John S. "Johnny" CLARKE

John S. "Johnny" CLARKE obituary

John S. "Johnny" CLARKE

John CLARKE Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Feb. 8 to Feb. 9, 2011.
CLARKE John S. "Johnny" John S. "Johnny" Clarke, 21, of Toledo, passed away on January 31, 2011. He was born April 15, 1989, to Maytee C. Vazquez Clarke and John P. Clarke, Jr. Johnny was sweet, loving and kind hearted. He loved life and was the life of the party. He entered Barber School to pursue his dream of owning his own business. Johnny had a smile that could light up a room. Known for his generosity and sense of humor. He loved weight lifting, sports and spending time with family and friends. He was a mama's boy, often saying "mom I love you more than anything". He is so loved and forever missed. Survived by his parents; brothers, Jovanny and Jacob; grandparents, Irma and Sergio Vazquez; aunt, Maggie (Joe) Cromer; cousins, Jazz, Lacey, Tali and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Marylin DeFalco. Friends will be received at Blanchard - Strabler Funeral Home (1163 W. Sylvania at Lockwood, 419-269-1111) on Friday from 2-8 PM, where Services will be held on Saturday at 10 AM. Burial, Ottawa Hills Memorial Park. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, in Johnny's name may be directed to the Funeral Home for the care of his brothers and a Barber School Scholarship in Johnny's name. Online condolences: blanchardstrabler.com

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June 25, 2025

Mamma posted to the memorial.

May 27, 2025

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April 16, 2025

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Mamma

June 25, 2025

I miss you it starts in the depths of my soul and builds like a volcano erupting into a zillion atoms looking for you everywhere in a time not a time a place not a place wishing I could find you and breathe life back into you...

Mamma

May 27, 2025

I love you so much. I miss you so much. Please be with me Thursday.

Mamma

April 16, 2025

A quiet evening at home honoring our beloved oldest son Johnny S. Clarke on his heavenly birthday forever loved forever missed. "I honor the place within you where the entire universe resides; I honor the place within you of love, of light, of truth, of peace; I honor the place within you, where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us." - Namaste.

Mamma

April 15, 2025

36 years ago I was just a young girl, I remember exactly where I was when I told John I had cramps and did not feel good. I was 3 days overdue. I got to Riverside hospital and Dr. Beruti decided he was doing a C section on me. At 12:01 pm my life changed forever when I laid eyes upon the most beautiful perfect green eye blonde babyboy I had months prior seen in my dreams. My beautiful sweet perfect son Johnny Sergio Clarke was born weighing in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. He was perfect. My Johnny my greatest First Joy and my deepest sorrow. I love you with all my life heart and soul more then yesterday and less than tomorrow Forevermore. I thank the Divine everyday and you for choosing me to be your mamma Johnny. I just wish I had you for the rest of my life and not just 21 years. I love you and I will miss you for the rest of my life on earth. Rest in heavenly paradise my beautiful green eye boy I will see you in the blink of an eye. My Johnny Clarke my son Johnny Clarke my soul hurts son

Mamma

April 14, 2025

The years may pass but still you stay, as near and dear as yesterday. Johnny I'll be your legacy I'll be your voice You'll live on in me So I've made the choice To honor your life By continuing to live till the day we meet again! I love you I miss you I'll see you again. My broken heart hurts too much without you here Johnny....My tears hurt too much when I cry my soul hurts so much...this earth is not the same without you my son my life my soul.... Johnny Clarke love you forevermore, mamma

Mamma

April 14, 2025

I love you my son forevermore. I can´t wait to see you again!!!!

Mamma

April 14, 2025

I miss you so so bad my beautiful sweet babyboy Johnny . Mammas soul hurts so bad....

Mamma

April 11, 2025

I miss you every single day in ways I´ve never imagined....

