Spencer Seupel

My thoughts are with your family on this anniversary. I appreciate your heartfelt and true article. I lost .y 49 year old brother to alcoholism in January of 2012. To me it was a slow suicide. So very tragic. I too recognize the problems in our society that create the false ideas of what life should be, and that leave behind those who don't conform. I am troubled for our youth. Again, my thoughts are with your family, as I know that this is a daily loss and not just on the anniversary.

I think of Spencer often and with kindness

I remember him as a talented dancer. I hope his family has some video of him dancing...

Beautifully said. My heart hurts for your loss. And for those of so many.

What an amazing memorial you wrote! My condolences for your loss. My first major loss was a boyfriend who suicided. I knew if he wasn´t on substances, he would be alive today. I was 22. Since then I´ve had many losses, many due to addiction. Your honesty in this obituary was so forthright and necessary to bring attention to our failure as a society to accept substance use disorder as a medical issue, and to understand suicide from a non judgmental view. While my heart aches for you, I...

I just read this beutiful entry. I was Spencers dance teacher. I was very sorry to see spencer go, he was extremely talented. I know somewhere I have a video of the show he was in, I would like to connect with Spencers Mom and see if she remember the year he danced with us or the music he danced to .. I can be reached though susanslotnick.com

I think of Spencer often. Always smiling, engaging, thoughtful young man. A protector of friends and family, a sensitive thinker, Spencer continues to be with us who knew him and he is missed•

I always loved seeing Spenser dance.

As the days and weeks pass, the sadness may never truly go away, but the beautiful memories of Spencer will eventually overshadow the ache in your heart and you will learn to smile for all the joyous times you spent with him. He was a beautiful little boy, and I can only imagine the sensitive, bright and beautiful man he was to come.