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DAUBER On June 7, 2002, JOHN, formerly of Port Richmond, father of Michael, Theresa and Steven Dauber, son of John and the late Doris Dauber and brother of Diane Zwalinski, SueAnn Weissinger, Michael, Ronald, Brian, Kenneth and the late Steven Dauber; also survived by 6 grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to Viewing Tuesday, 9 A.M. at THE NULTY FUNERAL HOME, 4292 Frankford Ave. (at Church St.). Services 10 A.M. Int. private. Family prefers Mass Cards.

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Published by Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News on Jun. 9, 2002.

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Sue Weissinger

June 12, 2008

I’m sure you were right by her side or sitting on her shoulder, but I wanted to also say how beautiful Theresa looked as she and Eric vowed their love for one another. She looked stunning. You would have been and I’m sure you are so proud of her. I know it was probably difficult for her to get through the day without thinking about you being there, actually we know that you were there somewhere - probably right next to the keg. She looked absolutely amazing and we are all so proud of her.

Sue Weissinger

November 25, 2007

Hey,
Hope things are going great where you all are. Say hi to everyone for me, and how much I miss you all. I still weep knowing that I miss you all. Its still not fair or right and I hope to some day get some strength to not cry like a little baby. I do, I feel like a big baby when I sit all alone and just ball knowing that you all are not with us. It still hurts. Tell Mommy that I miss her and really wish that I had her here with me. So many things come about that I just wish I had her for a minute to help me get through some things. It still hurts so bad that you all left us. I love you all and say hello for me.

Hope you had a great thanksgiving. Hope you remembered to take the gizzards out this time. :-)

Sueann Dauber

February 22, 2006

John,



I wanted to say hey and to let you know that you will have a roommate. Kenny passed away yesterday and hopefully is with you by now (whereever it is you are - HEAVEN). We love and miss you all so much and it hurts. But you all are in a better place than we all are, I'm sure. Take care of each other, until we all meet again.



LOVE YOU!

theresa

April 10, 2004

dad there is something wrong with me. i cant seem to get over losing you. how do people move on after something like this. i guess nobody could tell me that because i doubt anyone has ever lost anyone like you before. there was only room for one septa john in this world. every time a car pulls up outside beeping and blaring music i pretend its you. i just replace the rap with rod steart or bruce springstein. although towards the end steven did have you tapping your foot to some of his music so who knows how things would of been. the world keeps turning, life goes on but your not here. it makes no sense. i just keep asking why. i want to get married someday. i want you to walk me down the isle. i want my kids to grow up telling their friends how cool and weird their grandpop is. that wont ever happen. it doesnt make sense.

chelsea dauber

December 29, 2003

hey uncle johnny, i just wanted to say that i miss you so much. in a way i feel i miss you too much. i didnt get to spend a lot of time with you because i left. and living on tulip st. made it hard because it brings back the memories that i have of you and makes me miss the ones i missed. thinking about it makes me realize that i just have to hold on to every moment that i have. im a mommy now :) and i finally got my life together, it was hard, but i did it. for my daughter, and for my dad. he has had some rough times lately, and honestly i dont know how he holds on the way he does. i guess you guys up there are watching over him. just please keep looking out for him.

i love you uncle john, and i miss you so much.

Sueann

August 18, 2003

Happy Birthday John. Love you and miss you.

theresa

August 17, 2003

hi again dad. i wanted to say happy birthday. i still miss you so much. i wanted you to know that i could of never of done what im doing now without you. im trying to make myself better for you. so you can look down on me and be proud. i hope that you are.i am so proud of you. the way you handled everything those last two years. the way you kept a smile on your face even though you were going through hell. well happy birthday and i love you

Sueann

June 12, 2003

Hey just want you to know that you are still missed and boy do I think of you a lot. I don't know but everytime I am in the car and am crying about something or thinking of bad things, Rod Stewart comes on. I sure hope this is you letting me know that things will be alright. I also think of you everytime I play the lottery because of that house we were all supposed to get some day. Well I sure hope that house isn't the one on Tulip Street, haha. I think I could probably thank you for having Tlp Street available for Daddy, Kenny and the crew or they would have ended up on Church St. and I am sure that was YOU who didn't want them moving there. Thanks for the save. We are all doing ok I guess but it sure is still hard without you Mommy and Steve, please let them know I think of them all the time too. I sure wish we could have you all back cause it hurts soooo bad still. I try to cope but its really hard and some days I feel like I am going to just explode. We are supposed to enjoy life while we have it but that is hard when bad things happen. But ok I better go before those tears come but please take care of us all. LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!