Mamma

April 11, 2025

As the days grow closer to your 36th bday April 15th, my soul crawls deeper into a deep state of abyssmal sadness looking, searching the voids of my soul in this huge universe for even a glimpe of you my son. The day you were born i felt the greatest joy , The day you died i felt the deepest heartwrenching, devastating, heartbreaking. unexplainable pain i never imagined could exist. My pain from losing you broke the sound barrier between heaven and earth. I long for you through eternity. I miss you so much Johnny Clarke my beautiful green eye babyboy I can´t wait to see you again. I love you forevermore....I promise you, our story is not over.

Mamma

March 5, 2025

Missing you today tomorrow and always my son till I see you again... Johnny

Mamma

February 12, 2025

I'm so so sad. It's been 14 years today since they had to rip me off my son Johnny's resting bed( casket) no more hugs, no more kisses, no more, mama I love you nothing but silence and chaos....I swear my pain breaks the sound barrier...

Mamma

February 12, 2025

I miss you so so much Johnny . Tears. I wake up missing you I go to bed missing you. All day and night I miss you. I´m sad. It´s so sad lonely here without you...

Mamma

February 6, 2025

My Johnny Clarke It was an honor to be your mom, you brought joy to my life! I will carry your memory in my heart for the rest of my life

Mamma

January 30, 2025

At 8:01pm 14 years ago is the last time I spoke to you my love. I´m glad we always say I love you before hanging up the phone...you were laughing, joking, teasing me acting silly. Who would´ve thought it would be the last time we spoke. You were supposed to come over Monday for your favorite dish(bbcue wings) you specifically asked me to make them. Who would´ve thought at 1:06am January 31,2011 the worst day, pain of my life and yours and Lisa´s would begin. I´m so so sorry I couldn´t save you Johnny Clarke and Lisa forever heartbroken

Mamma

January 30, 2025

The worst night of my life starts tomorrow at 1:06am... Forever heartbroken till I see you again... last pic you sent me at around 6pm Sunday January 30,2011 I would trade all my tomorrows just to be with you today Johnny Clarke.

Mamma

January 30, 2025

Always on my mind forever in my heart. I love you both forevermore and I miss you with every beat of my broken heart my Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub

Mamma

January 27, 2025

I have loved you your whole life and will miss you the rest of mine Johnny Clarke...

Mamma

January 26, 2025

This picture made me hold my breath, it made my throat constrict and hot tears fill the spaces in my eyes, just waiting to fall and stream down my face. I suddenly felt the atmosphere that used to surround my life when he was here. The ignorant bliss of things being "right" and "whole"... then it was gone. I speak and write Johnny´s name because he is my child and he always will be and I am proud of that. I post his memories and photos because he is beautiful and and the world needs beauty. He has physically left this world but yet he still remains and I will never stop remembering him. It is what makes this unwanted part of my life bearable. His life mattered, it made a beautiful difference in so many people's world and that is worth remembering. He is mine and I will love him forever. Someday...Heaven! Johnny Clarke my beautiful sweet loving son

Mamma

January 25, 2025

My beautiful son Johnny and Lisa, I gather the shattered pieces of myself like broken glass,
knowing someday, even scars can catch the light...I miss you everyday in every way in everything I know and do... Johnny Clarke

Mamma

January 25, 2025

My beautiful son Johnny Clarke, I water the garden of could-have-beens with tears,waiting for flowers that refuse to bloom....

Mamma

January 24, 2025

Johnny Clarke my beautiful son, The compass of my heart spins wildly now, its needle drawn to places it can no longer call home.

Mamma

January 24, 2025

Johnny Clarke my beautiful sweet loving funny son, I carry you in my chest like a stone-
heavy, unyielding, and carved with the sharp edges of what once was...

Mamma

January 18, 2025

"When a light shines as bright as yours
It can never truly fade
When a spirit is as joyful and radiant as yours
It can never truly disappear
When a voice is as powerful as yours
It can never truly leave
When a soul is as beautiful as yours
It can never truly be forgotten
And when a love is as precious as yours
It can never truly be lost. My son Johnny Clarke

Mamma

January 18, 2025

I miss you with all the pieces of my heart and soul Johnny Clarke

Mamma

January 18, 2025

My beautiful son Johnny Clarke, "I trace the shape of your absence in the spaces where your laughter used to linger, and let the echoes of you fill the hollow hours." I miss you so so much....

