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A
April 23, 2025
Poppy,
I miss you.
The nights are the hardest. I don´t count sheep- I count all the regrets in my life. I wish I was more mature when you left us. So I could have understood the gravity of what I´d lost. I try to remember the sound of your voice and the wrinkles in your smile. Sometimes it´s hard to remember but the other day the smell of your wintergreen Skoal passed by me, I whipped my head back for some reason expecting it to be you, but it wasn´t. Though, I swear it was you pulling me back. Back to reality: the harsh truth you´re gone but the hope that you are still with me. Even as my memory of you fades. I´ve heard that smells have the strongest triggers for memory response and boy´ ain´t that the truth. I feared I was forgetting you but, I remembered sitting on your knee and you bouncing me all around- I remember that joy,
- I remember that skoal. I remember tears, for who knows why, but you telling me to pick myself up... and that skoal. I remembered family dinners with everyone laughing and you at the center... then me sneaking away to smell your empty wintergreen skoal containers. Funny how something seemingly insignificant has the biggest impact. It´s nights like tonight I don´t count sheep. I can only count the memories of the man I will always look up to. So tonight at 1am I find myself driving to the gas station to make my 1st ever purchase of classic wintergreen skoal.
I hope you´re proud of who I´ve become. I miss you.
madden
March 5, 2025
Always in my heart.
BP
September 21, 2024
Dave you have been missed the last 21 years and you will continue being missed. It´s hard to believe it´s been 21 years already. We are trying to go on like you would want us to but somedays it´s hard. We know you are at peace and up there with a lot of friends and family so I know you are ok. Will see you one day again love always until then
Anonymous
March 17, 2024
My grief is every day, some worse than others but my days are filled with grief. I´ve been lost for so long that I dont know how to find myself. I´ve realized that I became lost Nov 2002. I need guidance, light, a map, faith, you, something to guide me to me. To start living again, not walking through life not knowing where I am or where o want to be & pretending all is ok! I need to hear from you like I have in the past! I miss those moment like I miss you! I truly wish you were here! It still stops me in my tracks like you were taken yesterday! I wasnt ready, in all fairness I´d never be ready. You´re at peace and free of that ugly cancer but my heart is broken for my loss! I think I´m ready to find me again with your help! I miss & I love you more than I can describe! I love you!
Barbara
September 22, 2022
My love, we are still missing you so much they say time heals all not sure that is true. Your granddaughter had her 29th birthday August 17th and Kyle had his in January he´s 27 I think Keagan August 6th he´s 20 Rylan will be 19 September 24 Landen is 14 and Jax is going to be 13 in November I´m getting old. That´s all of your grandkids we finally got Chuck and Linda to move out here so we could help them. I talk to your friend Shelley Hayse in Indiana some she misses Russuel a lot but you and Russuel probably know how much we miss the both of you. Well gotta go to work in have to say bye for now
Shelley
September 19, 2022
Give it time, time heals everything. Maybe but how much time? It´s been 19 years, 19 years since my life changed forever. 19 years of an emptiness & broken heart. Maybe time doesn´t heal everything. Maybe time just has me putting one foot in front of the other! I´m going through so much these days mentally and physically, as you probably know. I need you more right now than I think I ever have. We talk often lately, I dont know what that means. Are they signs, signs I don´t understand? I´m so lost and need you! I try saying what would you say.... I know what you´d say, I think. Life would be easier with you here. My heart aches beyond my understanding, the emptiness is endless. Again 19 years, wow I remember losing you like it was yesterday! I´m glad you are not suffering anymore, I truly am! However I´m selfish and feel like so much would be different. I´m still looking for my true purpose. If/when I get better I´m going to find it, I promised you that I would. I met my soulmate my other half. We or maybe it´s just me are being tested in so many ways...it´s hard. You´d love him and you both would talk forever, that makes me smilie. We are trying everything to make me healthy again. He´s been a saint when it comes to making me healthy again. Well I´m sure you know all this and you already know what the outcome will be. Im not sure a day has gone by in 19yrs that I haven´t thought about you. A piece of my heart will always be broken & an emptiness that can never be filled! I love and miss you with my whole heart & soul!!