theresa

March 22, 2003

dad, i drove past plymouth meeting today and thought of you. thats not much different from my every day though. every day i am reminded of you. i drive past tulip street every chance i get. almost every song i hear i think of you. whenever im driving and a song comes on i leave it on and blast it for you. even the ones i dont like. so if your ever there and you hear me blasting guns and roses, trust me thats for you. i picture you there singing along like a goof. why did you have to go. we could of had so many more great memories together. not that i dont appreciate the ones i have because i do. i just dont know when this pain is going to go away. i keep having dreams that your alive and your living on tulip street. that somehow doctors saved you and you were better but that it was all a big secret. if only that were true. i love you so much. please watch over all of us

kenny

March 18, 2003

hi john i think it's time to write to you again. i want you to know that i still think about you all the time. i miss you alot but from where you stand i bet you know that. besides the fact that we no longer have our loved ones who now live in heaven the rest of us are doing pretty well. we miss you all but thats part of the game. i play around with the karaoke on the web but i only read and listen i cant sing without my lead singer (not that i could sing with my lead singer) haha. you was the best. continue to visit me in my dreams for now because it's all i have of you. i'll write you in a couple of months. love your favorite brother ps your kids all of them have made it so dont worry. bye

michael

January 26, 2003

whats up, how you doing. I can,t take the pain of you being away from us, I miss you very much. Please keep the door open so when I come to see you i can get in.

theresa

December 25, 2002

merry christmas dad.thanks for the gift. because of you i have learned to appreciate people more. ive learned to accept people more and ive learned to accept myself.you said before you died that all you wanted was for your kids to be happy. well i want you to know that i am happy. i just miss you so much. i always will.

theresa

August 22, 2002

dad its been three months since you died and most of it feels like a blur. i still miss you so much and i am so mad. maybe its selfish to say i want you back but i cant help it. i cant take the dreams anymore. in my dreams your fine and things are like they were years ago and then i wake up and i dont know how to feel. i need to know that your alright now. i need to know your not in pain anymore. i need to talk to you again. i dont feel like me anymore. im not the same person without you in my life. you could really get on my nerves sometimes but you were my best friend. i have so much guilt right now. i should of done more for you while you were here. all i can say is im sorry and i wish things were different. i wish i could have you back again i would do so many things differently.as time goes by i just miss you more and more.i pray to god that i will see you again.

chelsea dauber

August 1, 2002

uncle john->you wouldnt believe how much it still hurts knowing your gone. with everything that im going through right now, i know that if you were still alive you would be my best friend. so many people have told me that. they say im just like you. and that, is definetly something to be VERY proud of.i love and miss you so much.

Sarah Janiszewski

July 4, 2002

I wasn't a family member of yours but I always knew you as my Uncle John. I only remember a little bit of you before you got sick, but I know that you were a friend of my dads, and that I loved it when he brought me over your house. I don't know what it was but I loved it. Then I became friends with Steven and started coming over some. Like someone already said you were sick but your heart surley wasn't. You were always happy. I never understood how you did it. I had so much respect for you. You left behind alot of people who loved you. You shouldn't feel bad at all though because you deserve so much to be happy and at peace. I know I never said it but I do love you, and in case you didn't know it so does my family. While your up there can you do me a favor though? Can you keep a close watch on Jessie. Thats what godparents are suppose to do right, and what a better place to do it then with God himself. Please watch after her and your family, this world isn't go great and they really need you. RIP

steve

July 4, 2002

Dam time has come huh,Dad.Youll always be missed by many.I really hope you know that.Time passes by and i still see you in my mind all the time.I thank you for 22yrs. of memories.some good some bad but even the best relationships go threw hard times.The good memories are most of my favorites.I thank u for all of them,Ill miss them.Your still with all of us in our hearts and souls.I could say sorry for alot but i dont think regrets are needed.I doubt thats what u want people to think about.Ill remember the smiles and laughs we shared,and try to do the same for my daughter.Until we meet again I love you and rest in peace with mom-mom and stevie and all the family i never knew.

theresa dauber

July 3, 2002

Dad I miss you from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep at night. I dont know if I should be grateful for 23 years with you or if I should feel cheated for not having 50 more years. I feel sorry for all the people out there who didnt get to know you because you were definitly one of a kind. You lived so much in those 48 years. I wish you were here to watch your grandchildren grow up but I know youll be watching from heaven. Me, Michael and Steven will never let the kids forget you. Nobody who met you could ever forget you. I know that you loved your family so much,I just hope you know how much we all love you. I pray that we will all be together again someday. Make sure your there to greet me. We will play cards and sing kareoke. I'll see you then. I'll love you forever.