Mamma

January 15, 2025

I have missed you 5,095 days of life without you my son Johnny Clarke my soul is so tired son....

Mamma

January 14, 2025

How do I live without you?
Oh my love I do not.

You are with me from the moment I open my eyes until they close.
And even after that,
on the plane of dreams where mortals and souls meet, you are with me still.

"I have not yet learned to live without you,
and perhaps I never will,
the truth of the matter is,
you are always with me still."

You walked such a blazing pathway, when your feet were on this earth, that your imprint lingers on and I place my own feet in your steps, one by one.

How do I live without you?
It´s really very simple.
I do not.

"I have yet to live without you
perhaps I never will,
perhaps the key to grief is,
you are always with me still."

Mamma

January 1, 2025

You are the one my soul will always seek. Across lifetimes, through the echoes of unspoken words and the silence of a thousand sunsets, my heart recognizes you. In the chaos of this ever-changing world, you remain my constant , a lighthouse guiding me home, a gentle whisper in the storm. No distance can separate what is bound by eternity; no time can fade what is written in the stars. Some souls are meant to find each other, over and over again. I love you my beautiful sweet caring loving son Johnny

Mamma

December 29, 2024

I´m having a really hard time Johnny . I´m so so sad. I miss you so so much. My soul hurts so bad....

Mamma

December 29, 2024

I miss you both so so much

Mamna

December 29, 2024

I´m having a really hard time son . I miss you so much Johnny. I´m so so sad. My soul hurts...

Mamma

December 9, 2024

I love you more then yesterday and less then tomorrow . I miss you with every breath I take here without you. I can´t wait to see you again. I love you My beautiful sweet son.

Mamma

November 30, 2024

I miss you so much my son. Almost 14 years Johnny and I miss you more every passing day. I wish I could trade all my tomorrows for another day with you my love.

Mamma

October 31, 2024

i didn't love you -
i love you still.
in the present tense.
in the here and now.
in this breath and the next.
you are not gone from my heart
nor will you ever be.
just because this earth no longer holds your body, doesn't mean that our souls are not entwined.
we are mingling every day.
joined at the horizon of this world and the next.
you weren't - you are.
you didn't - you do.
you can never be erased. love you forevermore

Mamma

October 19, 2024

If I could have just one more day with you...
I would hold your hand in mine. I would trace all the lines on your palm until they became a trail - a map - that I could retrace on my own palm every time I felt lost.
But more than anything, if I had one more day with you,
I would hold you.
I would hold you so tight, hoping that maybe if I didn´t let you go...
Yes, if I had just one more day with you, I would hope... I would hope so hard...
that you wouldn´t have to leave again. I miss you so so much My son Johnny Clarke

Mamma

October 16, 2024

Gosh I miss you I really miss you I just miss you Johnny Clarke Why did you have to die? Whyyyyyy???

Mamma

October 9, 2024

I love you so so much and I miss you terribly . So so much Johnny tears. So many tears.

Mamma

September 5, 2024

Ok so I had appendectomy 3/28/2022, Gall bladder removal 9/23/2023, and today 9/4/2024 another procedure where I was put to sleep. All 3 times my Johnny Clarke was with me, all through surgery and when I woke up. Today it hit different. My recovery bed was under a skylight and he was standing to the left of me holding my hand, I rubbed my eyes in disbelief and started crying he looked at me with those beautiful green eyes kissed my forehead and said, "I love you mamma I´ll see you later" and up through the skylight he went. I kept crying and the nurse came over thinking I was in distress from procedure and asked what was wrong? I explained and she said, " Ma´am he was with you the whole time when you went back in the operating room till now. I seen his silhouette and he never left your side. I see this here often and hear patients share their stories. I never say anything till they do." She gave me a hug. She is a holistic nurse that works in surgery recovery room. I told her I was a psychic and not everyone believes or thinks the way we do. Trust me, The spirit world is very active and my son was there to make sure I was ok. Oh I miss him so much. Thank you my Sweet beautiful child of mine for always having my back even from beyond the veil. I miss you Johnny I´d give my last breath just to hear yours again...one day my son one day...

