Gary Easterly

Hard to believe it's been nearly 14 years since we lost Gary. I think fondly of him very often!

Dear Easterly Family,

Let me express my deepest heartfelt sympathies to all. Gary and I were best friends in junior high and high school. We played handball, surfed at Surfside, traveled to Port Isabel, and generally "hung out" in the old neighborhood together. I haven't seen Gary in nearly 30 years but I will miss him dearly.

Dear Patrice and Family,

I was so sorry to hear of Gary's passing. My heart and prayers go out to you.

Gary was a kind and generous and thoughtful man. His dry wit and odd sense of humor made me laugh.

I am so glad to have known him, and all of you.

Words are difficult to express the essence of a spirit such as Gary. The testimony to the man is the width and depth of the people he knew and the many people he selflessly touched.

He will be missed but his legacy of family and friends is such that he will live on in the hearts, souls and minds of all of us who were fortunate enough to know him.

Dear Easterly Family,

I feel fortunate to have known and worked with Gary while I was at Carriage Services, and then again at Quantum Energy Partners. He always had a smile on his face. He always was available for a pleasant conversation. He always was a kind and thoughtful man. He was one of those people who touched lives in a positive way, without even being aware of his impact. He will be missed. I am so sorry for your loss. My heart is with you.

I did not know you but I knew of your work. It was wonderful. I want to pass on my deepest sympathy to the family.

For the past eight years, Gary and Easterly & Co have worked with Adoptation to ensure that waiting children have adoptive families to call their own. Easterly & Co was an original community partner when Adoptation was created in 2000 and their commitment to the collaborative has never waivered. Gary and his team always worked closely with Adoptation to create designs and projects that led to 5,000 children becoming members of forever families! Gary's commitment to so many will live on...

Trice - you and your family are in my thoughts daily. I hold you in my heart and wish that I could fast forward time. I see your pain and wish so that I could take it away from you. I know that you are surrounded by many people that love you and will be there for you. But there are those moments, like 3:00 in the morning when you will feel the profound loneliness and loss of your Gary. I know that you would change nothing even if you knew how it would end. My love to your family, your...

Dear LaJuan and the Easterly Family: Please accept my deepest condolences for our loss of Gary. I understand the anguish you must feel, and my heart goes out to you. I pray God's blessings and peace for you and each one of your children, grandchildren and our extended family. I love you very much.