Lee
September 21, 2021
always in my heart
Barbara
September 21, 2021
It´s been 18 years since you left us and still you are missed every single day. You were our strength. Some days are harder then others but we try and think of all the good times and not the sad times but it is still hard I´m trying to celebrate your life like you would want us to do but damn it is hard sometimes to put one foot in front of the other love you always until we meet again
landen proffitt
March 10, 2020
hi it me landen again your grandson i miss you i wish you were here
Lee Whatton
October 9, 2019
always in my heart dam I miss you
Landen Proffitt
April 18, 2019
Hi it's me landen your grand son I wish I could meet you I am 10 years old almost 11 I hope you watch over on me love you
Barbara Proffitt
May 6, 2015
Happy Birthday My love, we still all miss you very much!! Wishing you were here!!! Love ya
October 8, 2013
My soul has an emptiness that was left when you past! This year has been hard, feels like I lost you yesterday. Maybe because its been ten years or maybe because I've been through so many changes I don't know if I'm coming or going both personally and professionally. I'm in love with a good man he just doesn't know it. I think you'd like him, I know he'd like you and your advise! :) I love what I am doing but not sure where I should let that take me! I'm truly at a crossroads in my life and I'm afraid of all the roads, where they will or won't lead. I need you, your advise, your hugs, and your love! So many things remind me of you these days a song, word, cars, semis...the list goes on. I thought I was handling things better thinking of you and smiling but lately when I think of you I feel like I am suffocating with sadness! I don't want to do this without you, its not fair. I stopped by your grave on the 21st (and you know that's not me) I had this overwhelming urge to talk to you, maybe I was looking for answers, still wondering why but I only found tears and sadness... standing at your grave. I miss and love you with every part of my being!!!
David
Barbara Proffitt
October 7, 2013
It's been 10 years since you passed and still miss you, been talking to your friend Shelley in Indiana , she just lost your friend Russell ,you probably already now that because you guys are probably party up there, just remember not to for get us,we will meet you one day. Miss you and love always
Gary Poe
July 27, 2010
I had a bad dream about your family, and I had a bad feeling that something was deeply wrong. So I decided to look on the internet and do a little research and I've found that David passed away. Please, if you don't care, e-mail me and let me know how Bob and Judy are. Deep sympathy, I'm sorry for your loss.
Gary Poe
July 27, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
June 7, 2009
Dave Its been awhile since i've talk to you, your birthday just passed in may and again it was hard. I would give anything to have you back and i mean anything!!! we all think about you laugh at some of the things you would say or do I will never forget when my birthday would come you would always tell me i was older I think about that on my birthday all the time. Shane and Autumn are going to have another baby and Landen just turned 1 Ashlynn will be 16 in august Kergan 7 in august &Rylan 6 in September Kyle is 14 now thats all the grandkids until November 20th We all MISS you so very much, i still dont understand maybe somday i will Wish you were here sometimes fell so alone without you. Fathers Day is coming up and we will all be thinking about you and missing you I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!!!!! I know some day i will be with you again!!!!