Mamma

August 26, 2024

SEE, there´s this PLACE in ME where your fingertips still rest, your KISSES still LINGER, And your WHISPERS Still softly ECHO. It´s a PLACE where a part of YOU will FOREVER be a part of ME Johnny S. Clarke My first love My son My Hero My forever Love

Mamma

August 20, 2024

If I forget to tell you later.... I had a really good time being your mom

Mamma

July 30, 2024

It´s such a lonely road without you here...But I promise one day I will get to where you are my beautiful sweet son Johnny Clarke

Mamma

July 25, 2024

I miss you so so much!!! I know FULL JUSTICE IS COMING!! And I also know I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN!!

Mamma

May 29, 2024

Thank you for visiting me last night/this morning. I really needed this visit my son. I miss you so much Johnny my soul hurts... I love you so so much forevermore!!

Mamma

May 15, 2024

13 1/2 years without you and it seems impossible that I have survived being without you. There is no words to describe the pain of your absence. Your absence here does not go unnoticed literally throughout my day and in life events.
If I talked about you every time I thought about you I would speak of nothing else.
I long for the day we are in the same space.
You are loved and you are missed, my precious son Johnny

Mamma

May 2, 2024

I miss your being
but I feel your presence,
In whatever form you choose to take,
however you now choose to be.

Your spirit has become for me
a guardian angel on high
guiding, advising, and watching over me.

I remember you My beautiful son Johnny S. Clarke
You are with me
and I am not afraid.

Mamma

April 15, 2024

35 years ago I was just a young girl, I remember exactly where I was when I told John I had cramps and did not feel good. I was 3 days overdue. I got to Riverside hospital and Dr. Beruti decided he was doing a C section on me. At 12:01 pm my life changed forever when I laid eyes upon the most beautiful perfect green eye blonde babyboy I had months prior seen in my dreams. My beautiful sweet perfect son Johnny Sergio Clarke was born weighing in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. He was perfect. My Johnny my greatest First Joy and my deepest sorrow I love you with all my life heart and soul more then yesterday and less than tomorrow Forevermore. I thank the Divine everyday and you for choosing me to be your mamma Johnny. I just wish I had you for the rest of my life and not just 21 years. I love you and I will miss you for the rest of my life on earth. Rest in heavenly paradise my beautiful green eye boy I will see you in the blink of an eye. My Johnny Clarke

Mamma

April 13, 2024

I closed my eyes today and just for those seconds in a place not a place a time not a time between here and eternity I seen you standing there smiling and as the wind blew in my ear and graced my cheek I heard you whisper, I love you Mamma...I felt you kiss my cheek Johnny Clarke my beautiful babyboy I love you you and miss you forevermore

Mamma

April 9, 2024

My heart and soul love you and long for you my son I remember you in everything I do Johnny Clarke I will continue to honor, fight for you and speak for you as long as I have breath left in me. I will always say your name JOHNNY!! I will never let them forget.

Mamma

April 4, 2024

Till the Rivers all run dry, till the Sun falls from the sky, till life on Earth is through, I´ll be missing you! Love you! I miss you so so much Johnny Clarke

Mamma

March 17, 2024

I love you I miss you so so so much Johnny I can´t wait to see you again and tell you all about it my son!!!

Mamma

February 13, 2024

I miss you I remember this day...

Mamma

February 12, 2024

Always on my mind forever in my I love you my beautiful sweet baby boy Johnny Clarke more than yesterday and less than tomorrow...

