Jonathan Hammerlund

17 years since you left us. I´m sitting here reading all of the wonderful remembrances of how you affected people´s lives. Your smile is what is stuck in my head...every day.

We still miss you Jonathan....ANNIE is MARRIED to a great man who treats her like a Queen. You"d be HAPPY for her...Your "lil" cousin Macey is ENGAGED....both AnnNichole & Philip love her fiance....YES. YOU ARE ALWAYS LOVED

Our thougths and prayers are with you.

Gail Culp & Susan Oustalet

Dear Dair and Blake
I am stunned that a whole year has passed since I herd the horrible news. When I remember Jon, the term never a dull moment echoes in my head. The first time I met he and Blake, Jon looked like a deer in the headlights of a car. I am still gripped by the sadness that after all the trials and tribulations of his childhood and young adult life, things seemed to really be turning around for him and then....gone.

I think of him often and it produces a smile. ...

Dair and Blake
Both of you are always in our thoughts, more so in the last few days. While living far apart, there are good memories of the times when we were all able to get together: Jonathan and Blake sneaking into Chris’s room here in Fairfax and eating the candy off of a two year old ginger bread house (yuk); Jonathan intentionally getting drenched by a water ride at Six Flags St Louis; and the good times had by all when the clan got together in Flora (i.e. Jonathan picking on...

I have counted the minutes, hours, days, months and now with disbelief I am counting one year since we lost our Jonathan. In one hour Jon will have been gone for a year and it seems like yesterday. I don't think my sadness will ever go away. I miss his beautiful face and spunky personality every day.
I am so touched by the friends and family that have counted those milestones with me. It is obvious by the e mails, cards, phone calls and those of you have signed his guestbook yesterday...

April 10 is now a significant day … made significant a year ago by a tragic accident and loss of a dearly loved one. Dair told me recently Blake has a saying about “things” in life that disturb many of us (when often they shouldn’t) and that saying is “it is what it is”. At first I chuckled, but now I can not get that saying out of my mind as it offers such a good lesson about life and dealing with it.

The tragedy Dair, Blake and all of us who loved Jonathan were dealt a year ago...

I can’t believe it has already been a year. I feel like it still feels so unreal and at any moment he’s gonna come back. Reality sets in and then I realize as soon as that thought passes that it’s never going to happen. There are so many things I wish I had said to him. Things I can no longer say. I feel regret, sorrow, and a sense of peace all at the same time. Even though this is all so fresh time has made the tears less frequent, but I still miss him. I also think that birthdays and...

There is a saying, “Do not resist growing old … many are denied the privilege”. Jonathan was denied that privilege. I’m deeply saddened by his loss, but in the past twelve months I’ve had time to reflect on my thoughts about a nephew whose life was short but very meaningful.

Jon was exceedingly well liked by his peers as evidenced by the number of them that attended his funeral service. He was loved deeply by friends and family. Jon had a mantra about people and his congeniality with...