December 21, 2007
Just when things seem a little easier; something snaps me right back to those awful days. It is mostly a memory, sound, or as simple as the time of year. Those moments make me feel guilty. I also feel mad and sad that you are not here where you should be. Got a phone call the other day the man on the other end wanted to talk to Dave! It took my breath away. Like I had just been punched in the stomach. It made me very anger at the person on the other end of the phone. I was kinda rude to him. I felt like how dare he ask for you. Felt he was being rude. Then I realized maybe he simply didnt know. Once he was told you past he was in disbelief. Everyone thinks it is not fair. I am told I should take comfort in that you are at peace and in a better place. However I take no comfort in that. I miss you to much and it is very unfair that you had to leave us when there was so much good & so many more livs you could touched. I try to live the way you did. I give back when I can. I try to understand and forgive the way you did (still working on that one)As you know forgiveness does not come easy for me. Its almost Christmas everything is crazy around here everyone is so busy. I am so busy but this is the time it hits me the hardest. I push my way throught it, put a smile on. With you gone there is no-one to talk to about the emptiness. Dont want to make others sad. Just know that you are missed by everyone but the people it hits the hardest are your kids, grandkids, and your wife. While they are all strong. You can see the loss everyday in all of them.
Love are loved and deeply missed everyday
Shawn
December 9, 2007
Hey Dad,
We are in the middle of the holiday season. This is the time of the year that always seems to be the hardest. It has been quite awhile so there is a lot i want to tell you. We miss you very much Keagan talks about you often. He misses you very much, he knows that you are gone but has a hard time understanding why he cant go to Heaven to see you. I will continue to make sure he knows how great of a father and poppa you were. He just finished his first year in soccer he is a natural you would be proud. Next year your 2 grandsons will be playing together it should be a lot of fun for them they are very close. I would like for Shane and i to be able to coach them, maybe when they get a little older.
Can you believe i got married. I finally found someone who can put up with me. She is a great women I wish you could have met her I know you would love her. We had a small wedding in La Jolla. She looked beautiful. It was a memorable day the only thing that could have made the day better would be to see your face i cant tell you how much i wish you were there. The night was a different story, the poor girl had appendicitis the whole day. The next morning she had surgery and spent the next 2 days in a hospital bed. She is now 4 months pregnant, we will find out what we will be expecting on the 31st. We are split i would like a girl and she wants a boy. But all we really wish for is a healthy child. I know you will be watching over us. I'm still pursuing a career in the Fire Dept. it is something I really want, it took me a while to make this decision it was hard for me to decide to leave the family business. I felt like I would be letting you down and I cant live with that. But i believe you would want me to do what makes me happy.
Thanks for being the great father you were I love you and miss you very much.
Linda Bennington
September 26, 2007
Dave,
It has now been 4 years, I still regret not getting to Phoenix in time to talk to you, but as we always said God willing and the creek don't rise we will meet again.
I love you brother.
Linda
September 25, 2007
Dad,
It's been 4 years now, wow its seems like yesterday. As time has gone by I have tried to think of you in a more positive way. Think about all the good times we shared and all the fun we had together. Though it is hard sometimes because I want to have those good times again and all I can do is re-live them. As you know my little guy just turned 4yrs old, man I wish you got to meet him he truly reminds me so much of you. The buisness is going okay, there are things that would be much better if you were still around, but we are getting more and more buisness so hopefully I can make you proud. Mom is good, I know that she is the one who suffers most.You know mom though she is very strong, but I know she misses you everyday. There is still not a day that goes by that I dont feel like something is missing. I'm glad that we were such good friends and that we spent as much time together as we did. It made me realize what a great person you were. Well I Love You old man.
September 24, 2007
Dave its been 4 years now & still miss you so very much. Why did you have to leave me i will never understand, i needed you more. I will always love you You are missed so very much by all of us love ya foreever!!!!!!!