Mamma

February 12, 2024

Today 13 years ago I was ripped off your eternal bed and had to put you to rest no more hugs, no more kisses, no more anything till I meet you again one sweet day in paradise my beautiful sweet loving son Johnny Clarke I miss you with every aching breath I have taken on this earthly plane without you. It seems like an eternity of unexplainable pain, suffering till I see you again I have so much to tell you...Rest in eternal life on your heavenly pillow my sweet babyboy. I U me forevermore

Mamma

February 12, 2024

Today 13 years ago I was ripped off your eternal bed and had to put you to rest no more hugs, no more kisses, no more anything till I meet you again one sweet day in paradise my beautiful sweet loving son Johnny Clarke I miss you with every aching breath I have taken on this earthly plane without you. It seems like an eternity of unexplainable pain, suffering till I see you again I have so much to tell you...Rest in eternal life on your heavenly pillow my sweet babyboy. I U me forevermore

Mamma

February 12, 2024

Today 13 years ago I was ripped off your eternal bed and had to put you to rest no more hugs, no more kisses, no more anything till I meet you again one sweet day in paradise my beautiful sweet loving son Johnny Clarke I miss you with every aching breath I have taken on this earthly plane without you. It seems like an eternity of unexplainable pain, suffering till I see you again I have so much to tell you...Rest in eternal life on your heavenly pillow my sweet babyboy. I U me forevermore

Mamma

February 12, 2024

Mamma

January 31, 2024

Child loss is NOT supposed to happen. Losing a child before mother is unnatural in every way. The pain of losing your child is immeasurable. There is no greater pain than this and no words in the human language that can adequately describe the loss of a child.

Mamma

January 30, 2024

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Mamma

January 30, 2024

Im here with my Johnny . I will continue to hold space for you till I take my last breath on earth. I will continue to honor you, speak your name Johnny Clarke, hold you deep in my heart and soul and fight for " FULL JUSTICE" for you all the days of my life left on earth!! I´m so so sorry I couldn´t save you I love you Johnny my beautiful sweet loving caring funny green eye babyboy. I miss you with every cell in my body!! My soul and heart are crushed since that very second in time I seen you were gone. The sound of my pain broke the sound barrier between time and space into eternity....

Mamma

January 28, 2024

My soul is crushed and it´s heavy, it´s tired! This cup I´ve been asked to drink from is more then I can bare.... Most days I´m drowning sorrow has become my daily companion . I´m living my worst nightmare
Each and every day
With every beat of my heart
With every breath I take..........

Mamma

January 26, 2024

He truly is my light on my darkest night. Believe me I´ve been enduring my dark night of my soul many nights... but somehow he´s always letting me know, I´m right here mom, I catch all your tears and I will never leave you mom. I´m just in a different form now mom. One day I will take your hand and show you the way mom but for now you must continue to live and endure mom. You´re the strongest person I know mom. Show them you got this mom. I love you forevermore, your babyboy Johnny Johnny Clarke My greatest Joy and deepest sorrow...

Mamma

January 26, 2024

This picture made me hold my breath, it made my throat constrict and hot tears fill the spaces in my eyes, just waiting to fall and stream down my face. I suddenly felt the atmosphere that used to surround my life when he was here. The ignorant bliss of things being "right" and "whole"... then it was gone. I speak and write Johnny´s name because he is my child and he always will be and I am proud of that. I post his memories and photos because he is beautiful and and the world needs beauty. He has physically left this world but yet he still remains and I will never stop remembering him. It is what makes this unwanted part of my life bearable. His life mattered, it made a beautiful difference in so many people's world and that is worth remembering. He is mine and I will love him forever. Someday...Heaven!

Mamma

January 22, 2024

Every part of me misses every part of you my beautiful babyboy Johnny Clarke

Mamma

January 14, 2024

~You no longer call me but I call to You in my soul~You no longer see me but I see You in my dreams~You no longer hold me but I hold You in my heart~

Mamma

January 11, 2024

I miss you so so much my beautiful sweet green eye babyboy Love of my life flesh of my flesh blood of my blood heart of my heart soul of my soul I will always hold sacred space for you my baby my sweet darling son. I hold space for you in everything thing I do in every way and everywhere.!!! My Johnny Clarke my kitty my Johnny bravo my darling

Mamma

December 15, 2023

I miss you so much my soul hurts d so o much...

Gabriella

November 3, 2023

Gone too soon-
Prayers for your mom.
You are always with her, in her heart. God bless your mother.

