmates and Your Wifey!

Patricia Shuman

December 8, 2009

I can hardly believe it has almost been 3 months since you left us. I think of you every day and wished you were still here. I can still hear your laughter in the quiet of the day when I sit and remember our childhood. I think of all the time we missed out on and am saddened by it. I am so glad we got a chance to talk and make up before you left us. I dont think I could have handled it if we hadnt. I love you Bill and miss you more then words can say. You will always be my baby brother and best friend. I hope you are having fun with the angels and know that we all miss you dearly. Love your sis

Lorrie Martin

December 6, 2009

Hey baby, just wanted to write on here to say we miss you and just cannot believe it's been nearly 7 weeks! I still find myself rolling over in the middle of the night to cuddle with you and I don't find you so I wake up to the reality that you are not there and I start to cry yet again! I have never experienced such a love in my life and the loss of you have been tremendous! Your smile always comforted me and with it gone I have no comfort! I have been trying to stay strong for the kids and I think I am doing an okay job at it but it is by far the most excruciating thing I have ever had to do. I know you are watching over us each and every day but with you not being here physically it is very difficult. I will continue to get stronger with each day because I know that is what you would want from me. I love you with every beat of my heart and to the very depths of my soul. I will look forward to us being reunited in eternity some day, back into the arms of your love, right where I belong! With undying love, Your Wifey!

Patricia Shuman

October 23, 2009

Its hard to believe you left us 1 month ago today.I hope you know how much everyone loves you and misses you.This has been a hard month.It should be getting a little easier but it is not.I miss my best friend (BROTHER).......We love You BILL......Debbie,Larry and Family

Debbie Young

October 7, 2009

My love,
Tomorrow marks one month we have been apart. I cannot believe how hard it has been without you here. The kids miss you so much. We talk to you each and everyday. I still find myself hoping you will walk through the door and give me a hug and kiss. God I miss you! Our love will always be one for the record book. We may not have had a long life together but the years we did have were worth an entire lifetime. No love will ever compare. I miss your smile, your laugh, your humor, your teasing, and your love. I will forever be your WIFEY. No time will ever change that. No tears will return you but there is no sorrow in the love we shared as it was the kind of love people only wish for. You and I will one day be reunited and our love will still be as strong as it is yesterday or today! I love you honey more than all the stars in the sky, even the ones you can't see!!!! I love you more plus some, I WIN!

Patricia Shuman

October 6, 2009

My dear love and soulmate forever,
Words cannot describe the pain I feel not having you here everyday and night but I know you are here with us in our hearts and souls. You were the best thing that has ever happened to me aside from all our children. I feel we were robbed of a long lasting life that we could have grown old together in. I know now I have a job to do with raising Kyleigh and Austin and reminding them everyday how much you loved them. You know how much I love you and always will. You are my soulmate through and through and I love you more I WIN!
Your WIFEY

Patricia Shuman

September 19, 2009

It's so hard to express the life and love that came from one man. He was not only generous with his heart, but with his time. I remember a time that I had locked my keys in my car, while it was running mind you, and he came and rescued me late at night. It didn't matter time of day or the problem, he was there to help. I will always love him and miss him. Love, Tanya.

Tanya Halbert

September 15, 2009

I am so sorry Mary for you and your family I know what it is like to lose someone close
Michell Broom Lazov

michell Broom Lazov

September 14, 2009

Patty,

Sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in our prayers.

Jeremy Baldenegro and Family

Jeremy Baldenegro

September 12, 2009

son, I miss your love,smile,and your gift of making things so much brighter. I know you will be watching over us here. I know it is only time before I see you again. Lots of love always. MOM

mom

September 12, 2009

My dear brother, you have always been my partner in crime and fun. I will always love you with all my heart and soul and will miss you till we are reunited again. Have fun with the angels there in heaven while you watch over all of us. I will always keep you in my heart near and dear to me. I will watch over your kids and wife to make sure they are safe and know that you always loved them. I love you Bill.

Lorrie Martin

September 12, 2009

You will be missed Bill. Love you and your family. Stevie and Mo

Speck

September 12, 2009

Sis Patty and family I am sorry.We will be here for you. Bill was amazing guy. He is my BFF always and forever . He will always be like my brother. He was a wonderful guy. His sense of humor will be missed....I remember when we went on the boat i did not like the water and would never go in the lake so he would always go over a wave to make sure I got wet for the day....There are so many memories.The boat, Leslie,Family Time, Holidays.And His and Pattys wedding. Bill you left us to soon we had some much more fun to come....Your BFF always Debbie Young

Debbie Young

September 12, 2009

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