August 24, 2007
I miss you soooo very much. Its been almost 4yrs sometimes cant believe its been 4yrs and some days it seems like we just lost you. There is an emptiness in my heart and my life will never be the same. So many changes going on wish you were here. There are so many times I just want to pick-up the phone and talk to you. I am so sad. Love you and miss you every day. xoxox always
August 21, 2007
POPS
WELLS IT BEEN AWHILE AND I WANT TO SAY IM SORRY. IM SORRY FOR ALOT OF THINGS I THOUGHT IF I WAITED MAYBE IT WOULD BE EASIER BUT WHO IM KIDDING. MAN DO I MISS YOU. EVEN THOUGH OUR BLOOD DIDNT FLOW THE SAME DNA YOU WERE STILL A FATHER TO ME. IM NOT TO HAPPY THAT YOUR GONE PHYSICALLY FROM US. WHAT EVER THEY NEEDED YOU FOR IT BETTER HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT. IM ALSO SORRY FOR NOT DOING WHAT SHOULD BE MORE TO HELP RUN THE COMPANY. TODAY SHANE CALLED ME AND WAS PRETTY UPSET ABOUT THE DRIVERS NOT TAKIN CARE OF THE TRUCKS. WITH THE WAY THE TRUCKS ARE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LET YOU DOWN . IM SORRY! EVERY MORNING YOU AND I CHECKED THE TRUCKS FEED THEM OIL WHATEVER THEY NEED THEN WE WOULD GO TO THAT NOT SO HOMIE RESTRAUNT KAYS CAFE. I MISS THOSE DAYS. SOME TIMES I FEEL LIKE A HAMSTER IN A WHEEL GOING ROUND AND ROUND WAITING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. SHOULD I OR SHOULDNT I, WHAT DO I DO. I NEED YOUR HELP! I JUST FLAT OUT MISS YOU. I HOPE THAT ONE DAY I CAN AT LEAST AMOUNT TO BE HALF THE MAN YOU ARE TO ALL OF US. I LOVE YOU OLD TIMER ILL SEE YOU SOON SAVE ME A SPOT AND HAVE SOME POPCORN READY TO WATCH SOME RERUNS OF ANDY GRIFFIN
August 11, 2007
dave i have never written anything yet so i thought it was time. I have so many sad days wishing you where here to help me get though the days help the kids and be stong for them,but i have not done a very good job of it you were always the stong one. we have had so many loses after you left us and dad before after mom left i thought i was going to lose it couldn't & had to go to doctor, just to must. I still miss you very very much &wish you were here, find myself at the cemetary talking to you alot,sometimes helps &sometimes doesn't. I met someome like you ask me to but he's not you and could never replace you. he try to be good to me and knows all about you, i'm sure sometimes i probably make it hard on him. but i think he understands what we had. this is very hard to try to be stong. somethimes the lose comes back to me & i feel very alone. sometimes i get mad, angry, & sad that you left us. it still to this day hurts really bad. My sister judy is going though alot with bob with transplants open heart surgery, complications & findly after 2 months doing alot better i feel for her of what shes going though. i'm kind of all over but just telling you what pop in this old mixed up haed.Ash is having a hard time with you gone same with her mom. the boys handle it a little different but still miss you alot i will always have a big spot in my heart for you
Lee W
August 9, 2007
Dave bin some time now still think about you still you would be so proud of the boys and shelly barbs all good to i retired in april and love it miss ya love Lee
August 7, 2007
Hey Popy it has been so long, i'm study-up to be a forensic scientist. I wish you were here i have done so much, but it feel's like so little. I entered a pageant and all i could think about was i wish some one was hear to make me laugh.(the girls there were dog eat dog)No matter how hard i try i cant get over this emptyness. I feel that there should be a way to get over the pain. But the more i try to forget it the more it hurts. I'm alot like you and my mother i dont like to show fear or saddness, i feel like if i show how i'm feeling i'll be weak. But i wonder how long i can keep it bottled up. Like you know when you pop the top off a bottle and the top goes flying, will i turn into that top. Will i explode in a result that my fear of being weak is infact my weakness. I want to ask you so many questions. I want to have some one to turn to. I want so much that i cant have. To were i will go to any measure to get to it. I want just to see you. It's been so long and i'm starting to forget you voice the sound of your laugh. BUt i'll always remember the fun times we had. A very old memory keeps poping up in my head, one where you, me, nan, and my mom were eating pizza. It's a simple memory to forget but for some reason this is the one i will always remember. I guess it's moments like that...that make you relize how special a moment...a life is. Like with what a forensic scientist has to deal with anything can happen to anybody at the most random time. And when you think there is no way it can happen to you it does. I never expected for such a huge part of my life to dissapear with-in a blink of an eye. But it did. It dosent matter how many tears i shed or how many nights i wish that you can have a second chanse. That wont happen not now and not ever because this was the way life was ment to be played out.(kind of sucks huh)This is the most i have ever opend out and it turns out i'm talking to a coputer wow i guess i really do need help but hey with my soon to be carreer you need help every day. and i'm gonna have to learn how to break the news to the people that lost thier loved ones. So thank you computer and thank you popy. I will always love you and nothing can change that!!