Mamma

September 18, 2023

There´s a hole inside my heart and so much pain pours deep within it. I don´t know if it´s the pain that brings memories or the memories that bring the pain.But I can´t let either go because in those memories there´s a part of you that lives on. I´ll never let them go. I love and miss you so much son. One day we will be together again

Mamma

June 4, 2023

While We Are Apart I Will Hold You In My Heart
and Never Let You Go

Distance may separate us,
But my heart will never let you go,
For I carry a part of you
With me always
It keeps me going through the day
It brings a smile to my face
And tears to my eyes
It is a part of my dreams
That I live for and cherish
That part is my wish, my only one,
To see you again soon
I know that wish will someday come true,
But for now I will hold in my heart
The memory of you
And never let you go Johnny

Mamma

June 1, 2023

I miss you son... I love you and I miss you Johnny.
all I can feel is the emptiness left by your death.

Mamma

June 1, 2023

I miss you son... I love you and I miss you Johnny.

Mamma

May 21, 2023

Losing you is unmeasurable but so is the love you left behind Johnny my beautiful sweet darling son

Mamma

May 13, 2023

THE REALITY OF LOSS: Here´s what I most want you to know: this really is as bad as you think.No matter what anyone else says, this sucks. What has happened cannot be made right. What is lost cannot be restored. There is no beauty here, inside this central fact. Acknowledgement is everything. You´re in pain. It can´t be made better. The reality of grief is far different then what others see from the outside. There is pain in this world that you cannot be cheered out of. You don´t need solutions. You don´t need to move on from your grief. You need someone to see your grief., to acknowledge it. You need someone to hold your hand while you stand there in blinking horror, staring at the hole that was your life. Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried... I will carry you with me for the rest of my days on this earthly journey Johnny Clarke my beautiful sweet darling babyboy. I love you forevermore see you in paradise my darling son.

Mamma

April 15, 2023

I think of you every minute of every day . You always made me feel so special & loved. A love like no other ! No one ever gave me as many flowers as you did .....and so much more ! My precious son Johnny Oh how my heart longs for you

Mamma

April 1, 2023

In 14 days on April 15 at 12:01pm you will be 34 my love to others you are a memory and forever 21. However to me you are very much alive in my whole existence and turning 34 Johnny . My beautiful sweet green eye babyboy. My first love, my first born son, You JOHNNY will forevermore be a part of me. You taught me how to care, how to understand, how to love unconditionally, you taught me more than you will ever know...I imagine your children and how everything would be today. My broken heart and soul misses you my son. I miss every part of life I´ve had to breathe and live without you . Not fair, this life has been so hard and cruel without you... I can´t wait to hold you and see you again in eternity my babyboy. I love you forevermore Johnny. See you in paradise, in the blink of my eyes I will be there. I know you will be there at the gates waiting for me. Thank you for never leaving my side. I feel you, I sense you, I smell you, I know you catch all my tears. I wish I could hold you and hear your voice saying " I love you Mamma" one day I will again. Rest on your heavenly pillow my love. I´ll see you later...

Mamma

February 11, 2023

Every part of me misses every part of you Johnny Clarke Lisa Love transcends dimensions of time and space!

Mamma

January 30, 2023

12 years
ALWAYS on my mind
FOREVER in my heart
I miss you more than ever!!!

Mamma

January 30, 2023

My broken heart hurts to the core of my broken soul my pain echoes through the Abyss of darkness looking for you trying to breath life back into you both my tears burn my tired eyes like flames burning in despair oh how I wish I could´ve saved you both my whole existence longs to hold you both. I´d give my last breath in a heartbeat just to hear yours...Every cell in my body hurts. The pain becomes unbearable it hurts to breath. It hurts to exist without you... I love you both with all the pieces of my heart life soul ( what´s left of it) I too died that night with you...I will never stop looking, fighting for Full Justice for you both!! I love you my beautiful son Johnny Clarke and Lisa I promise you Forevermore.