Terrie Dauber

June 30, 2002

My dear ex-husband; the Father of my children, I have always loved you. Through the good times and bad. I will never love another the way I loved you. I'm glad we were able to become friends again. I said many times you were your own worst enemy but you did it your way. Always true to yourself. Not pretending to be someone else or feeling something else.I thank Father Bob for helping me through this past year. God did give you a very heavy cross to bear. You did it willingly. Sometimes you got tired yet always looked at God for strength. Please ask God to help your children and all others who are having a hard time with you gone. I've been feeling extra lonly these days but you taught me God is in charge and he will make everything all right, in his time.

Tell Mom-Mom & Stevie hi & you're all welcome to come into my dreams. I will try and listen.I know you know what I mean.

Love Always,

Terrie

kenny dauber

June 28, 2002

Sadness Pain Sorrow

three long weeks have passed us by.

waiting for this tear to dry.

the sadness felt inside my heart.

is just as strong as the very start.

one week two weeks three weeks four.

i know you passed through heavens door.

brother john please send a sign.

that all your pain is far behind.

if not today do it tomorrow.

and maybe it will ease my sorrow.

i miss you john this i'll say.

we'll be together again someday.

lisa paul

June 21, 2002

uncle johnnie i personally will never forget how funny you were you could always make everybody laugh no matter what the situation was your memory will live forever through your kids, grandkids, family and friends

love always

lisa

Diane Zwalinski

June 20, 2002

One night I woke up to the phone ringing and sensed a feeling of loss. Then a vision of you popped into my mind. You were dressed in white, sitting on a cloud, being welcomed to a new place by Uncle Stevie and Mom-Mom. That gave me some great comfort. I know you are where there is no pain or suffering, but I do miss you terribly. Someday, we will meet again. Until we do, I will keep your memory in my heart as well as my mind. I'll remember all of the wonderful times we've had. I love you!!!!!!!!

Joey Zwalinski Jr.

June 20, 2002

I dont know what to say except that I miss you so much. You helped me out alot when I was fighting with my parents. I admire you in so many ways and I regret that I never got to thank you for all that you have done to help me. Heck, I bet you're chilling with John and George right about now. Say Hi To Jimi for me man. Until we meet again...



Joey

diane zwalinski

June 20, 2002

john i love you and miss you already.someday we will be together.i know you are at peace and that makes it a little bit better.you children miss you alot, but i will always be there for them if they need me.

chelsea dauber

June 19, 2002

uncle john... i hate the fact that i wasnt around for so long and i missed a lot of time with the people who matter most, my family. i never forgot about you though. you were always so fun to be around. you still were when i came back. you may have been sick, but your heart never changed. ill see you some day till then youll always be in my heart and in my thoughts. i love you.

michael dauber

June 15, 2002

Dad hello wherever you are you have to be in a better place. I dont know what to say or how to even feel about this whole thing but I will always remember and look forward to seeind you again, I love you and miss you and just want to talk to you the way you were before you were ibn the hospital, someday i will. SEPTA JOHN (the goat) i love you and hope your pain is all far away from you now. I 'll see you later

mike

June 12, 2002

john, you are at peace now. you suffered enough. may you sit next to mommy and stevie until we are all together again. one day we will see each other again. and we can all have a hugh party to celebrate life all over again...till then i love you and RIP

Jim Weissinger Jr

June 11, 2002

John was my brother in law but was more like a brother to me i am going to miss him more then anyone can imagine he taught me how to live life to the fullest and i will never foget him

HELEN HOLLANDER

June 10, 2002

Johnny~I was heartbroken to see you in the hospital~ you didn't look much like yourself~ (you always reminded me of Neil Young ~or he always reminded me of you) either way I will always think of you~You are with your Mom and Stevie and there could be no better place to be then with them in heaven~So my friend until we meet again~I love you~will think of you often~ as I did while you were here ~ and pray for us who are left behind.

{{{{{Johnny}}}}} Rest in peace .~~Helen <3

Sueann Weissinger

June 10, 2002

John is my dear brother. I will miss him so much. Its hurting that he is not with us here (you are and always will be in our thoughts), but it was also hurting to see you suffer. You are now with Mommy and Steve who will take care of you and heal your illness. John, you will always be in my heart. I hope you know that WE ALL LOVE YOU dearly and will miss you until we meet again.

kenny dauber

June 9, 2002

john was my brother and also my friend. although i am going to miss him (more than words can describe) i am glad that his agony is finally over. it makes me happy that johnny will be at peace while joining mommy and stevie. i love you john and will never live a day without thinking of you.

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