Linda Bennington
September 19, 2006
Hi Dave,
It is almost 3 years and I still miss you, I wish I had come home sooner so I could have spent some time with you. The daily phone calls I made to helped but , one day we will all be together again. God willing and the creek don't rise I will see you again. Love to you.
Linda Bennington
Judy Lee
September 16, 2006
Dave,
Just missing some of my family and thought I would again let you know how much you are loved and missed. Just short of three years and life moves on for all of us, both happy and sad times.
Love,
Judy
Lee
October 22, 2005
Hey Dave I think about you alot wish you were still here YOUR BRO Lee
June 30, 2005
here we are just shy of two years and the heartache seems stronger than ever lately. maybe it is that i need your comfront and sound advise, or maybe it's just that you were the most honest, good natured, and best man i have ever know. i am the best part of you (and i guess some of the worst part of you). what i am tring to say is that my saddness is so overwhelming. the emptiness is much deeper than my heart it burns in my soul. i am a different person today because you were taken from my life to early. i hope you always know how much i loved you while you where here with me and how much i still and always will love you. I wish this incredible saddness, the empty feeling that just wont leave me, and the elephant on my chest would just let me caught a breath. something is missing in my life and it is you. i wish we could go back in time and have just a few more moments, tears, and hugs together. i am going through something right now and i need your help but you not here to help me and that makes me so angry and i dont know what to do with the anger. the courage you had and the empathly you showed for your wife and kids during the time you learned about your cancer and until you passed was truely selfless. it showed your complete love for your family and friends. I wish i had that kind of courage to get me through this time without you. i dont have that kind of courage. i miss and love you its hurts even more today than it did yesterday or even last year. iam told time heals all wounds i guess the joke is no those that believe that one. i keep telling myself that when i know why; that is when saddness, emptiness, and heartache will subside and only smiles and happy memories will be fulled in my heart, but who am i kidding right! there will always be saddness and heartache because i love you more than words can say and i am a part of you. but i hope that someday there might be a little less saddness and more smiles when you pop into my mind. please if you are truely looking out for us help me through this tuff time. I love and miss you always!!
Shane Proffitt
October 21, 2004
Hey old man its been a little over a year now and the hurt and pain is still very strong. I guess more than anything I miss our relationship it was something special for a father and a son to have. Im gonna try my hardest to make my son feel the way you made me feel. I hope your looking down on him so you can see him grow. he has helped my alot through the hard times and every time I see him he makes me smile. I hope we will see each other again someday. Your in my heart and in my mind everyday.
I love you dad
Shane
Linda Bennington
October 21, 2004
Dave,
It has been over a year and I still miss you, have spent time inArizona with your kids and your wonderful grandkids. I still miss you whenI am at your house. I can't imagine how much the kids hurt and especially Barb. I will always miss you and you will always be in my heart . I love you.
God Willing and The Creek Don't Rise I'll see you one day in heaven . Love always.