Mamma

January 30, 2023

My broken heart hurts to the core of my broken soul my pain echoes through the Abyss of darkness looking for you trying to breath life back into you both my tears burn my tired eyes like flames burning in despair oh how I wish I could´ve saved you both my whole existence longs to hold you both. I´d give my last breath in a heartbeat just to hear yours...Every cell in my body hurts. The pain becomes unbearable it hurts to breath. It hurts to exist without you... I love you both with all the pieces of my heart life soul ( what´s left of it) I too died that night with you...I will never stop looking, fighting for Full Justice for you both!! I love you my beautiful son Johnny Clarke and Lisa I promise you Forevermore.

Mamma

January 30, 2023

Mamma

January 29, 2023

My greatest joy is having you and my deepest sorrow is losing you......I miss you with every breath I take.... I miss you the rest of my life.... I love you with all my life heart soul...Johnny S. Clarke "El Cubano"
Mama

Mamma

January 29, 2023

"Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive. Without you, there's nothing to me."
Johnny Clarke, I will love you until my last breath and after that I will love you for eternity!
Love Mamma

Mandi Moyer

January 29, 2023

I know your mom will keep yours and Lisa's memories alive.

I'll never forget. Prayers to your family and all the ones that loved Johnny and Lisa.

Rest in peace Angels......

Mamma

January 28, 2023

My soul is crushed and it´s heavy, it´s tired! This cup I´ve been asked to drink from is more then I can bare.... Most days I´m drowning sorrow has become my daily companion I´m living my worst nightmare
Each and every day
With every beat of my heart
With every breath I take..........

Mamma

January 28, 2023

Mamma

January 28, 2023

Mamma

January 28, 2023

The love between a Mother and Child is Eternal. I love you my beautiful son Johnny Clarke with all my heart life soul forevermore

Mamma

January 16, 2023

How do I even begin to explain how much I miss you? there are no words in any of the worlds dictionaries to even begin to describe how much I hurt and miss you My loves Johnny Clarke and Lisa .................

Mamma

November 22, 2022

When I say I MISS HIM I really miss mean I miss his smile, I miss his voice. I miss his laugh I miss him next to me. I miss his jokes. I miss him giving me hugs. I miss him kissing my cheek. I miss him calling me Mamma. I miss him so much that I can feel my heart breaking every second he´s been gone. I really really miss him I miss my son Johnny Clarke with my whole existence

Mss as mamma

November 17, 2022

This picture made me hold my breath, it made my throat constrict and hot tears fill the spaces in my eyes, just waiting to fall and stream down my face. I suddenly felt the atmosphere that used to surround my life when he was here. The ignorant bliss of things being "right" and "whole"... then it was gone. I speak and write Johnny´s name because he is my child and he always will be and I am proud of that. I post his memories and photos because he is beautiful and and the world needs beauty. He has physically left this world but yet he still remains and I will never stop remembering him. It is what makes this unwanted part of my life bearable. His life mattered, it made a beautiful difference in so many people's world and that is worth remembering. He is mine and I will love him forever. Someday...Heaven!

Mamma

October 31, 2022

Truly the hardest table I´ve ever had to make in my existence...I love you forevermore I miss you with every breath I´ve had to take without you...

Mamma

October 17, 2022

I miss you so so bad Johnny Clarke My broken heart and soul hurts so bad...my tears burn when I cry

Mamma

September 25, 2022

There is no more powerful force than the love of a parent. Grief doesn´t diminish that love, It is a testament to it. I love you Johnny Clarke with all the pieces of my broken heart and soul with every cell in my whole existence! I miss you more than anything ever imagined...

Mamma

September 16, 2022

Footprints touching the core of my soul....... Your prints your Echo is embedded in my very existence my loves Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub

Mamma

August 12, 2022

The night they took you from us they ripped my heart out of my chest my soul wonders looking for you in disbelief still 4,026 days later and I look for you in everything I do I miss you so so much my beautiful sweet boy Johnny Clarke I wish you would just come back walking through the door... I miss you calling me mom I miss everything about you.

Mamma

August 11, 2022

Oh how I miss your beautiful presence your beautiful face your beautiful heart smile everything. I love you more then life.

Mamma

July 17, 2022

When I miss you the most? Every second of life here without you

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