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for Michael Sanders
Marc Bingaman
April 9, 2008
Mike,
It's been a few years since I last saw you, I think freshman year at UA. You were always such a good guy since DCMS, I remember a lot of fun hanging out with you and Devin back in the day. RIP buddy.
Andrea and Brad Fuqua
March 23, 2008
Dear Glen, Leslie, Frankie, and Sam,
We are so saddened by Michael's passing. We will be praying for all of you and give you our sincerest condolences. Michael was a very loved man and will be missed by all who knew him.
Lisa Harris
March 15, 2008
Dear Leslie, Glen, Sam and Frankie
Your family is so dear to my heart. When you moved to Arizona from Minneapolis I felt like I had such a gift being your friend and part of your lives. I saw the kids grow from babies to teens and Mike a young adult. I know Mike was blessed with a wonderful loving family that made him so special and shaped his character. I am so sorry that he was taken from you at such a young age. My thoughts are with your family and I am always there for you. He will be missed but always with us.
Jake Rashkow
March 14, 2008
I cannot believe that your gone Mike, it seems like just yesterday when we were roaming the campus of the Univeristy of Arizona as young freshman. It feels like the wind has been knocked out of me, every time i spoke and hung out with you were the funniest, most enjoyable times of my life. Life simply wont be the same without you, and now we wont ever get a chance to make that movie we always talked about. Rest in Peace Mike.
Jennifer Howard
March 14, 2008
Leslie,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
Matt and Jennifer Howard
T.J. Moore
March 13, 2008
I played alot of golf with mike at Saguaro and he was a good friend of mine. Everyone will miss him. He always made me laugh.Great Kid,
oneLove Mike.
Tanni Stone-Dorshow
March 13, 2008
Dear Leslie and Glenn,
Words cannot express our heartfelt sympathy on the loss of your beloved son. May you find comfort in your memories.
With love, Tanni and Loren
Carol Segal
March 13, 2008
Dear Leslie and Glen,
Our hearts are breaking for you and your family. Our deepest sympathy and prayers are with all of you.
Love,
Carol and Shel Segal
Jennifer Brodsky
March 12, 2008
No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. My deepest condolences are with you as you grieve.
cari shaw
March 12, 2008
Leslie and Glenn, our hearts go out to you both and your family. Our deepest sympathy. We hope you are blessed with good memories. Cari, Jeff and Jessica Shaw
Emily Puryear
March 12, 2008
I knew Mike throughout high school and I can truthfully say that Mike was one of the most generous and friendly people I have ever met in my life. He was always happy and after not talking or seeing each other for months/years, he would pick up right where we left off and that is such a unique quality. Not only was Mike an incredible student, person and friend.. he was loved by EVERYONE who has ever met him. I have so many wonderful memories, Mike visiting and staying with us in CA, summer get-togethers at his house and many many more. He will be greatly missed and in my heart forever. I send my love and sympathy to his family and friends.
Ally & Thom Kreider
March 12, 2008
I am so very sorry to hear about this tragic loss. I can't imagine the heartache you are going through. Mike will always be with you and around you.
Your family is in our hearts and our thoughts.
Coach Randy Bishop
March 11, 2008
To the family of my dear Mike,
I heard the sad news today about Mike, one of my all time favorite kids in my 32 years of coaching. I can still see his smiling face and can remember his great sense of humor. How many fun rounds of golf did we play together in those 4 years on the Saguaro golf team? When I made up the 4some groups for practice, Mike somehow always ended up in my group. Mikey, hit 'em straight and long... Hope to see you again in heaven, and we'll play once more. You still have to give me 5 strokes each side.
With love,
Coach Bishop
Lynne Garon
March 11, 2008
Dear Leslie, Glenn, and family,
I am so terribly sorry for the loss of your beloved son Mickey. I know exactly the deep pain that you are feeling and the heartache inside of you. Only parents who have lost a child can truly understand. I can only tell you that we will always remember Micky as forever 21 and his beautiful youth will be forever etched in all of our minds. In time the pain will fade and your broken hearts will begin to mend. The sun will shine down on your family once again and you will be able to move forward. I send you my deepest sympathy and love during this very difficult time. " May your family always go from strength to strength."
Love,
Lynne Garon
ALDON WILLIAMS
March 11, 2008
HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND. HE WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME HE WILL BE MISSED
Colleen Klank
March 11, 2008
I never met Mike, but my thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time. I thank Mike for being a part of my daughters life as she adjusted to her new life so far away from our family. I know she has many special memories of the time they were able to spend together. May Mike rest in peace.
Heidi Reckinger
March 11, 2008
Mike I cant believe your gone. It seems like just yesterday when Amanda and I met you in old town! Your such an Awesome guy with such a big heart! Were gonna Miss you Mikey Mike!!!! Just Smile Down On Us to help us stay strong and keep smiles on our faces like you always had. Miss you man :{
Mike Harris
March 11, 2008
I have such wonderful memories of Mikey growing up...the most vivid when he would answer the phone when I called with, "Dad..it's Schtick!" It still resonates. Leslie and Glen, I think about you all the time and although our paths haven't crossed for a while, I am proud to call you friends and you have my unwavering support during this difficult time. Schtick
Barb Lucas
March 11, 2008
I suppose all of us hover between two ways of regarding death, which appear to be in hopeless contradiction with each other. First there is the familiar and instinctive recoil from it as embodying the supreme and irrevocable disaster…
But, then, there is another aspect altogether which death can wear for us. It is that which first comes to us, perhaps, as we look down upon the quiet face, so cold and white, of one who has been very near and dear to us. There it lies in possession of its own secret. It knows it all. So we seem to feel. And what the face says in its sweet silence to us as a last message from whom we loved is:
‘Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I and you are you and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!’
So the face speaks. Surely while we speak there is a smile flitting over it; a smile as of gentle fun at the tricked played us by seeming death.
Henry Scott Holland 1910
Michael has only moved from one state of being to another. Be comforted in that thought for we all shall join him in that transformation.
Vanessa Salerno
March 11, 2008
Mike,
It has been a few years since we walked the halls of DCMS but I'll never forget any of them with you. May you rest in peace.
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