Linda Bennington
Judy Kopis
October 19, 2004
David,
I have thought about you so many times over the past year, but had such a hard time putting my words down in writing. I will never forget how bad I felt when I first saw you in the hospital because we had let our lives drift apart and I was afraid I would not get a chance to talk to you again. Then I was so happy when you walked into Tammy's house that Thanksgiving night, it was like a miracle and we all had a second chance. I was so glad to see I didn't want to stop hugging you. I remember Lewie and I coming over to visit before one of your surgeries, and we were talking about traveling and Lewie was telling you about some of the trips we had taken and some of the trips we were planning for the future, and you said not to put anything off-do as much as soon as possible. Well, its funny but you don't know how true those words were. I felt so helpless trying to support Barb after you pasted away, but she has alot of good family around and she is trying to do the best she can. Almost a year to the day I find myself in the same situation, just a few months after you passed away Lewie was diagnosed with cancer and we lost him on 9/25/04. It hurts so much right now sometimes I can't hardly stand it, but they say time heals all wounds. I think it will take an awful long time. Barb has been wonderful to me the past few months she has been so strong. She says we'll get through this together and I'm sure we will but it's just so unfair.
Love,
Your cousin
Judy
November 19, 2003
dad, it is late and i cant sleep. I miss you so much that it hurts. i feel like this is not real; that i will wake up from this darkness and you will be here to hold me. dad nothing about this is fair. i needed you to much for you to be taken from me. i dont know how to move on from the saddness. tonight iam feeling angry and i need you. I dont know how to be happy anymore. iam just missing you. i want to tell everything going on in my life. i need your advise and your not here. sometimes it makes me angry at you for leaving me. i know its not your fault and you did not want to leave us but i need you so bad it hurts. I LOVE YOU DAD
Barbara Jeanne Davis
November 6, 2003
Dave,
Once again I needed your expertise today. I wanted to reach for the phone and call you and I can't. As far back as I can remember you have been part of my life (believe it or not I can remember back to about 4 years old).Over the years I watched your kids and you would play basketball for my babysitting money. You always won and you still paid me. I remember the long drive to California in the Big Truck. The times you would throw me in the shower over and over again because I wouldn't give up. I think of you everyday and laught at some of the things that come to mind. Like the time I put on a little weight and you told me a had a Whatton Ass. The skinny jokes aren't the same when someones else says them to me. Thank you for all you taught me. I will thrive everyday to make the best out of the trucking career I learned due to you.
Love Always
Barbara Jeanne
Kandei Davis
October 27, 2003
Dave Proffit was a great man.
Always Genuine. He will be missed dearly.
Love to all.
Jennifer Brooks
October 26, 2003
Dave, I really don't know what say because you were taken from us way to soon. I wanted to thank you for all of your support when I needed it and for all of those jokes when I needed to laugh. You were a brave and thoughtful man who had a sense of business and people. These two traits were very much revealed at your service. I want to let you know that I will never forget you and you will be in my heart always. Love, Jenn
Linda Dawson
October 7, 2003
To the family of David Proffitt, I am so sorry for your loss. I know he will be sadly missed. May you all meet again in a better place someday.
Shane Proffitt
October 3, 2003
Dad
You left us way to soon, but I guess you had other things you had to take care of. Your services left a mark on me I will never forget, there were so many people there that you touched througout your life. I hope that when Its my time that I can leave a mark like you did, you were such a great man. There is not a day that goes by that I dont think about you and the times we spent together. Working with you and spending as much time together as we did was the greatest gift I could have ever asked for. Im going to make our company thrive as you asked. On wed you had a beautiful new grandson 7pds 11oz. I will make sure he knows what a great man you were. I will share all the great memories that we had. I wish that you could have met him just so I could see the look on your face, I know you would be proud. Autumn had a rough time so I wanted to thank you for watching over her, and getting her through it. I will miss you and think of you everyday. There is a big empty feeling inside me that will never be filled until we meet again. I love you old man. Your son and best friend
Shawn Proffitt
October 2, 2003
Beloved Father:
Well Dad I was right the sorrow and grief I feel is unbearable. This past week has been the darkest days of my life. You are everything to me and I miss you my words can describe. A minute does not go by that I do not think about you and the memories we have shared. I know I have to be strong and live out your legacy and dreams. I want you to know that Shelley, Shane and I will take care of everything as we promised. We will make you proud old man. As much as I am saddened by your passing I am thankful for the precious months we got to share towards the end. We were able to talk and share many feelings and thoughts with each other. You are a great man with a lot of integrity and you passed those traits on to us. I want to thank you for everything you have done for us, everyone would be so lucky to have a father like you. You have been a great father and role model. I am proud to call Dave Proffitt my father. Until next time old man I love you very much and I will miss you deeply. With Love, Shawn
Ashlynn So
September 30, 2003
Poppy I dont understand why you left this world. Now that your gone i feel like I'm disapering.I praise that you will take care of poppy. I made two songs for you poppy. No words can express how much i love you. Love Ashlynn.
Shelley Bucho
September 29, 2003
dad, you were taken from us way to soon. There is a whole in my heart that can never be filled. You were such a good man and i will never understand why this happened to you. You handled your cancer with great courage. I can only hope that i can find that same courage to get me through the hardness time in my life. I read these wonderful things people have wrote about you and i feel such joy and saddness. I will make sure your grandchildren know all about you and everything you stood for. There will be many hard days ahead, but i promised you i would go on to have a happy life; i intend to keep that promise. I will hold our time together close at heart. i hope you know i loved you more than words can describe. I need your help to move past the saddness. I just want to know why! Dad I will miss you everyday! I LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER! your loving daughter
Alice Kuhn
September 29, 2003
Uncle Dave,
I will never forget you. You have made a permanent mark on my heart that I would never want removed. I loved all the time I got to spend with you camping, riding ATC's, teaching me how to drive my first bobtail, and just hanging out at your house. You were always there to listen, to laugh, and to love. Words can't express how much I love you, how much I miss you, or how much my heart hurts now that your gone. I would give the world to deliver one more truck load of tortillas with you. Thank you for everything. I love you.
Julio & Esther Mendez
September 28, 2003
Dave's Prayer
I don't belong to Dad now, Lord. My father has gone. Who will recall the stories of my birth? My first word, my first steps. Who will tell me I'm special and always welcome me with open arms? Who will love me no matter what?
Lord reach out to me, a child again, lost, frightened and left with out a Dad and Husband for my Mom. Stay with me till I fall asleep and be here should I awake frightened. Lord, let me be a child tonight.
Tomorrow I'll be strong. For now Lord find me and hold me. Time helps, Lord, but it never quite blunts the loneliness that loss brings. Thank you for the peace that is slowly seeping into my heart.
Allowing me to live with the unlivable, to bear the unbearable. Most of all, kind healer, thank you for the gifts of dreams and memory.
The Flowers have faded and gone, O God but not the presence of my very special Dad and my Mom's Husband, still with me in memory.
Dave my Friend I went to your funeral and felt the love your family has for you. You will live on in than.
Suzette Cadwell
September 28, 2003
Dear Beloved Cousin, It's hard to believe you're not with us anymore. Eventhough you are in a much better place we are left with heartache. I can only imagine what Barb and the kids must feel. I will keep them close to my heart and constantly in my prayers. You and I had a lot of fun whenever we got together. You were truly one-of-a-kind! You probably never did learn that peas do belong in mexican rice. I'm gonna miss out smarting you at practical jokes but maybe you are the smart one now. You beat me to heaven! Can't wait to see you again. I'm so glad this is not the end. Love, Suzette
Trish Whatton
September 28, 2003
I was told early on...Dave doesn't like lumpy mashed potatos....he never complained if there was! Shelly, Shawn, Shane, Joe and Barb, I am still at a loss for words to say to each of you. I hope you each find peace in your hearts from this day forward. I love you all. Trish
Melody Shaver
September 27, 2003
Dave,
You are truly a wonderful person that will be missed by everyone who knew you. You always had the "can-do" attitude and you were always willing to help and teach. God Bless you and may your family be blessed.
Diane & Wayne Rohrbaugh
September 27, 2003
Dave:
You will be missed by so many, but welcomed with gladness in heaven. May God grant your family and friends peace.
Diane
Lee Whatton
September 27, 2003
Dave, you are not just my brother in law, you are my brother and friend. You helped me get started in the business I'm going to retire in. I'll miss all the good times we had driving, hunting, camping and coaching soccer with our boys. You will always be in my heart. Love, Lee
Bob Kuhn
September 26, 2003
Dave, you will be missed by everyone who knew you. I will miss you very much. I will miss the good times we had hunting , camping , and riding three wheelers.I willmiss the times just sitting and talking. Dave you were a very good friend and brother and i will miss you so much good bye.
Henry Snook
September 26, 2003
Dave, you were the Man. We always had a chat when you were delivering and picking up trailers at Fleming. I was always willing to help you (Windjammer Trucking) any time. Remember you still owe me a lunch, but will collect when we meet again. Godbless your family.
Tammy Kratz
September 26, 2003
Dave: I will never forget when my mom (your Aunt Bev) told me you were coming out to stay with us to finish high school. I was just a little kid. I'm so gald you met Barbara, married had three wonderful kids. Even though we lost touch for awhile, because our live's get very busy and go in all directions I'm happy that we got to be closer over the last few years. You will be missed. I will plant a daisy just for you.
Love you always,
Tammy
Kristin Oxford
September 26, 2003
There is no question that you are truly loved by those that knew you and adored by those that were acquainted with you. Throughout your life you have given us the gift of love, friendship, courage, strength and most importantly laughter and for that I am a better person for knowing you. You may not be here with us directly but your spirit and love for life will live on in those who hold you dear. Just know that I feel so privileged to have known you and that I will carry your memory with me for always. You will never be forgotten.
Love Always,
Kristin
jBrandy Jordan
September 26, 2003
David, will be missed. I would like to express my sympathies to the family. Sincerely, Brandy
Tracey Caine
September 26, 2003
David,
You were my cousin and beloved friend. May you rest in the everlasting arms of Jesus. You will be missed.
Love Always,
Tracey Caine
Kim Esker
September 25, 2003
Dave...I will miss your wonderful sense of humor and your kind ways. I love you and remember...you will always be the one who told me I could order a taco from Jack w/o the lettuce. Thanks!!!! ;)
Peggy Kuhn
September 25, 2003
Dave,
I am going to miss you everyday, i will laugh at the good times we all had camping and riding the atc's but i wish you were here with us, You will always be in my heart and live on through us, i will laugh when thinking of the snake in the water and of the kleenex in the pepsi when we went hunting.
I love you and miss you.
Carrie Kowal
September 25, 2003
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of a great man.
Peggy kuhn
September 25, 2003
Dave,
I will always love you, I will think of you often and that will make me smile, I don't know why you had to leave us so early in life, but i am a better person for knowing you. I will remember the hunting trip and the pepsi we made you and the snake in the water and those things will make me laugh. But you not here will make us sad. So till we meet again you will be sorrowly missed, but always loved.
Judy Lee
September 25, 2003
David will hold a special place in our hearts forever. He was truly loved and admired by those of us who watched his brief struggle. Love to all.
Alice Whatton
September 25, 2003
Dave, I will always love you and you will always be in my heart.
Love, Mom
Linda Bennington
September 25, 2003
Dave, I love you more than words can say, and I'm going to miss you so much. I wish I would have gotten here sooner.
God Willin and the Creek Don't rise I will meet you again someday.
God Bless and hold you in the palm of his hand forever.
Love, Linda
Edie Oxford
September 25, 2003
Dave you are my beloved brother. You will be in my heart forever. I will miss you always. I love you
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